2×4 is the third album by Guadalcanal Diary. It was released in 1987.
The album peaked at No. 183 on the Billboard 200.
Critical reception
Trouser Press called the album "smashing," writing that the band members "dip into their shadowy art-rock pasts ... to finally create music as distinctive as the lyrics."
AllMusic wrote that 2×4 "sounds like the group's strongest and most confident album." Paste included the album at No. 64 on its list of "The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s".
Track listing "Litany (Life Goes On)" (Attaway) – 3:41 "Under the Yoke" (Walls) – 4:28 "Get over It" (Attaway/Crowe) – 3:00 "Little Birds" (Attaway) – 3:57 "Things Fall Apart" (Attaway/Poe/Walls) – 2:44 "Let the Big Wheel Roll" (Walls) – 2:40 "And Your Bird Can Sing" (Lennon–McCartney) – 2:07 "Where Angels Fear to Tread" (Walls) – 3:13 "Newborn" (Attaway) – 4:41 "Winds of Change" (Walls) – 2:55 "Say Please" (Attaway) – 2:10 "3 AM" (Attaway/Walls) – 4:12 "Lips of Steel" (Attaway/Walls) – 3:28
Bonus tracks "Home [Joe Blaney Mix]" – 2:42 "Shango" – 4:29 "It's Time" – 2:30 "Carrying the Torch (demo version)" – 2:56 "Just an Excuse (demo version)" – 3:03 "Lips of Steel (demo version)" – 3:36 "Under the Yoke (demo version)" – 3:04 "Winds of Change (demo version)" – 3:21 "Get Over It (demo version)" – 2:18 "3 A.M. (demo version)" – 3:53 "Tutti-Frutti (demo version)" – 1:52
Personnel Terry Allen – photography Murray Attaway – guitar, harmonica, vocals Joe Blaney – mixing Rhett Crowe – bass guitar Don Dixon – producer Guadalcanal Diary – artwork George Pappas – engineer John Poe – drums, vocals Dan Vaganek – engineer Jeff Walls – guitar, keyboards, vocals, kalimba, lap steel guitar
Charts Chart (1988)PeakpositionUS Billboard 200183
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