Liars (Liars album)

Liars
Studio album by Liars
Released	August 28, 2007
Recorded	2007 at Planet Roc, Berlin
Length	39:06
Label	Mute
Producer	Liars and Jeremy Glover
Liars chronology
Drum's Not Dead (2006) Liars (2007) Sisterworld (2010)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	79/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
NME	(8/10)[3]
Pitchfork Media	(8.5/10)[4]
Rockfeedback	[5]
Spin	[6]
Stylus Magazine	B+[7]
The Observer	[8]
Drowned In Sound	(9/10)[9]
Tiny Mix Tapes	[10]

Liars is the self titled fourth studio album by the band Liars, released on August 28, 2007. The album was recorded at Planet Roc, Los Angeles and was produced by the band and Jeremy Glover.

The album was preceded by a week by the single release of "Plaster Casts of Everything". The single release of Plaster Casts was accompanied by a videoclip. The song "Freak Out" was #91 on Rolling Stone's list of the 100 Best Songs of 2007.^[11]

"Plaster Casts of Everything" was listed in Pitchfork Media's "Top 500 songs of the 2000s" at #248.

The track "Leather Prowler" was used as the instrumental for "Leather Head" by Tyler, The Creator for his alternative hip-hop collective OFWGKTA's mixtape Radical.

The Moodswinger, built for Aaron Hemphill, used on the track "Leather Prowler"

Track listing

1. "Plaster Casts of Everything" – 3:56
2. "Houseclouds" – 3:21
3. "Leather Prowler" – 4:25
4. "Sailing to Byzantium" – 4:02
5. "What Would They Know" – 3:11
6. "Cycle Time" – 2:16
7. "Freak Out" – 2:30
8. "Pure Unevil" – 3:52
9. "Clear Island" – 2:38
10. "The Dumb in the Rain" – 4:21
11. "Protection" – 4:30

'Liars' Session EP

On October 24, 2007, four tracks were available for free download from Liars' MySpace page. The tracklist is composed of demo versions of the following songs from the album:

1. "Cycle Time" – 2:24
2. "Houseclouds" – 3:27
3. "Pure Unevil" – 3:58
4. "Plaster Casts of Everything" – 4:02

References

1. "Reviews for Liars by Liars". Metacritic.com. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
2. Heather Phares (2007-08-20). "Liars - Liars | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
3. Nme.Com (2007-08-14). "NME Reviews - Liars: Liars". Nme.com. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
4. Archived October 6, 2007 at the Wayback Machine
5. "| RFB". Rockfeedback.com. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
6. "Liars, ‘Liars’ (Mute)". SPIN. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
7. "Liars - Liars - Review". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
8. Mike Barnes. "CD: Liars, Liars &#124". The Guardian. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
9. Archived July 9, 2008 at the Wayback Machine
10. "Liars - Liars | Music Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
11. (December 11, 2007). "The 100 Best Songs of 2007" at the Wayback Machine (archived December 15, 2007). Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-12-21. Original link here

External links

• Pitchfork: Liar's Fourth Album Revealed!