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Liar (The Jesus Lizard album)

Liar is the third studio album by American alternative rock band The Jesus Lizard, released in 1992 by Touch and Go Records. The album is considered to be among the band's best work: according to Mark Deming of AllMusic, "Liar isn't quite the wildest or weirdest album the Jesus Lizard ever made, but it may well be the strongest, and perhaps the best."[3] The artwork is "Allegory of Death" by painter Malcolm Bucknall, who also provided art for the album Down and the "Puss/Oh, the Guilt" split single with Nirvana.[4]

Liar
Studio album by
The Jesus Lizard
ReleasedOctober 10, 1992
RecordedThe second half of May '92
StudioChicago Recording Company
Genre
Length34:16
LabelTouch and Go
ProducerSteve Albini
The Jesus Lizard chronology
Goat
(1991) 		Liar
(1992) 		Lash
(1993)
Singles from Liar
  1. "Puss"
    Released: February 15, 1993

Critical reception edit

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [3]
Beats Per Minute90%[5]
Chicago Tribune    [6]
NME7/10[7]
Paste80/100[8]
Pitchfork9.2/10[9]
Q     [10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide     [11]
Select5/5[12]
Spin8/10[13]

In 2003, Liar was ranked as the 58th best album of the 1990s by the online music magazine Pitchfork.[14]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by The Jesus Lizard, except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."Boilermaker"2:14
2."Gladiator"3:59
3."The Art of Self-Defense"2:38
4."Slave Ship"4:12
5."Puss"3:19
6."Whirl"4:19
7."Rope"2:18
8."Perk"2:30
9."Zachariah"5:42
10."Dancing Naked Ladies"2:56
Deluxe Remastered Reissue
No.TitleLength
11."blank track"0:09
12."Wheelchair Epidemic" (The Dicks)2:11
13."Dancing Naked Ladies"3:02
14."Gladiator"3:58
15."Boilermaker"2:21

References edit

  1. ^ Earles, Andrew (March 31, 2015). "The Revival of Cherubs". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  2. ^ Terich, Jeff (October 20, 2009). "The Jesus Lizard: Liar, Down (reissues)". Treble. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  3. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Liar – The Jesus Lizard". AllMusic. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  4. ^ Van Ryzin, Jeanne Claire (September 13, 2001). "The wild, wild world of Malcolm Bucknall". Austin American-Statesman. Archived from the original on May 4, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  5. ^ Fitzgerald, Brendan (November 18, 2009). "Album Review: The Jesus Lizard – Head / Goat / Liar / Down [Deluxe Editions]". Beats Per Minute. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  6. ^ Kot, Greg (October 29, 1992). "Jesus Lizard: Liar (Touch & Go)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 28, 2023.
  7. ^ Pouncey, Edwin (October 17, 1992). "The Jesus Lizard: Liar". NME. p. 37.
  8. ^ Ray, Austin L. (October 8, 2009). "The Jesus Lizard: Touch and Go Reissues". Paste. Archived from the original on August 13, 2023. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  9. ^ Crock, Jason (October 27, 2009). "The Jesus Lizard: Head [Deluxe Edition] / Goat [Deluxe Edition] / Liar [Deluxe Edition] / Down [Deluxe Edition]". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  10. ^ "The Jesus Lizard: Liar". Q. No. 74. November 1992. p. 112.
  11. ^ Kot, Greg (2004). "The Jesus Lizard". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 430. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  12. ^ Perry, Andrew (November 1992). "The Jesus Lizard: Liar". Select. No. 29. p. 80.
  13. ^ Hultkrans, Andrew (October 2009). "Reissues". Spin. Vol. 25, no. 10. p. 86. Retrieved August 28, 2017.
  14. ^ "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s". Pitchfork. November 17, 2003. p. 5. Retrieved October 28, 2023.

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