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* "[[Sighs Trapped by Liars]]" is a series by [[Art & Language]] that began in the 1990s
* "[[Sighs Trapped by Liars]]" is a series by [[Art & Language]] that began in the 1990s
* ''"Sighs Trapped by Liars'', which Michael Baldwin explained to me was based on a pornographic S&M passage which in original reading was “Thighs wrapped by wires...”<ref>https://www.meer.com/en/63643-sighs-trapped-by-liars</ref>
* The title is "based on a pornographic S&M passage which in original reading was 'Thighs wrapped by wires...'"<ref>https://www.meer.com/en/63643-sighs-trapped-by-liars</ref>
* Many of the songs adapt texts or ideas that frequently appear in Art & Language works
* Many of the songs adapt texts or ideas that frequently appear in Art & Language works
* Previewed in a Whole Foods<ref>https://chicagoreader.com/blogs/weekend-happenings/</ref>
* Previewed in a Whole Foods<ref>https://chicagoreader.com/blogs/weekend-happenings/</ref>
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=== Related works ===
=== Cover art ===
The cover was designed by [[Art & Language]] based on a work from their series ''[[Sighs Trapped by Liars|There Were Sighs Trapped by Liars]]''. [[Michael Baldwin]] and [[Mel Ramsden]] replaced portraits of themselves with portraits of vocalists [[Elisa Randazzo]] and [[Sandy Yang]].<gallery mode="packed">
File:A-L-There-Were-Sighs-Trapped-by-Liars.jpg|''[[Sighs Trapped by Liars|There Were Sighs Trapped by Liars]]'', 2000<ref>https://sanchezubiria.com/portfolio-item/art-language-there-were-sighs-trapped-by-liars-1/</ref>
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== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
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Mike Powell
Mike Powell
=== The Sunday Times ===
October 21, 2007
Stewart Lee<blockquote>In the late 1960s, Mayo Thompson's Red Krayola contracted Texan psychedelia into childlike drones, before mutating to survive a further 40 years. In the 1970s, they soundtracked sociopolitical sloganeering with the conceptualists Art & Language. Today, the partnership renewed, Krayola back two hesitant and foul-mouthed chanteuses singing uncharacteristically pretty yet typically unfocused tunes. [[Il Ne Reste Qu'a Chanter|Il ne reste qu'a chanter]] finds the Velvet Underground sleepwalking through a Weimar cabaret; [[Jerry Fodor's Story]] pitches supper-club jazz phrasing into an improvisatory void; [[Perfection]] is a deteriorated Vegas ballad. The art terrorists return, inebriated, tangled in feather boas.</blockquote>


=== Map ===
=== Map ===
Winter 2007<ref>https://archive.org/details/mapyouareherejou0000unse/page/63/mode/1up?q=%22Sighs+Trapped+By+Liars%22</ref>
Winter 2007<ref>https://mapmagazine.co.uk/music-sighs-trapped-by-liars</ref><ref>https://archive.org/details/mapyouareherejou0000unse/page/63/mode/1up?q=%22Sighs+Trapped+By+Liars%22</ref>


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Latest revision as of 16:08, 21 September 2024

Sighs Trapped by Liars
Studio album by The Red Krayola with Art & Language
Released September 25, 2007
Recorded
Studio


Label Drag City
/

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Fairest of All"2:52
2."Jumping Through the Mirror"4:42
3."Laughing at the Foot of the Cross"4:15
4."Il Ne Reste Qu'a Chanter"4:34
5."Hostage"3:00
6."Jerry Fodor's Story"2:50
7."The Big Vacation"3:47
8."Four Stars: The Ideal Crew"8:13
9."Igor Zabel's Song"3:53
10."A Pest"3:24
11."Perfection"2:16
12."Forty Thousand Words on a Chair"3:20
13."Sighs Trapped by Liars"4:41

Background

Cover art

The cover was designed by Art & Language based on a work from their series There Were Sighs Trapped by Liars. Michael Baldwin and Mel Ramsden replaced portraits of themselves with portraits of vocalists Elisa Randazzo and Sandy Yang.

Personnel

Vocals

Instruments

Technical

  • Jim O'Rourke - mixing, engineer
  • Elisa Randazzo - engineer
  • John McEntire - engineer
  • Scott Benzel - engineer
  • Roger Seibel - mastering

Cover art

  • Art & Language - cover, design, photography
  • Dan Osborn - layout
  • Arthur Ou - photography

Reviews

Pitchfork

September 18, 2007[4]

Mike Powell

The Sunday Times

October 21, 2007

Stewart Lee

In the late 1960s, Mayo Thompson's Red Krayola contracted Texan psychedelia into childlike drones, before mutating to survive a further 40 years. In the 1970s, they soundtracked sociopolitical sloganeering with the conceptualists Art & Language. Today, the partnership renewed, Krayola back two hesitant and foul-mouthed chanteuses singing uncharacteristically pretty yet typically unfocused tunes. Il ne reste qu'a chanter finds the Velvet Underground sleepwalking through a Weimar cabaret; Jerry Fodor's Story pitches supper-club jazz phrasing into an improvisatory void; Perfection is a deteriorated Vegas ballad. The art terrorists return, inebriated, tangled in feather boas.

Map

Winter 2007[5][6]

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AllMusic

[7]

References

  1. ↑ https://www.meer.com/en/63643-sighs-trapped-by-liars
  2. ↑ https://chicagoreader.com/blogs/weekend-happenings/
  3. ↑ https://sanchezubiria.com/portfolio-item/art-language-there-were-sighs-trapped-by-liars-1/
  4. ↑ https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/10638-sighs-trapped-by-liars/
  5. ↑ https://mapmagazine.co.uk/music-sighs-trapped-by-liars
  6. ↑ https://archive.org/details/mapyouareherejou0000unse/page/63/mode/1up?q=%22Sighs+Trapped+By+Liars%22
  7. ↑ https://www.allmusic.com/album/sighs-trapped-by-liars-mw0000748942?1666935476917
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