Give Me a Wall

Infobox Album | Name = Give Me a Wall
Type = Album
Artist = ¡Forward, Russia!


Released = 15th May 2006
Recorded = 2005
Genre = Indie rock
Length = 49:15
Label = Dance to the Radio
Producer = Paul Tipler
Reviews =
*"Allmusic" Rating|3.5|5
*"NME" rating-10|8 [http://www.nme.com/reviews/forward-russia/7940 link]
*"Pitchfork Media" rating-10|6.5 [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/37528-give-me-a-wall link]
*"Rocklouder" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rocklouder.co.uk/articles/35.html link]
*"The Guardian" Rating|4|5 [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,,1772655,00.html link]
*"Stylus" B+ [http://stylusmagazine.com/reviews/forward-russia/give-me-a-wall.htm link]

Last album =
This album = "Give Me a Wall" (2006)
Next album = "Life Processes" (2008)

"Give Me a Wall" is the debut album from ¡Forward, Russia!, and was released in the UK on the 15th May 2006 and in the US on the 19th December 2006. Tracks on the album include previous singles "Twelve", "Nine" and "Thirteen". The album was released through the band's own label, "dance to the radio". When asked why the album was self produced, guitarist Whiskas proclaimed, "We're sick of waiting around for labels to sort themselves out, so we're doing it ourselves." As with other ¡Forward, Russia! releases, every track on the record has a numerical title.

Track listing

(all tracks written by ¡Forward, Russia!)
# "Thirteen" – 4:02
# "Twelve" – 2:14
# "Fifteen Pt I" – 4:14
# "Nine" – 3:56
# "Nineteen" – 4:54
# "Seventeen" – 4:05
# "Eighteen" – 3:37
# "Sixteen" – 5:48
# "Seven" – 3:28
# "Fifteen Pt II" – 5:23
# "Eleven" – 7:28

There is also a short instrumental track in the negative space of Eleven and if the CD is rewound at the beginning of Thirteen an extended version of the intro plays for 46 seconds, linking the end of Eleven to Thirteen.