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2×4 (Guadalcanal Diary album)

2×4 is the third album by Guadalcanal Diary.[6] It was released in 1987.[7]

2×4
Studio album by
Guadalcanal Diary
Released1987 (1987)
Recorded1985–87
GenreAlternative
Length43:16
LabelElektra Records[1]
ProducerDon Dixon[2]
Guadalcanal Diary chronology
Jamboree
(1986) 		2×4
(1987) 		Flip-Flop
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
New Musical Express3/10[5]

The album peaked at No. 183 on the Billboard 200.[8]

Critical reception

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Trouser 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

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  1. "Litany (Life Goes On)" (Attaway) – 3:41
  2. "Under the Yoke" (Walls) – 4:28
  3. "Get over It" (Attaway/Crowe) – 3:00
  4. "Little Birds" (Attaway) – 3:57
  5. "Things Fall Apart" (Attaway/Poe/Walls) – 2:44
  6. "Let the Big Wheel Roll" (Walls) – 2:40
  7. "And Your Bird Can Sing" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:07
  8. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" (Walls) – 3:13
  9. "Newborn" (Attaway) – 4:41
  10. "Winds of Change" (Walls) – 2:55
  11. "Say Please" (Attaway) – 2:10
  12. "3 AM" (Attaway/Walls) – 4:12
  13. "Lips of Steel" (Attaway/Walls) – 3:28

Bonus tracks

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  1. "Home [Joe Blaney Mix]" – 2:42
  2. "Shango" – 4:29
  3. "It's Time" – 2:30
  4. "Carrying the Torch (demo version)" – 2:56
  5. "Just an Excuse (demo version)" – 3:03
  6. "Lips of Steel (demo version)" – 3:36
  7. "Under the Yoke (demo version)" – 3:04
  8. "Winds of Change (demo version)" – 3:21
  9. "Get Over It (demo version)" – 2:18
  10. "3 A.M. (demo version)" – 3:53
  11. "Tutti-Frutti (demo version)" – 1:52

Personnel

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Charts

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Album

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Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1988 The Billboard 200 183

References

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  1. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 512.
  2. ^ The Encyclopedia of Record Producers. Billboard Books. 1999. p. 188.
  3. ^ a b "2X4 – Guadalcanal Diary | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 29.
  5. ^ Stevenson, Campbell (28 November 1987). "Guadalcanal Diary: 2×4". New Musical Express. p. 35.
  6. ^ "Spins". SPIN. 17 March 1988 – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Guadalcanal Diary Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  8. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2010). Top Pop Albums (7th ed.). Record Research Inc. p. 329.
  9. ^ "Guadalcanal Diary". Trouser Press. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
  10. ^ "The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s". Paste. 12 January 2020.
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