Women as Lovers

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Women as Lovers
Women as Lovers cover
Studio album by Xiu Xiu
Released January 29, 2008 (2008-01-29)
Genre Art Rock, Experimental Music, Post-Punk
Length 43:27
Label Kill Rock Stars
Professional reviews
Xiu Xiu chronology
The Air Force
(2006)		 Women as Lovers
(2008)

Women as Lovers is the sixth studio album by American indie 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.[1] The first track, "I Do What I Want When I Want", was released on December 11 via Pitchfork Media's "Forkcast",[2] and is also available free of charge from Kill Rock Stars' webstore.[3]

The release through the iTunes store will include five exclusive bonus tracks, whilst 500 limited edition copies will be packaged with a DVD called "What's Your Problem?", containing four tour films, 100 photos, and sixteen music videos.[4]

Contents

[edit] Tracklisting

  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

[edit] iTunes 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

[edit] References

  1. ^ Thompson, Paul. "Xiu Xiu Reveal New Album Details", Pitchfork Media, 2007-10-25. Retrieved on 2007-12-15. 
  2. ^ Hogan, Marc. "Premiere: Xiu Xiu: "I Do What I Want When I Want" MP3/Stream", Pitchfork Media, 2007-11-12. 
  3. ^ Kill Rock Stars' online webstore. Retrieved on January, 2008.
  4. ^ Solarski, Matthew. "Xiu Xiu Bolster Lovers With DVD, iTunes Exclusives", Pitchfork Media, 2008-01-03. Retrieved on 2008-01-03. 

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Knife Play · A Promise · Fabulous Muscles · La Forêt · The Air Force · Women as Lovers
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