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| Released | September 27, 2011 | |||
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| Length | 41:27 | |||
| Label | Bad Blood | |||
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Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar is the second studio album by Spank Rock. It was released through Bad Blood Records on September 27, 2011. [1] It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. [2]
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 60/100 [1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Drowned in Sound | 7/10 [4] |
| MusicOMH | |
| NME | 4/10 [6] |
| Pitchfork | 3.5/10 [7] |
| PopMatters |   |
| Rolling Stone |  |
| Spin | 7/10 [10] |
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 60, based on 13 reviews, indicating "mixed or average reviews". [1]
John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4 out of 5 stars, writing, "There's less of a party atmosphere, sometimes literally (since there are few guests), although there's still plenty of rhyming about girls and substances backed by martial snares and metronome bass claps." [3] Philip Bloomfield of Drowned in Sound described the album as "a bold, brash, varied, slightly confused dance record with flashes of hip-hop." [4] Will Hermes of Rolling Stone commented that "if there's a guiding spirit here, it's 1980s Prince: wildly funky pop music led by an impressive creative hard-on." [9] Puja Patel of Spin wrote, "Employing a variety of producers, Everything undertakes a cathartic reinvention via late-night, sex-driven trips through dim, sweaty basement parties." [10]
Meanwhile, Nate Patrin of Pitchfork was critical, writing, "[Spank Rock's] rhymes are occasionally vaguely political, sometimes intentionally disingenuous, but never confident enough to tell you just where he stands." [7] David Amidon of PopMatters mirrored this, stating, "Everything Is Boring sounds very uninspired, very trapped in its moment, very everything YoYoYoYoYo succeeded in being the opposite of." [8] Sam Richards of NME commented that Boys Noize's beats "generally lack any semblance of swing or groove." [6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ta Da" | 2:55 | |
| 2. | "Nasty" (featuring Big Freedia) |
| 2:51 |
| 3. | "Car Song" (featuring Santigold) |
| 3:49 |
| 4. | "Birfday" |
| 2:37 |
| 5. | "The Dance" |
| 2:36 |
| 6. | "#1 Hit" |
| 3:09 |
| 7. | "Turn It Off" |
| 2:20 |
| 8. | "Hennessy Youngman Skit" | Jayson Musson | 1:33 |
| 9. | "Race Riot" |
| 2:47 |
| 10. | "Baby" |
| 2:26 |
| 11. | "Hot Potato" |
| 3:03 |
| 12. | "Cool Shit" |
| 3:50 |
| 13. | "DTF DADT" |
| 4:02 |
| 14. | "Energy" |
| 3:29 |
| Total length: | 41:27 | ||
Credits adapted from liner notes. [11]
| Chart | Peak position |
|---|---|
| US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard) [2] | 14 |
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