Liars (Liars album)

Liars
Studio album by Liars
Released August 28, 2007 (2007-08-28)
Recorded 2007 at Planet Roc, Berlin
Genre Experimental rock
Noise rock
Length 39:06
Label Mute
Producer Liars and Jeremy Glover
Liars chronology
Drum's Not Dead
(2006)		 Liars
(2007)		 Sisterworld
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
NME (8/10)[2]
Pitchfork Media (8.5/10)[3]
Rockfeedback [4]
Spin [5]
Stylus Magazine (B+)[6]
The Observer [7]
Drowned In Sound (9/10)[8]

Liars is the fourth studio album by the band Liars, released on August 28, 2007. The album was recorded at Planet Roc, Los Angeles and was produced by the band and Jeremy Glover.

The album was preceded by a week by the single release of "Plaster Casts of Everything". The single release of Plaster Casts was accompanied by a videoclip. The song "Leather Prowler" is played with the Moodswinger,[9] in many reviews confused with a piano.[10] The song "Freak Out" was #91 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.[11]

"Plaster Casts of Everything" was listed in Pitchfork Media's "Top 500 songs of the 2000's" at #248.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Plaster Casts of Everything" – 3:56
  2. "Houseclouds" – 3:21
  3. "Leather Prowler" – 4:25
  4. "Sailing to Byzantium" – 4:02
  5. "What Would They Know" – 3:11
  6. "Cycle Time" – 2:16
  7. "Freak Out" – 2:30
  8. "Pure Unevil" – 3:52
  9. "Clear Island" – 2:38
  10. "The Dumb in the Rain" – 4:21
  11. "Protection" – 4:30

'Liars' Session EP

On October 24, 2007, four tracks were available for free download from Liars' MySpace page. The tracklist is composed of demo versions of the following songs from the album:

  1. "Cycle Time" – 2:24
  2. "Houseclouds" – 3:27
  3. "Pure Unevil" – 3:58
  4. "Plaster Casts of Everything" – 4:02

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ NME review
  3. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  4. ^ Rockfeedback review
  5. ^ Spin review
  6. ^ Stylus Magazine review
  7. ^ The Observer review
  8. ^ Drowned In Sound review
  9. ^ [1] Pitchfork Media interview with Yuri Landman
  10. ^ The following 5 reviews describe it as the sound of a piano:
  11. ^ No byline (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21. Original link here

External links

Liars
Angus Andrew  · Aaron Hemphill  · Julian Gross
Pat Noecker  · Ron Albertson
Studio albums
EPs & Singles
Associated acts
These Are Powers  · Skull Sküll