Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department

Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department is an album released by Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard in 1999.[1] For the album, Gillard recorded instrumental tracks for songs Pollard had written (along with contributing four instrumentals of his own), to which Pollard later added vocals.

Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
Studio album by
Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard
ReleasedDecember 14, 1999 (1999-12-14)
GenreRock, indie rock
LabelFading Captain Series/Luna
Robert Pollard and Doug Gillard chronology
Kid Marine
(1999)		 Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department
(1999)		 Choreographed Man of War
(2001)

The fifth track of the album, 'Do Something Real', appeared as the final soundtrack to Steven Soderbergh's 2002 film Full Frontal.

The two would collaborate again in 2003 under the moniker Lifeguards with the album Mist King Urth; this time, however, Gillard composed all the instrumentals himself, with Pollard adding lyrics and vocals.

Track listing
  1. "Frequent Weaver Who Burns" – 2:50
  2. "Soul Train College Policeman" – 1:39
  3. "Pop Zeus" – 2:28 (Pollard, Gillard)
  4. "Slick as Snails" – 4:19
  5. "Do Something Real" – 2:55
  6. "Port Authority" – 4:05 (Pollard, Gillard)
  7. "Soft Smoke" – 0:49
  8. "Same Things" – 1:19
  9. "And I Don't" (So Now I Do) – 2:10
  10. "Tight Globes" – 3:07
  11. "I Get Rid of You" – 2:50
  12. "Life Is Beautiful" – 2:27
  13. "Messiahs" – 2:25 (Pollard, Gillard)
  14. "Larger Massachusetts" – 2:53 (Pollard, Gillard)
  15. "And My Unit Moves" – 1:41

All songs written by Robert Pollard except where noted.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork7.4/10[2]
Allmusic[3]
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gollark: It's not a real please, no `a`.
gollark: But if you make it use DE if available, it'll be balanced since it takes effort to make.
gollark: *can't tell if serious*
gollark: Awakened clay does 1 million damage to anyone not wearing any DE gear.

References
  1. Rabid, Jack. "Speak Kindly of Your Volunteer Fire Department - Robert Pollard | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Rovi Corporation. Retrieved 4 November 2013.
  2. https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6377-speak-kindly-of-your-volunteer-fire-department/
  3. https://www.allmusic.com/album/speak-kindly-of-your-volunteer-fire-department-mw0000050709
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