Alibis & Other Lies

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Alibis & Other Lies

Studio album by Grinspoon

Released

July 21, 2007 (Australia)

Recorded

Ramesh Sathiah, Grinspoon

Grinspoon chronology

Best In Show
(2005)

Alibis & Other Lies
(2007)

Alibis & Other Lies is the fifth studio album by Grinspoon, which was released July 21, 2007. The first single from the album is Black Tattoo, being released as a digital download on June 23 and on Single June 30, 2007. Ramesh Sathiah, producer of Green Album and Licker Bottle Cozy, is producing the album. "Black Tattoo" is more similar to songs from Guide to Better Living than the songs off their last album, but the rest of the songs range from AC/DC-esque rockers like "Choirboy" to country rock songs like "Find Your Own Way" and to soft rock songs like "Minute by Minute".

This was their final album under their current contract with Universal Records. The album sessions were delayed during February to April as Phil Jamieson was in rehabilitation due to addiction to crystal methamphetamines.^[1]

During that short time, the band's webpage was replaced with a video of Jamieson in suspenders, doing vocal takes for "Black Tattoo" and a countdown to when the album was supposed to come out.

Currently, this album is the only Australia-only album that the listener can listen to samples of by the band on All Music Guide. However, no USA release date has been announced nor has the website rated the album; however, the album, along with their other albums, are on the United States iTunes and Rhapsody.

[edit] Reception

Despite the band's claims that is was more similar to "Guide to Betrer Living", the album contains various genres, one thing that the fans didn't like. Most reviews for this album are mixed, but some are extremely negative.