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{{Infobox album
| name = Tonics and Twisted Chasers
| type = [[Album]]
| artist = [[Guided by Voices]]
| cover = Tonics and Twisted Chasers.jpg
| alt = A high-contrast black on yellow image of three nude men sitting cross-legged in a row, flanked by the words “Say it with angel dust.” The band name appears as the same cloud logo seen on Self-Inflicted Aerial Nostalgia, and the album title is hand-written inconspicuously in the lower left.
| released = 1996
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio = Unknown studio ([[Dayton, Ohio]])
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Indie rock]]
*[[slacker rock|lo-fi]]
}}
| length = 28:00 (vinyl) 36:21 (CD)
| label = Rockathon Records
| producer = {{flatlist|
*[[Robert Pollard]]
*[[Tobin Sprout]]
}}
| prev_title = [[Under the Bushes, Under the Stars]]
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = [[Mag Earwhig!]]
| next_year = 1997
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r402191|pure_url=yes}} link]
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''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]].

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

==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Robert Pollard]] and [[Tobin Sprout]] unless otherwise noted.

# "Satellite" – 1:42
# "Dayton, Ohio—19 Something and 5" – 1:45
# "Is She Ever?" – 1:03
# "My Thoughts Are a Gas" (Fucked Up Version) (R. Pollard) - 1:18
# "Knock 'Em Flyin'" (R. Pollard) – 1:04
# "The Top Chick's Silver Chord" – 1:22 [called "Top Chick Silver Chord" on the CD version]
# "Key Losers" – 2:27
# "Ha Ha Man" – 0:39
# "Wingtip Repair" – 0:58
# "At the Farms" – 2:30
# "Unbaited Vicar of Scorched Earth" – 2:10
# "Optional Bases Opposed" – 1:38
# "Look, It's Baseball" – 1:21
# "Maxwell Jump" – 0:46
# "The Stir-Crazy Pornographer" – 2:16
# "158 Years of Beautiful Sex" (R. Pollard) – 1:21
# "Universal Nurse Finger" – 1:04
# "Sadness Is to End" – 0:56 [called "Sadness to the End" on the CD version] (Sprout)
# "Reptilian Beauty Secrets" (R. Pollard) – 1:40

=== Extra tracks on CD version ===
#<li value="20"> "Long as the Block Is Black" (R. Pollard) – 1:16
# "Jellyfish Reflector" ([[Kevin Fennell]], [[Mitch Mitchell (Guided by Voices)|Mitch Mitchell]], R. Pollard, Sprout) – 1:33
# "The Kite Surfer" (R. Pollard) – 1:47
# "Girl from the Sun" (R. Pollard) – 1:37
# "The Candyland Riots" (R. 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Guided-By-Voices-Tonics-And-Twisted-Chasers/release/817569|title=Guided By Voices – Tonics And Twisted Chasers (credits section)|website=[[Discogs]]|date=29 September 2023 }}</ref>

=== Guided by Voices ===
* Robert Pollard
* Tobin Sprout

==References==
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{{Guided by Voices}}

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[[Category:1996 albums]]
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Tonics & Twisted Chasers - Revision history

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