2005 box set by Guided by Voices
Suitcase 2: American Superdream Wow is the second box set of 100 unreleased songs by Guided by Voices . As with the first Suitcase box set, each song is credited to a fictional band name. For this set's artwork, fictional artwork, album covers, and ephemera associated with some of the acts was created.
The mastering process for this set involved a cassette-deck and a consumer-model standalone CD burner operated by bandleader Robert Pollard himself, and the transfer process left a handful of tracks marred by digital audio glitches.
The subtitle "American Superdream Wow" comes from lyrics from the song "Denied" on From a Compound Eye [1] .
Pollard later created a band called Boston Spaceships , which appears as a song on this collection.
Track listing
Fictitious bandnames do not appear in italics. Continuing from the previous Suitcase: Failed Experiments and Trashed Aircraft , the discs are numbered 5–8 and the songs 101–200.
Disc 5:
"The Plague" – This Ream – 1:34
"Terror Of Living" – Rocket Head – 2:38
"Ragged Enzymes" – The Golden Pickle – 0:29
"Hey John, Bees" – Your Charming Proposal – 1:08
"Wim Dials" – Searing Tonight – 1:52
"Billy Ray Human" – Somewhere Sometime – 3:04
"Milko Waif" – If You Think It's Easy – 1:00
"Wig Stomper" – His Spacetruck Is Strange – 2:11
"Child Of Joe" – Tin Can Laughter – 2:55
"7 Feet Of Sunshine" – Sacred Space – 2:07
"Bore Co." – Soul Flyers – 3:07
"Throne" – Gods Of Richard – 1:32
"Scott Joy" – It's Only Up To You – 2:19
"Ax" – Dancing With The Answers – 4:06
"Devron Zones" – Waiting For Your Touch – 1:44
"Milko Waif" – Soggy Beavers – 0:45
"The Bug-Eyed Mums" – Invisible Train To Earth – 1:53
"Seraphim Barf" – Stingy Queens – 3:20
"Karma Yeah" – Something For Susan In The Shadows – 2:18
"Heavy River" – Sinister Infrared Halo – 4:05
"Herkimer Mohawk" – Happy At The Drag Strip – 2:08
"Apes In The Window" – Arms – 2:03
"Yummy Ropes" – Solid Gold Animal Collection – 1:46
"Some Are Bullets In Dreams" – Beach Towers – 4:24
"Bleep Bleep F*ck" – Cosmic Clown – 1:05
Disc 6:
"Timid Virus" – I Am Decided – 2:12
"Mutts U.K." – Tainted Angels With Butter Knives – 2:24
"Brainbow" – What About The Rock? – 6:43
"Scott Joy" – Pack Of Rolling Papers – 0:26
"The One Too Many" – Telephone Town – 2:41
"The Pukes" – Hey, I Know Your Old Lady – 0:48
"Dale Frescamo" – Headache Revolution – 1:19
"Stumpy In The Ocean" – Every Man – 2:16
"Milko Waif" – Alibible – 1:37
"Ben Zing" – I Can't Help But Noticing – 2:20
"Red Faced Rats" – Mannequin's Complaint – 2:09
"U B Hitler" – Zarkoff's Coming – 1:35
"Acid Ranch" – Supersonic Love Funky Love Gun – 2:18
"The Bad Babies" – Perch Warble [Studio Version] – 1:28
"Scott Joy" – You're Not The Queen Anymore – 1:24
"Throne" – Ivanhoe – 1:01
"Herkimer Mohawk" – How Can You? – 1:53
"Shoot'em" – The Lodger Carried A Gun – 2:47
"Modular Dance Units" – Metro XVI – 1:47
"Milko Waif" – My Dream Making Machine – 1:22
"Usually To Death" – Mustard Man – 4:18
"Wheels Pig Harvey" – Alone In Time – 1:10
"The Plexigrall Bee-hive" – Dusty Bushworms [Different Version] – 3:22
"Wheels Pig Harvey" – Free It – 1:14
"Christopher Lightship" – Are You Faster? [Demo] – 3:42
Disc 7:
"The Fake Organisms" – A Proud And Booming Industry [Different Version] – 2:25
"We Too Bark" – Two Or Three Songs – 2:20
"Milko Waif" – Little Games – 1:03
"Ax" – Daughter Of The Gold Rush – 4:58
"Leon Lemans" – Color Coat Drawing – 3:48
"Silent Knife" – Learning To Burn – 1:32
"Howling Wolf Orchestra" – A Minute Before The Evil Street – 1:00
"The Needmores" – I'd Choose You – 3:55
"Wavo" – You're Killin' Me – 1:40
"Lectricalroo" – Old Friend – 2:05
"Devron Zones" – She Don't Shit (No Golden Bricks For Me) – 0:51
"Milko Waif" – I Have A Hard Heart – 0:53
"The One Too Many" – Shoddy Clothes – 4:08
"The Plague" – Sordid Forst – 2:08
"The Needmores" – Shake It Out – 2:01
"The Accidental Texas Who" – Cowboy Zoo – 1:45
"Peter Built Bombs" – Soul Barn – 3:16
"Modular Dance Units" – Phase IV (Rise Of The Ants) – 3:22
"Burial Wind" – Piece – 1:09
"Sucko" – Lonely Town – 2:46
"Wavo" – Do Be – 1:02
"Academy Of Crowsfeet" – Boston Spaceships – 2:44
"Scott Joy" – Drugs & Eggs – 2:32
"Stumpy In The Ocean" – That Ain't No Good – 2:31
"Alvin Haisles" – Immediate Frozen Lookalikes – 0:43
Disc 8:
"7 Feet Of Sunshine" – Madroom Assistance – 2:31
"Praying Man vs. Bo Diddley" – Man of Dimension – 2:21
"Alvin Haisles" – Nerve Gas – 0:47
"The Fun Punk 5" – Do The Ball – 1:21
"Peter Built Bombs" – The Issue Presents Itself – 2:52
"The Banana Show" – Leprechaun Catfish Fighter – 0:29
"Leon Lemans" – Child – 3:12
"Howling Wolf Orchestra" – Invisible Exercise – 2:00
"Carl Goffin" – All Around The World – 1:39
"Alvin Haisles" – Late Night Scamerica – 1:51
"Stumpy In The Ocean" – A World Of My Own – 2:50
"Milko Waif" – She's The One – 0:56
"7 Dog 3" – Daddy's In The State Pen – 1:58
"The One Too Many" – Cox Municipal Airport Song – 2:25
"Gene Autrey's Psychic" – Scare Me No. 3 – 1:18
"Manimal" – Grope – 2:33
"God's Little Lightning Bolt" – Heavy Crown – 2:13
"Wim Dials" – So Roll Me Over – 1:12
"The Inbrids" – Home By Ten – 2:38
"Milko Waif" – Come Make My Shadow – 1:39
"The One Too Many" – Paper Girl [Different Version] – 1:46
"Yummy Ropes" – Jimmy's Einstein Poster – 0:50
"Hot Skin Apartment" – My Only Confection – 1:45
"Otim Grimes" – Groundwork – 2:59
"The Fun Punk 5" – Bye Bye Song – 2:47
References
Studio albums EPs Live albums Compilation albums Box sets Robert Pollard solo albums Tobin Sprout albums Airport 5 albumsBoston Spaceships albumsLifeguards and Doug Gillard albums Robert Pollard side projects Circus Devils albums