''Liar'' is the third studio album by American

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, released in 1992 by

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. The album is considered to be among the band's best work: according to Mark Deming of

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, "''Liar'' isn't quite the wildest or weirdest album the Jesus Lizard ever made, but it may well be the strongest, and perhaps the best." The artwork is "Allegory of Death" by painter Malcolm Bucknall, who also provided art for the album '' Down'' and the "

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" split single with

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. ''Liar'' was ranked as the 58th best album of the 1990s by the online music magazine ''

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Track listing

References

External links

Touch and Go Records page on the album
1992 albums The Jesus Lizard albums Albums produced by Steve Albini Touch and Go Records albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub