''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
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Trouser Press
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'' 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
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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
# "Litany (Life Goes On)" (Attaway) – 3:41
# "Under the Yoke" (Walls) – 4:28
# "Get over It" (Attaway/Crowe) – 3:00
# "Little Birds" (Attaway) – 3:57
# "Things Fall Apart" (Attaway/Poe/Walls) – 2:44
# "Let the Big Wheel Roll" (Walls) – 2:40
# "
And Your Bird Can Sing" (
Lennon–McCartney
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) – 2:07
# "Where Angels Fear to Tread" (Walls) – 3:13
# "Newborn" (Attaway) – 4:41
# "Winds of Change" (Walls) – 2:55
# "Say Please" (Attaway) – 2:10
# "3 AM" (Attaway/Walls) – 4:12
# "Lips of Steel" (Attaway/Walls) – 3:28
Bonus tracks
#"Home
oe Blaney Mix – 2:42
#"Shango" – 4:29
#"It's Time" – 2:30
#"Carrying the Torch (demo version)" – 2:56
#"Just an Excuse (demo version)" – 3:03
#"Lips of Steel (demo version)" – 3:36
#"Under the Yoke (demo version)" – 3:04
#"Winds of Change (demo version)" – 3:21
#"Get Over It (demo version)" – 2:18
#"3 A.M. (demo version)" – 3:53
#"Tutti-Frutti (demo version)" – 1:52
Personnel
* Terry Allen – photography
*
Murray Attaway
Murray Attaway (born November 30, 1957) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and guitarist for the Marietta, Georgia alternative jangle pop rock band Guadalcanal Diary. After the band's breakup, Attaway recorded one solo album, ...
–
guitar
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,
harmonica, vocals
* Joe Blaney – mixing
* Rhett Crowe –
bass guitar
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* Don Dixon – producer
* Guadalcanal Diary – artwork
* George Pappas – engineer
* John Poe –
drums, vocals
* Dan Vaganek – engineer
* Jeff Walls – guitar,
keyboards, vocals,
kalimba
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,
lap steel guitar
Charts
Album
''Billboard'' (North America)
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2x4 (Guadalcanal Diary album)
Guadalcanal Diary (band) albums
1987 albums
Albums produced by Don Dixon (musician)
Elektra Records albums