10 Greatest Lo-Fi Albums Of All Time
2. Guided By Voices - Alien Lanes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPv4Xary0ycGuided by Voices' albums throughout the 1990s are those which are most highly connected with the lo-fi movement: prolific with quick, bizarrely catchy songs recorded as cheaply as possible. And whether you find their batting average to lean towards perfection or not, it is hard to deny the genius of Alien Lanes.
This is the band's manifesto. "The club is open." No opening salvo rings truer than that of "A Salty Salute." It's accessible weirdness for the working class that does not try to shut out its listeners. Everyone is having a good time and you should to. This is the warmth of Guided by Voices.
It is a sleazy dadaist masterpiece spat from the mouth of one of your father's drunk friends. Much of it feels stream-of-consciousness and as though it makes little sense, but upon repeated listening it reveals its true thoughts.
Alien Lanes, in all of its hazy sci-fi glory displays the outsiders at their peak.