Friend and Foe

Infobox Album
Name = Friend and Foe
Type = studio
Artist = Menomena


Released = January 23 2007
Recorded =
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 47:43
Label = Barsuk
BARK60
Producer =
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:16n20r2a348i link]
*Pitchfork Media (8.5/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/40411/Menomena_Friend_and_Foe link]
*PopMatters (5/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/10121/menomena-friend-and-foe/ link]
*Stylus (B+) [http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/menomena/friend-and-foe.htm Jan. 18, 2007]
*AbsolutePunk.net (82%) [http://www.absolutepunk.net/showthread.php?t=206774 link]
Last album = "Under an Hour"
(2005)
This album = "Friend and Foe"
(2007)
Next album =

"Friend and Foe" is the third release from the Portland, Oregon-based band Menomena. It was released January 23, 2007 by Barsuk Records. The cover art is designed by Craig Thompson, writer and illustrator of the award-winning graphic novel "Blankets". On January 18, 2007, popular music site Pitchfork Media awarded "Friend and Foe" an 8.5 out of 10, and included it in their Best New Music section, declaring it "the first great indie rock album of the year" with "possibly the most brilliantly executed cover art of the decade."

Track listing

# "Muscle'n Flo" – 4:20
# "The Pelican" – 3:38
# "Wet and Rusting" – 3:33
# "Air Aid" – 4:44
# "Weird" – 3:04
# "Rotten Hell" – 4:18
# "Running" – 1:52
# "My My" – 3:48
# "Boyscout'n" – 5:18
# "Evil Bee" – 4:45
# "Ghostship" – 2:28
# "West" – 5:51

Charts

External links

* [http://menomena.barsuk.com/ecard/ Listen to select tracks]
* [http://barsukmusic.blaireau.net/Menomena_WetAndRusting.mp3 Download the track "Wet and Rusting"]