Women as Lovers

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For the novel by Elfriede Jelinek, see Women as Lovers (novel).
Women as Lovers
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Studio album by Xiu Xiu
Released January 29, 2008 (2008-01-29)
Genre Art rock, experimental, post-punk
Length 43:27
Label Kill Rock Stars
Xiu Xiu chronology
The Air Force
(2006)The Air Force2006		 Women as Lovers
(2008)		 Dear God, I Hate Myself
(2010)Dear God, I Hate Myself2010
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 77/100[1]
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[2]
The A.V. Club (B+)[3]
Drowned in Sound (6/10)[4]
musicOMH.com 3.5/5 stars[5]
Pitchfork Media (7.9/10)[6]
PopMatters (8/10)[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes 3/5 stars[8]

Women as Lovers is the sixth studio album by American avant-garde band Xiu Xiu. It was released on January 29, 2008, by Kill Rock Stars, and shares its title with the Martin Chalmers translation of Elfriede Jelinek's 1975 novel Die Liebhaberinnen.

Prior to its release, the album was reported to be "more approachable or communicative on a basic human level" than anything else the band has released.[9] The first track, "I Do What I Want When I Want", was released on December 11 via Pitchfork Media's "Forkcast",[10] and is also available free of charge from Kill Rock Stars' webstore.[11]

The release through the iTunes Store includes seven exclusive bonus tracks, whilst 500 limited edition copies were packaged with a DVD called "What's Your Problem?", containing four tour films, 100 photos, and sixteen music videos.[12]

Track listing

  1. "I Do What I Want, When I Want" – 3:12
  2. "In Lust You Can Hear the Axe Fall" – 3:30
  3. "F.T.W." – 2:56
  4. "No Friend Oh!" –3:48
  5. "Guantanamo Canto" – 2:37
  6. "Under Pressure" [ft. Michael Gira] – 3:30
  7. "Black Keyboard" – 3:57
  8. "Master of the Bump (Kurt Stumbaugh, I Can Feel the Soil Falling Over My Head)" – 3:55
  9. "You Are Pregnant You, You Are Dead" – 2:16
  10. "The Leash" – 2:15
  11. "Child at Arms" – 2:52
  12. "Puff and Bunny" – 2:51
  13. "White Nerd" – 2:45
  14. "Gayle Lynn" – 3:13

iTunes USA bonus tracks

  1. "From the Balcony to the Mud, Part 1" – 0:44
  2. "Kitten Revolution" – 5:40
  3. "There Are Two Men in a Red Mercedes Trying to Rape a Woman in My Parking Space" – 3:34
  4. "Farther On (Traditional)" - 3:35
  5. "Juarez" – 4:27
  6. "From the Balcony to the Mud, Part 2" – 0:30
  7. "Interview: An 11 Year Old Girl from the Ukraine Emailed These This Year, All Year" - 11:18

References

  1. ↑ http://www.metacritic.com/music/women-as-lovers/xiu-xiu
  2. ↑ Allmusic review
  3. ↑ The A.V. Club review
  4. ↑ Drowned in Sound review
  5. ↑ musicOMH.com review
  6. ↑ Pitchfork Media review
  7. ↑ PopMatters review
  8. ↑ Tiny Mix Tapes review
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