Released October 30, 2001 Artist Liars Label Gern Blandsten Records | Length 51:32 Release date 30 October 2001 | |
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Recorded June 30, 2001–July 1, 2001 They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top
(2001) Fins to Make Us More Fish-Like
(2002) Genres Dance-punk, Noise rock, Experimental rock, Alternative rock, Post-punk revival Similar Liars albums, Alternative rock albums | ||
Liars this dust makes that mud pt 2
They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top is the first album by dance-punk band Liars. The album was first released in October 2001 by Gern Blandsten Records and later re-released in 2002 by English label Blast First. It displays the band in its original line-up with singer Angus Andrew, guitarist Aaron Hemphill, bassist Pat Noecker (currently in These Are Powers), and drummer Ron Albertson.
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The album received positive reviews from publications such as AllMusic and Pitchfork Media, which cemented the band's place in recent American music. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice gave the album a two-star honorable mention rating and remarked: "Not a bad trick—tension-and-release that never lets go." The Yeah Yeah Yeahs covered the song "Mr. Your on Fire Mr." [sic], which was released as a B-side of their single "Pin".
Track listing
- "Grown Men Don't Fall in the River, Just Like That" – 3:03
- "Mr. Your on Fire Mr." – 2:27
- "Loose Nuts on the Veladrome" – 2:19
- "The Garden Was Crowded and Outside" – 2:44
- "Tumbling Walls Buried Me in the Debris with ESG" – 4:05 (vocal cover of an ESG song)
- "Nothing Is Ever Lost or Can Be Lost My Science Friend" – 3:03
- "We Live NE of Compton" – 3:01
- "Why Midnight Walked But Didn't Ring Her Bell" – 0:51
- "This Dust Makes That Mud" – 30:07
Songs
1Grown Men Don't Fall in the River - Just Like That3:03
2Mr Your On Fire Mr2:27
3Loose Nuts on the Veladrome2:19