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2×4 is the third album by Guadalcanal Diary.[6] It was released in 1987.[7]
2×4 | ||||
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Released | 1987 | |||
Recorded | 1985–87 | |||
Genre | Alternative | |||
Length | 43:16 | |||
Label | Elektra Records[1] | |||
Producer | Don Dixon[2] | |||
Guadalcanal Diary chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
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New Musical Express | 3/10[5] |
The album peaked at No. 183 on the Billboard 200.[8]
Critical reception
editTrouser Press called the album "smashing," writing that the band members "dip into their shadowy art-rock pasts ... to finally create music as distinctive as the lyrics."[9]
AllMusic wrote that 2×4 "sounds like the group's strongest and most confident album."[3] Paste included the album at No. 64 on its list of "The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s".[10]
Track listing
edit- "Litany (Life Goes On)" (Attaway) – 3:41
- "Under the Yoke" (Walls) – 4:28
- "Get over It" (Attaway/Crowe) – 3:00
- "Little Birds" (Attaway) – 3:57
- "Things Fall Apart" (Attaway/Poe/Walls) – 2:44
- "Let the Big Wheel Roll" (Walls) – 2:40
- "And Your Bird Can Sing" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:07
- "Where Angels Fear to Tread" (Walls) – 3:13
- "Newborn" (Attaway) – 4:41
- "Winds of Change" (Walls) – 2:55
- "Say Please" (Attaway) – 2:10
- "3 AM" (Attaway/Walls) – 4:12
- "Lips of Steel" (Attaway/Walls) – 3:28
Bonus tracks
edit- "Home [Joe Blaney Mix]" – 2:42
- "Shango" – 4:29
- "It's Time" – 2:30
- "Carrying the Torch (demo version)" – 2:56
- "Just an Excuse (demo version)" – 3:03
- "Lips of Steel (demo version)" – 3:36
- "Under the Yoke (demo version)" – 3:04
- "Winds of Change (demo version)" – 3:21
- "Get Over It (demo version)" – 2:18
- "3 A.M. (demo version)" – 3:53
- "Tutti-Frutti (demo version)" – 1:52
Personnel
edit- Terry Allen – photography
- Murray Attaway – guitar, harmonica, vocals
- Joe Blaney – mixing
- Rhett Crowe – bass guitar
- Don Dixon – producer
- Guadalcanal Diary – artwork
- George Pappas – engineer
- John Poe – drums, vocals
- Dan Vaganek – engineer
- Jeff Walls – guitar, keyboards, vocals, kalimba, lap steel guitar
Charts
editAlbum
editBillboard (North America)
Year | Chart | Position |
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1988 | The Billboard 200 | 183 |
References
edit- ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 512.
- ^ The Encyclopedia of Record Producers. Billboard Books. 1999. p. 188.
- ^ a b "2X4 – Guadalcanal Diary | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 29.
- ^ Stevenson, Campbell (28 November 1987). "Guadalcanal Diary: 2×4". New Musical Express. p. 35.
- ^ "Spins". SPIN. 17 March 1988 – via Google Books.
- ^ "Guadalcanal Diary Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
- ^ Whitburn, Joel (2010). Top Pop Albums (7th ed.). Record Research Inc. p. 329.
- ^ "Guadalcanal Diary". Trouser Press. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s". Paste. 12 January 2020.