2×4 (Guadalcanal Diary album)

2X4 is the third album by Guadalcanal Diary. It was released in 1987. It was number 64 on Paste Magazine's "The 80 Best Albums of the 1980s", wherein they called it a "masterpiece".[1]

2X4
Studio album by Guadalcanal Diary
Released	1987
Recorded	1985–87
Genre	Alternative
Length	43:16
Label	Elektra
Producer	Don Dixon
Guadalcanal Diary chronology
Jamboree (1986) 2X4 (1987) Flip-Flop (1989)

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" (Lennon–McCartney) – 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 – 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

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1988	The Billboard 200	183

References

1. http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2012/02/the-80-best-albums-of-the-1980s.html?p=2