Sgt. Disco is the fifth studio album by the Ohio psychedelic/ experimental rock band Circus Devils

Circus Devils

Circus Devils is an American rock band with experimental/ psychedelic styles founded in 2001 by Robert Pollard, former lead singer and songwriter of the Dayton, Ohio band Guided by Voices. Members include Todd Tobias , and Tim Tobias...

. The album was released first as a double vinyl Lp. The CD version of the album was released by Mike Patton

Mike Patton

Michael Allan "Mike" Patton is an American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, and actor, best known as the lead singer of the metal/experimental rock band Faith No More. He has also sung for Mr...

's Ipecac Recordings

Ipecac Recordings

Ipecac Recordings is an independent record label based in California. It was founded on April 1, 1999 by Greg Werckman and Mike Patton Ipecac Recordings is an independent record label based in California. It was founded on April 1, 1999 by Greg Werckman (ex-label manager of Alternative Tentacles,...

 label on August 28, 2007. Sgt. Disco features 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 vocals and 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...

 on all instruments and atmospheres.

Reaction

"The first line of "In Your Office" sums up the fifth Circus Devils album Sgt. Disco nicely: "There is beautiful pandemonium." . . . the songs run the gamut from bizarre skeletal sludge topped with psychedelic bits and strange pseudo-poetics to greasy mock grunge rock. Like them or not, you have to respect the Devils' idiosyncratic tenacity and their relentless pursuit of a wild artistic vision. If you're into the eccentric, wedge this one between your Syd Barrett and Frogs CDs and brace yourself for one hell of a trip."

- Jason Lymangrover / [ Allmusic.com]
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". . . Shanties, Throbbing Gristle-esque loops and noises, stoner jams and mini-pop-operas all piled like vignettes and miniatures averaging about 90 seconds. But they pile carefully, thoroughly producing a world within each. No lo-fi sketchbooks mastered to
CD here."

- Boston's Weekly Dig

Track listing

1. "Zig Zag"
2. "In Madonna's Gazebo"
3. "George Took a Shovel"
4. "Pattern Girl"
5. "Nicky Highpockets"
6. "Love Hate Relationship with the Human Race"
7. "Brick Soul Mascots (Part 1)"
8. "Break My Leg"
9. "Outlasting Girafalo"
10. "The Assassins Ballroom (Get Your Ass In)"
11. "The Winner's Circle"
12. "The Constable's Headscape"
13. "In Your Office"
14. "New Boy"
15. "Puke it Up"
16. "Swing Shift"
17. "Happy Zones"
18. "The Pit Fighter"
19. "Bogus Reactions"
20. "Hot Lettuce"
21. "Safer Than Hooking"
22. "Dead Duck Dinosaur"
23. "Do This"
24. "Brick Soul Mascots (Part 2)"
25. "Caravan"
26. "Lance the Boiling Son"
27. "War Horsies"
28. "French Horn Litigation"
29. "The Baby That Never Smiled"
30. "Man of Spare Parts"
31. "Rose in Paradise"
32. "Summer is Set"

External links

• the Official Circus Devils site
• [ Circus Devils at allmusic.com]