{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = You Guys Kill Me | type = studio | artist = The Third Eye Foundation | cover =You Guys Kill Me.jpg|border=yes | alt = | released = {{Start date|df=yes|1998|10|20}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Electronic | length = {{Duration|m=45|s=16}} | label = Domino Recording Company | producer = Matt Elliott | prev_title = Ghost | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Little Lost Soul | next_year = 2000 | misc = {{Singles | name = You Guys Kill Me | type = studio | single1 = In Bristol with a Pistol | single1date = 1999 }} }} '''''You Guys Kill Me''''' is a studio album by Matt Elliott, released under the moniker The Third Eye Foundation. It was originally released on Domino Recording Company on 20 October 1998.<ref name=allmusic/>
==Critical reception== {{Album ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref name=allmusic>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/you-guys-kill-me-mw0000035968|title=You Guys Kill Me – The Third Eye Foundation|work=AllMusic|first=John|last=Bush|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref> | rev2 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' | rev2score = A−<ref name=ew>{{cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1999/01/22/you-guys-kill-me/|title=You Guys Kill Me|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|first=Will|last=Hermes|author-link=Will Hermes|date=22 January 1999|access-date=2 March 2018|archive-date=3 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180303050739/http://ew.com/article/1999/01/22/you-guys-kill-me/|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev3 = ''NME'' | rev3score = 8/10<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980930104322reviews.html|title=Third Eye Foundation – You Guys Kill Me|work=NME|first=Kitty|last=Empire|author-link=Kitty Empire|date=30 October 1998|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000817161153/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/19980930104322reviews.html|archive-date=17 August 2000|url-status=dead}}</ref> | rev4 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev4score = 6.5/10<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/t/third-eye-foundation/you-guys-kill-me.shtml|title=Third Eye Foundation: You Guys Kill Me|work=Pitchfork|first=Ryan|last=Schreiber|access-date=29 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010129015200/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/t/third-eye-foundation/you-guys-kill-me.shtml|archive-date=29 January 2001|url-status=dead}}</ref> }} Will Hermes of ''Entertainment Weekly'' gave the album a grade of "A−," calling it "a dense weave of scissored rhythms and slithering tape loops that reads like a soundtrack to some great lost surrealist film."<ref name=ew/> John Bush of AllMusic gave the album 4.5 stars out of 5, saying, "The beats and effects Matt Elliott concocted aren't incredibly original (there's the sewing-machine Brazilian bossa shuffle and the downbeat from Boogie Down Productions' "Bridge Is Over," along with various effects including howling dogs, dark crackly strings and metallic), but the slice-and-dice production, along with creative processing, transforms them into revelatory darkside symphonies."<ref name=allmusic/>
''NME'' named it the 36th best album of 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/bestalbumsandtracksoftheyear/1998-2-1045362|title=Albums And Tracks Of The Year: 1998|work=NME|date=10 October 2016|access-date=2 March 2018}}</ref>
==Track listing== {{Track listing | title1 = A Galaxy of Scars | length1 = 6:55 | title2 = For All the Brothers and Sisters | length2 = 4:14 | title3 = There's a Fight at the End of the Tunnel | length3 = 4:39 | title4 = An Even Harder Shade of Dark | length4 = 8:35 | title5 = Lions Writing the Bible | length5 = 1:59 | title6 = No Dove No Covenant | length6 = 4:55 | title7 = I'm Sick and Tired of Being Sick and Tired | length7 = 4:39 | title8 = That Would Be Exhibiting the Same Weak Traits | length8 = 6:07 | title9 = In Bristol with a Pistol | length9 = 3:03 | total_length = 45:16 }}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Discogs master|21595|You Guys Kill Me}} {{Matt Elliott (musician)}} {{Authority control}}
Category:1998 albums Category:Matt Elliott (musician) albums Category:Domino Recording Company albums Category:Merge Records albums