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They Were Wrong, So We Drowned - Liars
  • Band Name: Liars
  • Record Label: Mute
  • Release Date: Feb 24, 2004
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64 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critics What's this?

User Score
8.3 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 25 Ratings

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  • Summary: The New York punk outfit moves even further away from the mainstream on this sophomore effort (a concept album about witch trials), which also sees them with a new rhythm section.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 19 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 9 out of 31
  3. Negative: 3 out of 31
  1. All Music Guide
    90
    By not just defying but denying the expectations about what their music should be like, the Liars have created one of the most fascinating, confrontational albums of the 2000s.
  2. New Musical Express (NME)
    60
    Ultimately, we're left wondering: have Liars lost it, or found themselves?
  3. Rolling Stone
    20
    An electronic-noise collage that sounds disturbingly rooted in the what-the-fuck? tradition of Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 17
  3. Negative: 1 out of 17
  1. BrianC.
    10
    My favorite cd of all time, and certainly the best liars cd as well in my opinion.
    • 2 of 2 users said yes
  2. AdamX
    4
    Out of all the tracks only 3 stand up as songs that might actually stand up to their debut LP. They Were Wrong, is frequently abrasive and more than often just plain boring. I would recommend their debut to anyone, but if anybody wants a real sense of how this kind of disjointed, angry music I would point them in the direction of Einsturzende Neubauten, a clear influence on Liars new direction.… Expand
    • 0 of 1 users said yes
  3. NickY
    0
    Utterly unlistenable crap
    • 0 of 1 users said yes

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