Robert Pollard Is Off to Business is 11th studio album

Studio album

A studio album is an album made up of tracks recorded in the controlled environment of a recording studio. A studio album contains newly written and recorded or previously unreleased or remixed material, distinguishing itself from a compilation or reissue album of previously recorded material, or...

 released by singer-songwriter Robert Pollard

Robert Pollard

Robert Pollard is an American rock musician and singer-songwriter who is the leader and creative force behind indie rock group Guided by Voices, who disbanded in 2004, only to reform in 2010...

 on June 2, 2008. This is the first LP release from Robert Pollard's new record label Guided by Voices Inc. All instrumentation on the album was performed by producer Todd Tobias

Todd Tobias

Todd Tobias is a record producer and musician/ multi-instrumentalist best known for his work with Robert Pollard and his band Guided by Voices. Other projects include Circus Devils, Clouds Forming Crowns, the Sleeptalkers, The Library is on Fire, the Celebrity Pilots, Kramies, Brian Lisik, Slark...

. Many of the songs on the album were over three minutes in length, which is unusual for a Pollard release.

The album has a 73/100 rating on Metacritic http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/pollardrobert/robertpollardisofftobusiness?q=Robert%20Pollard which is the highest score the site has given to a Pollard solo release.

Track listing

1. "The Original Heart"
2. "The Blondes"
3. "1 Years Old"
4. "Gratification to Concrete"
5. "No One but I"
6. "Weatherman and Skin Goddess
   Weatherman and Skin Goddess
   Weatherman and Skin Goddess is a limited EP from singer-songwriter Robert Pollard. Only 1,000 CDs and 500 12 inch LPs were put into production and were made available exclusively on Pollard's website...
   
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7. "Confessions of a Teenage Jerk-Off"
8. "To the Path!"
9. "Western Centipede"
10. "Wealth and Hell-Being"