2X4 (Guadalcanal Diary album)
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2X4 is the third album by Guadalcanal Diary
Guadalcanal Diary (band)
Guadalcanal Diary is an alternative jangle pop group. They originated in Marietta, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta, but they were often billed as being "from Athens, Georgia" in the early 1980s. The band formed in 1981 and disbanded in 1989. They reformed in 1997, but never recorded any new material...

. It was released in 1987.

Track listing

  1. "Litany (Life Goes On)" (Attaway) – 3:41
  2. "Under the Yoke" (Walls) – 4:28
  3. "Get over It" (Attaway/Crowe) – 3:00
  4. "Little Birds" (Attaway) – 3:57
  5. "Things Fall Apart" (Attaway/Poe/Walls) – 2:44
  6. "Let the Big Wheel Roll" (Walls) – 2:40
  7. "And Your Bird Can Sing
    And Your Bird Can Sing
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    " (Lennon/McCartney
    Lennon/McCartney
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    ) – 2:07
  8. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" (Walls) – 3:13
  9. "Newborn" (Attaway) – 4:41
  10. "Winds of Change" (Walls) – 2:55
  11. "Say Please" (Attaway) – 2:10
  12. "3 AM" (Attaway/Walls) – 4:12
  13. "Lips of Steel" (Attaway/Walls) – 3:28

Bonus tracks

  1. "Home [Joe Blaney Mix]" – 2:42
  2. "Shango" – 4:29
  3. "It's Time" – 2:30
  4. "Carrying the Torch (demo version)" – 2:56
  5. "Just an Excuse (demo version)" – 3:03
  6. "Lips of Steel (demo version)" – 3:36
  7. "Under the Yoke (demo version)" – 3:04
  8. "Winds of Change (demo version)" – 3:21
  9. "Get Over It (demo version)" – 2:18
  10. "3 A.M. (demo version)" – 3:53
  11. "Tutti-Frutti (demo version)" – 1:52

Personnel

  • Terry Allen – photography
  • Murray Attaway
    Murray Attaway
    Murray Attaway was the lead singer and guitarist for the Marietta, Georgia jangle pop band Guadalcanal Diary. After the band's breakup, Attaway recorded one solo album, titled In Thrall, which was released in 1993. Attaway also had the track "Allegory" featured on DGC Rarities, Vol. 1.-External...

     – guitar
    Guitar
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    , harmonica
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    , vocals
  • Joe Blaney – mixing
  • Rhett Crowe – bass guitar
    Bass guitar
    The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....

  • Don Dixon – producer
  • Guadalcanal Diary – artwork
  • George Pappas – engineer
  • John Poe
    John Poe
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     – drums
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    , vocals
  • Dan Vaganek – engineer
  • Jeff Walls – guitar, keyboards
    Keyboard instrument
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    , vocals, kalimba, lap steel guitar
    Lap steel guitar
    The lap steel guitar is a type of steel guitar, an instrument derived from and similar to the guitar. The player changes pitch by pressing a metal or glass bar against the strings instead of by pressing strings against the fingerboard....


Album

Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position
1988 The Billboard 200 183
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