Women as Lovers

Infobox Album
Name = Women as Lovers
Type = studio
Artist = Xiu Xiu


Released = start date|2008|1|29
Recorded =
Genre = Art rock, Experimental Music, Post-punk
Length = 43:27
Label = Kill Rock Stars
Producer =
Reviews =
*Wireless Bollinger (41/100) [http://www.wirelessbollinger.com/content/view/1701/81/ link]
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ajfpxz9hldke~T1 link]
*The A.V. Club (B+) [http://www.avclub.com/content/music/xiu_xiu link]
*Drowned in Sound (6/10) [http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2860923 link]
*musicOMH.com Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.musicomh.com/albums/xiu-xiu_0108.htm link]
*Pitchfork Media (7.9/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/48251-women-as-lovers link]
*PopMatters (8/10) [http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews/53558/xiu-xiu-women-as-lovers/ link]
*Tiny Mix Tapes Rating|3|5 [http://www.tinymixtapes.com/Xiu-Xiu,5502 link]
Last album = "The Air Force" (2006)
This album = "Women as Lovers" (2008)
Next album =
Misc =

"Women as Lovers" is the sixth studio album by American indie band Xiu Xiu. It was released on January 29, 2008, by Kill Rock Stars, and shares its title with the Martin Chalmers translation of Elfriede Jelinek's 1975 novel "Die Liebhaberinnen".

Prior to its release, the album was reported to be "more approachable or communicative on a basic human level" than anything else the band has released. [cite news |last=Thompson |first=Paul |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/46641-xiu-xiu-reveal-new-album-details |title=Xiu Xiu Reveal New Album Details |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=2007-10-25 |accessdate=2007-12-15] The first track, "I Do What I Want When I Want", was released on December 11 via Pitchfork Media's "Forkcast", [cite news |last=Hogan |first=Marc |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/download/47561-xiu-xiu-i-do-what-i-want-when-i-want-mp3stream |title=Premiere: Xiu Xiu: "I Do What I Want When I Want" MP3/Stream |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=2007-11-12] and is also available free of charge from Kill Rock Stars' webstore. [cite web |last = |first = |url = http://www.buyolympia.com/killrockstars/Item=KRS484dvd |title = Kill Rock Stars' online webstore
format = |work = |publisher = |accessmonthday=January |accessyear = 2008]

The release through the iTunes store will include five exclusive bonus tracks, whilst 500 limited edition copies will be packaged with a DVD called "What's Your Problem?", containing four tour films, 100 photos, and sixteen music videos. [cite news |last=Solarski |first=Matthew |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/47729-xiu-xiu-bolster-iloversi-with-dvd-itunes-exclusives |title=Xiu Xiu Bolster Lovers With DVD, iTunes Exclusives |publisher=Pitchfork Media |date=2008-01-03 |accessdate=2008-01-03]

Tracklisting

# "I Do What I Want, When I Want" – 3:12
# "In Lust You Can Hear the Axe Fall" – 3:30
# "F.T.W." – 2:56
# "No Friend Oh!" –3:48
# "Guantanamo Canto" – 2:37
# "Under Pressure" [ft. Michael Gira] – 3:30
# "Black Keyboard" – 3:57
# "Master of the Bump (Kurt Stumbaugh, I Can Feel the Soil Falling Over My Head)" – 3:55
# "You Are Pregnant You, You Are Dead" – 2:16
# "The Leash" – 2:15
# "Child at Arms" – 2:52
# "Puff and Bunny" – 2:51
# "White Nerd" – 2:45
# "Gayle Lynn" – 3:13

iTunes Bonus tracks

# "From the Balcony to the Mud, Part 1" – 0:44
# "Kitten Revolution" – 5:40
# "There Are Two Men in a Red Mercedes Trying to Rape a Woman in My Parking Space" – 3:34
# "Farther On (Traditional)" - 3:35
# "Juarez" – 4:27
# "From the Balcony to the Mud, Part 2" – 0:30
# "Interview: An 11 Year Old Girl from the Ukraine Emailed These This Year, All Year" - 11:18

References

External links

* [http://www.amazon.com/Women-as-Lovers-Xiu/dp/B000ZOSMYM Amazon.com listing]