“Didn’t We Deserve a Look at You the Way You Really Are” is the opener for American post-hardcore band Shellac, off their second album Terraform (1998). This record, when released, was not as well-received as its predecessor At Action Park, and many cite this song as a reason for its lower ratings....
For decades, you paraded as a crazy bitch
Wretchedness, your lucky charm
Hung on a bracelet displayed on your arm
All we saw is not how you are
Caught a glimpse of you
In an unselfconscious smile
Revealing yourself
Didn't we deserve a look at you the way you really are?
Didn’t We Deserve a Look at You the Way You Really Are was written by Todd Trainer & Bob Weston & Steve Albini.
Didn’t We Deserve a Look at You the Way You Really Are was produced by Todd Trainer & Bob Weston & Steve Albini.
Shellac released Didn’t We Deserve a Look at You the Way You Really Are on Tue Feb 10 1998.
Regarding the suggestion that Terraform was less well recieved that Shellac’s previous At Action Park due to this song, “its lumbering 12-minute opener”, Steve Albini told The Quietus
Within the band, it was received perfectly well. It goes without saying that it’s an unusual thing to start a recor...