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2×4 (Guadalcanal Diary album)

FieldValue
name2×4
typestudio
artistGuadalcanal Diary
coverGuadalcanal Diary 2X4.jpg
released
recorded1985–87
genreAlternative
length43:16
labelElektra
producerDon Dixon
prev_titleJamboree
prev_year1986
next_titleFlip-Flop
next_year1989
misc{{Singles
name2×4
typestudio
single1Litany (Life Goes On)
single1date1987
single2Get Over It
single2date1987
single3Lips of Steel
single3date1987

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

The album peaked at No. 183 on the Billboard 200.

Critical reception

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."

AllMusic wrote that 2×4 "sounds like the group's strongest and most confident album." Paste included the album at No. 64 on its list of "The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s".

Track listing

  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

  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

  • 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

Chart (1988)Peak
position
US Billboard 200183

References

References

  1. (1999). "MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide". Visible Ink Press.
  2. (1999). "The Encyclopedia of Record Producers". Billboard Books.
  3. (17 March 1988). "Spins".
  4. "Guadalcanal Diary Biography, Songs, & Albums".
  5. (2010). "Top Pop Albums". Record Research Inc..
  6. "2X4 –Guadalcanal Diary".
  7. (2006). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". MUZE.
  8. Stevenson, Campbell. (28 November 1987). "Guadalcanal Diary: ''2×4''".
  9. "Guadalcanal Diary".
  10. (12 January 2020). "The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s". Paste.
  11. (30 May 2019). "Jeff Walls, Guitarist for Guadalcanal Diary, Has Died".
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