Song · Guided By Voices
“Motor Away” by Guided By Voices
From the album Alien Lanes (1995)
“Motor Away” by Guided By Voices appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1999. It was first released in 1995 on the album Alien Lanes. Its best result is #139 on the WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #4,672 alternative song of all time.
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"Motor Away" is all Robert Pollard, words and music, and it turns up on Alien Lanes, the eighth full-length from lo-fi veterans Guided by Voices, released on April 4, 1995. That record was the band's first for Matador, and the story around it is pure GBV: by James Greer's account, an advance that approached a hundred thousand dollars and ranked among the label's more expensive deals, set against a recording bill that came to roughly ten dollars once you leave the beer out of it.
Alien Lanes is a record of short, sharp bursts, and reviewers heard hooks, songwriting smarts and a streak of spiky, whimsical experiment running through it. Cheap never sounded so smart.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 139 | WOXY 97X | WOXY Modern Rock 500 (1999) | 500 |
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