Liliput/ Kleenex
Liliput/ Kleenex
Label:  Kill Rock Stars 
Date:  2/20/2001
Length:  0:00
Format:  2CD
Genre:  Rock; Post Punk
  Category:  rock
    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 Nighttoad    
      2.  
      		 Madness    
      3.  
      		 Krimi    
      4.  
      		 1978    
      5.  
      		 Beri-Beri    
      6.  
      		 Ain't You    
      7.  
      		 Hedi's Head    
      8.  
      		 Nice    
      9.  
      		 You    
      10.  
      		 Ü    
      11.  
      		 Split    
      12.  
      		 Die Matrosen    
      13.  
      		 Hitch-Hike    
      14.  
      		 DC-10    
      15.  
      		 Thumblerdoll    
      16.  
      		 Igel    
      17.  
      		 Türk    
      18.  
      		 Tisko    
      19.  
      		 Wig-Wam    
      20.  
      		 Eisiger Wid    
      21.  
      		 Whenthe Cat's Away    
      22.  
      		 I Had a Dream    
      23.  
      		 Turn the Table    
      24.  
      		 Dolly Dollar    
      25.  
      		 Do You Mind    
      26.  
      		 In a Mess    
      27.  
      		 Birdy    
      28.  
      		 Feel Like Snakes, Twisting Through the Fog    
      29.  
      		 Tschik-Mo    
      30.  
      		 Outburst    
      31.  
      		 Umamm    
      32.  
      		 Might Is Right    
      33.  
      		 Like or Lump It    
      34.  
      		 Ichor    
      35.  
      		 Tong Tong    
      36.  
      		 Jatz    
      37.  
      		 You Did It    
      38.  
      		 Ring-A-Ding-Dong    
      39.  
      		 Silver Key Can Open an Iron Lock Somewhere    
      40.  
      		 Your's Is Mine    
      41.  
      		 Blue Is All in Rush    
      42.  
      		 Terrified    
      43.  
      		 Etoile    
      44.  
      		 On Streets Without Names    
      45.  
      		 Boatsong    
      46.  
      		 His Head All Red    
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      You can't dispute Liliput's status as pioneers of feminist art-punk. Along with fellow travelers like the Slits and the Raincoats, this (mostly) female Swiss group took advantage of punk's anything-goes attitude and created jittery, spirited pop that was both in step with the times and completely singular. But even if Liliput hadn't paved the way for other guitar-wielding patriarchy-smashers, The Complete Recordings would still prove one thing: They were totally fun. This double-CD retrospective gathers 46 songs recorded under five different lineups from 1978 to 1983, including their initial tracks under the name Kleenex (a certain global conglomerate demanded the name change). The early material is a riot of exuberant energy, taking stylistic cues from peers like Gang of Four and Wire--propulsive bass, skittering pop rhythms, slashing guitars--and adding distinctive overlapping vocal patterns, which are sung, shrieked, and hiccupped in three languages and made-up dadaistic slang. More than 20 years on, it still sounds fresh. It's edifying to hear a track like "Ü," with its elastic aggression, cheeky, monkeylike squeaks, and punky-tough guitars, and realize it was recorded by four young Swiss women in 1978, not last week by Le Tigre. Liliput's later material is more deliberately artsy, adding "avant-tribal" influences and more expansive instrumental passages, but it's equally intriguing. For art-punk historians and adventurous pop fans, The Complete Recordings is as entertaining as it is essential. --Lisa Gidley