''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

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'' 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."

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wrote that ''2×4'' "sounds like the group's strongest and most confident album." ''

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'' 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" (

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) – 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 oe 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 –

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, vocals * Joe Blaney – mixing * Rhett Crowe –

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* Don Dixon – producer * Guadalcanal Diary – artwork * George Pappas – engineer * John Poe –

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, vocals * Dan Vaganek – engineer * Jeff Walls – guitar, keyboards, vocals,

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Charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:2x4 (Guadalcanal Diary album) Guadalcanal Diary (band) albums 1987 albums Albums produced by Don Dixon (musician) Elektra Records albums