They Threw Us All in a Trench and Stuck a Monument on Top is the debut studio album by Australian-American dance-punk band Liars.

The album was first released on October 30, 2001, by Gern Blandsten Records and later re-released in 2002 by English label Blast First.

It displays the band in its original line-up with singer Angus Andrew, guitarist Aaron Hemphill, bassist Pat Noecker (currently in These Are Powers), and drummer Ron Albertson.

[12] The album received positive reviews from publications such as AllMusic and Pitchfork Media, which cemented the band's place in recent American music.

[2][8] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice gave the album a two-star honorable mention rating and remarked: "Not a bad trick—tension-and-release that never lets go.