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Liars | Format: Audio CD
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  • Audio CD (23 Feb 2004)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: CD
  • Label: Mute
  • ASIN: B0000YHHSO
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 11,214 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Listen  2. Steam Rose From The Lifeless Cloak 2:49£0.89
Listen  3. There's Always Room On The Broom 3:04£0.89
Listen  4. If You're A Wizard Then Why Do You Wear Glasses? 2:10£0.89
Listen  5. We Fenced Other Gardens With The Bones Of Our Own 5:27£0.89
Listen  6. They Don'T Want Your Corn, They Want Your Kids 2:38£0.89
Listen  7. Read The Book That Wrote Itself 3:09£0.89
Listen  8. Hold Hands And It Will Happen Anyway 4:50£0.89
Listen  9. They Took 14 For The Rest Of Our Lives 4:08£0.89
Listen10. Flow My Tears The Spider Said 6:10£0.89

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Imaginatively witnessed through the zealous eyes of Seventeenth Century Puritanical paranoia, They Were Wrong, So We Drowned is, for want of a better expression, a "concept" album addressing the injudiciousness of witchcraft persecution, finding New York electro-punk deconstructionists the Liars visiting the German pagan mythology of Walpurgisnacht (where Spring's coming of the green triumphs over the penury of Winter and followers of the "old religion" gather for un-Christian celebration in the Harz mountains) in a manner akin to Goethe's Faust meeting the taunting discordancy of the Fall, Sonic Youth or Public Image Ltd at the deepest, darkest abyss of non-conformity. It's an unsettling listen; drums skitter, thunder cracks and cats (or witches' familiars) mew, keyboards screech like distorted stylophones and Angus Andrew's pained strains of repetitious protestation attain ear-clasping levels of mantric rancour. While those of a more nervous disposition would be advised to place a bullock's heart in the chimney breast before playing, more bohemian types will find this music liberal, brave and infuriatingly void of distinct definition. --Kevin Maidment

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
ok ok liars last album was grea, funky, gang of foury.. this one is more einsturzende neubauten and christian death to a point. strange and incredibly difficult to listen to. didnt expect a rapture-like rise to critical acclaim by these guys did you????? theres always room on the broom is still a great disco punk song and one of the bands best bits. a great album for twisted people and a twisted album for great people......
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'They Were Wrong So We Drowned' has so far been one of the most suprising releases of the year, not the best but the fact that after one album and a couple of eps, The Liars have managed to progress in such a way that they've taken the dancepunk genre, destroyed it, and rearranged it their own way while leaving certain elements in the scrap pile. Whereas some people have been disappointed with this record, I am extremely pleased with what Liars have done and feel overall this is a stronger release than 'They Threw us in a Trench...'.

'They Were Wrong...' is made up of 10 'anti-songs' telling a story, themed around witchery and paranoid superstition. Here the Liars have found their own unique sound; funky-ass melodies and beats replaced with noise guitars+rickity loose drumming. It can all be absorbing, and at points hypnotic, taking me to very eerie places. Liars have succeeded in creating a concept record.

With the exception of 'Theres always room on the broom', there isn't a track you could call a 'single', and if you look at it as a collection of songs instead of an album as a whole, you'll find 'They Were Wrong...' confusing. There are standout tracks, but from reviews I have read of this album, they seem to be opinion as to which are the highlights. There isn't a track that sums up the whole record, to pick one out is pointless, so I won't. But let's say there isn't really highlight tracks, but highlight 'moments' within the tracks.

To some reviewers this record is atonal, seems half finished and has a lack of structure. Yes, tracks are atonal but who says they can't be? Liars are not trying to beat their previous effort or follow it up. Liars aren't trying to please their mothers! No, you can't dance to it [well you could and good luck!], but Liars never wanted to be pigeonholed in the 'dancepunk' catagory, hence this record. You will not enjoy this record for the same reasons you enjoyed 'They threw us in a trench...', instead giving you a whole new reason to enjoy their music. That to me, justifys this record more than any real 'sequal' to an impressive debut. To progress in such a way is gutsy and to take a risk so early on in their possibly long careers is admiring.

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5 of 9 people found the following review helpful
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Liars first album 'They Threw Us All In A Trench And Stuck A Monument On Top' was a brilliantly dance-able album of dysfunctional disco-punk which would often be discussed in the same sentence as Radio 4 or The Rapture. With this new album Liars have taken a much more challenging direction.

The lyrics are still as absurd as the long song titles, but the use of electronic industrial noise and ethnic beats puts Liars in a similar bracket to German noise-meisters Einsturzende Neubauten, or some of Alec Empire's more tuneful work. You would be hard pressed to dance to any of this, but the album rewards those who are willing to look beyond the harsh surface and enjoy the carefully designed cacophony and bizarre disharmony. Songs like 'If Your A Wizard Then Why Do You Wear Glasses?' and 'They Don't Want Your Corn- They Want Your Kids' are actually quite funky and catchy through the fog of screeching and clanging. Other songs are more noisy, and less cohesive.

So if you liked the first album's catchy riffs and disco-stylings and are looking for more, I would avoid this second album if I were you. If you are of a mind to enjoy some crazy experimental schizophrenic noise rock, you might want to give it a shot.

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