Tonics & Twisted Chasers

Tonics and Twisted Chasers is a standalone album by American indie rock band Guided by Voices initially released as a 19-track limited-edition fanclub-only vinyl LP in 1996. The following year, it was released in a limited CD edition, with five additional tracks. The album was primarily recorded by principal songwriters Robert Pollard and Tobin Sprout.

Tonics and Twisted Chasers
Studio album by Guided by Voices
Released	1996
Studio	Unknown studio (Dayton, Ohio)
Genre	Indie rock lo-fi
Length	28:00 (vinyl) 36:21 (CD)
Label	Rockathon Records
Producer	Robert Pollard Tobin Sprout
Guided by Voices chronology
Under the Bushes, Under the Stars (1996) Tonics and Twisted Chasers (1996) Mag Earwhig! (1997)

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The song "Jellyfish Reflector" was referenced in the Homestar Runner short "Sbemail 150?!?"

Track listing

All tracks are written by Robert Pollard and Tobin Sprout unless otherwise noted.

Side A

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Satellite"		1:43
2.	"Dayton, Ohio / 19 Something & 5"		1:46
3.	"Is She Ever?"		1:04
4.	"My Thoughts Are a Gas" (Fucked Up Version)	Pollard	1:19
5.	"Knock ‘Em Flying"	Pollard	1:05
6.	"Top Chick Silver Chord"		1:23
7.	"Key Losers"		2:28
8.	"Ha Ha Man"		0:40
9.	"Wingtip Repair"		0:59
10.	"At The Farms"		2:31

Side B

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Unbaited Vicar of Scorched Earth"		2:11
2.	"Optional Bases Opposed"		1:39
3.	"Look, It’s Baseball"		1:22
4.	"Maxwell Jump"		0:47
5.	"The Stir-Crazy Pornographer"		2:17
6.	"158 Years of Beautiful Sex"	Pollard	1:22
7.	"Universal Nurse Finger"		1:05
8.	"Sadness to the End"	Sprout	0:57
9.	"Reptilian Beauty Secrets"	Pollard	1:41

CD & Streaming extra tracks

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Long as the Block Is Black"	Pollard	1:17
2.	"Jellyfish Reflector"	Kevin Fennell, Mitch Mitchell, Pollard, Sprout	1:34
3.	"The Kite Surfer"	Pollard	1:48
4.	"Girl from the Sun"	Pollard	1:38
5.	"The Candyland Riots"	Pollard	2:08

Personnel

The credits do not give specific instruments played by each individual, but rather list every performer who appeared on the release in any capacity.^[1]

Guided by Voices

• Robert Pollard
• Tobin Sprout