Women as Lovers (album)

Women as Lovers
Studio album by
Xiu Xiu
ReleasedJanuary 29, 2008 (2008-01-29)
Genre
Length43:27
LabelKill Rock Stars
Xiu Xiu chronology
Tu Mi Piaci
(2006) 		Women as Lovers
(2008) 		Dear God, I Hate Myself
(2010)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic77/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
The A.V. Club(B+)[3]
Drowned in Sound(6/10)[4]
musicOMH.com[5]
Pitchfork Media(7.9/10)[6]
PopMatters(8/10)[7]
Tiny Mix Tapes[8]

Women as Lovers (stylised as 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

All songs are written by Xiu Xiu, except "Under Pressure" written by Queen and David Bowie. "You Are Pregnant You, You Are Dead" contains additional lyrics by Angela Seo.

No.TitleLength
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" (featuring 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 Store bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
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. ^ "Women As Lovers by Xiu Xiu". Metacritic. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ The A.V. Club review
  4. ^ "Album Review: Xiu Xiu - Women As Lovers". Archived from the original on 20 July 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  5. ^ musicOMH.com review
  6. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  7. ^ "Music Reviews, Features, Essays, News, Columns, Blogs, MP3s and Videos - PopMatters". Retrieved 3 October 2016.
  8. ^ Tiny Mix Tapes review
  9. ^ Thompson, Paul (2007-10-25). "Xiu Xiu Reveal New Album Details". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2007-12-15.
  10. ^ Hogan, Marc (2007-11-12). "Premiere: Xiu Xiu: "I Do What I Want When I Want" MP3/Stream". Pitchfork Media.
  11. ^ "Kill Rock Stars' online webstore". Retrieved 3 January 2008.
  12. ^ Solarski, Matthew (2008-01-03). "Xiu Xiu Bolster Lovers With DVD, iTunes Exclusives". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 2008-01-03.