Guided By Voices were, as our American cousins say, 'the shit', but there's so much product available, it's hard to know where to start. It's also hard to persuade non-GBV fans of their merits. All I will say is this....I love Guided By Voices so much, and they have been responsible for so much joy in my life, that I am actually going to buy this...

(http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/p/pollard_robert/relaxation-of-the-asshole.shtml)

As for you, start here...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0000036XD/qid=1114108143/sr=8-6/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i6_xgl/026-1795014-3768465

...or here...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000025EMZ/qid=1114108143/sr=8-13/ref=sr_8_xs_ap_i13_xgl/026-1795014-3768465

...or here...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00000236I/qid=1114108268/sr=1-15/ref=sr_1_2_15/026-1795014-3768465

...or here...

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/B000024HLV/qid=1114108295/sr=1-23/ref=sr_1_2_23/026-1795014-3768465

...and soon you too will be buying a collection of drunken rants by their lead singer.