Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar

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. It peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Top Dance/Electronic Albums chart. Its lead single, "Energy", is on the soundtrack for 2011 video game FIFA 12.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	60/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Drowned in Sound	7/10
MusicOMH
NME	4/10
Pitchfork	3.5/10
PopMatters
Rolling Stone
Spin	7/10

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".

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." Philip Bloomfield of Drowned in Sound described the album as "a bold, brash, varied, slightly confused dance record with flashes of hip-hop." 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." 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."

Meanwhile, Nate Patrin of Pitchfork was critical, writing, " rhymes are occasionally vaguely political, sometimes intentionally disingenuous, but never confident enough to tell you just where he stands." 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." Sam Richards of NME commented that Boys Noize's beats "generally lack any semblance of swing or groove."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ta Da"	Naeem Juwan Alexander Ridha	2:55
2.	"Nasty" (featuring Big Freedia)	Juwan Ridha Big Freedia Le1f	2:51
3.	"Car Song" (featuring Santigold)	Juwan Ridha Sam Spiegel Santi White	3:49
4.	"Birfday"	Juwan Le1f	2:37
5.	"The Dance"	Juwan Alex Epton	2:36
6.	"#1 Hit"	Juwan Victor H. Lady G Ridha Mark Ronson	3:09
7.	"Turn It Off"	Juwan Ridha	2:20
8.	"Hennessy Youngman Skit"	Jayson Musson	1:33
9.	"Race Riot"	Juwan Chris Devlin Charles Martucci Ridha	2:47
10.	"Baby"	Juwan Ridha	2:26
11.	"Hot Potato"	Juwan Måns Glaeser Carli L.	3:03
12.	"Cool Shit"	Juwan Epton Tyler Pope	3:50
13.	"DTF DADT"	Juwan Jahan Zeb Malik	4:02
14.	"Energy"	Juwan Chris Cosgrove Ridha	3:29
Total length:			41:27

Personnel

Credits adapted from liner notes.

Naeem Juwan – vocals
Boys Noize – production (1, 3, 6, 7, 10, 14), additional production (2, 4, 5, 9, 11), additional sounds (2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12), additional guitar (14), additional bass guitar (14), additional keyboards (14), mixing
Big Freedia – vocals (2)
Prince Terrence – extra vocals (2), extra percussion (2)
Le1f – production (2, 4)
Santigold – vocals (3)
Squeaky Clean – production (3)
XXXChange – production (5, 12)
Mark Ronson – production (6)
Charles Martucci – production (9)
Christopher Devlin – production (9)
Savage Skulls – production (11)
Tyler Pope – production (12)
Zeb – production (13)
Stephanie – additional vocals (14)
Future People – guitar (14), bass guitar (14)
Paul Taylor – drums (14)
Johnny Siera – additional guitar (14), additional percussion (14)
Dan Walker – additional guitar (14), additional percussion (14)
Nilesh Patel – mastering
Alex Da Corte – cover art
Mathias Kessler – photography
David Rudnick – art direction, design, layout, typography
Jane Morledge – art direction

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)	14

References

^ "Everything Is Boring & Everyone Is a F--king Liar by Spank Rock". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
^ "Spank Rock Chart History (Top Dance/Electronic Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
^ Bush, John. "Everything Is Boring & Everyone Is a F---ing Liar - Spank Rock". AllMusic. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
^ Bloomfield, Philip (September 30, 2011). "Spank Rock - Everything Is Boring & Everyone Is A Fucking Liar". Drowned in Sound. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
Lee, Darren (October 3, 2011). "Spank Rock - Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A Fucking Liar". MusicOMH. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
^ Richards, Sam (September 30, 2011). "Album Review: Spank Rock - 'Everything Is Boring And Everyone Is A Fucking Liar'". NME. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
^ Patrin, Nate (September 30, 2011). "Spank Rock: Everything Is Boring & Everyone Is a Fucking Liar". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
^ Amidon, David (November 28, 2011). "Spank Rock: Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar". PopMatters. Archived from the original on June 7, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
^ Hermes, Will (September 27, 2011). "Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on April 29, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
^ Patel, Puja (September 27, 2011). "Spank Rock, 'Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar' (Blood)". Spin. Archived from the original on April 6, 2013. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
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External links

Everything Is Boring & Everyone Is a F---ing Liar at Discogs (list of releases)

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Studio albums	YoYoYoYoYo Everything Is Boring and Everyone Is a Fucking Liar Startisha
EPs	Bangers & Cash
Mixtapes	FabricLive.33
Singles	"The Bike Song"
Related articles	XXXChange

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