Liar (The Jesus Lizard album)

Liar
Studio album by The Jesus Lizard
Released	October 10, 1992
Genre	Noise rock, post-hardcore [1][2]
Length	34:16
Label	Touch and Go Records
Producer	Steve Albini
The Jesus Lizard chronology
Goat (1991) Liar (1992) Lash (1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Q	11/92, p.112
Pitchfork Media	(9.2/10) link
Tiny Mix Tapes	link

Liar is the third studio album by the American alternative rock band The Jesus Lizard, which was released in 1992 by Touch and Go Records. The album is considered to be among the band's best work: according to Mark Demling 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] It was ranked as the 58th best album of the 1990s by the online music magazine Pitchfork Media.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by The Jesus Lizard, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Length
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.	Title	Length
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

1. "Liar - The Jesus Lizard Album". Music.dejkam.com. 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
2. "Treble : Album Review : The Jesus Lizard - Liar, Down (reissues)". Treblezine.com. Retrieved 2012-02-28.
3. Allmusic Liar Review.
4. http://www.dbermangallery.com/articles/bucknall-aas.htm

External links

• Touch and Go Records page on the album