Sound of Lies
Sound of Lies is a 1997 album released by Minneapolis music group Jayhawks. It peaked at #112 on the Billboard 200.
With the departure of Mark Olson, Gary Louris becomes the principal songwriter for Sound of Lies with an occasional co-write with bassist Marc Perlman. New drummer Tim O'Reagan also contributes "Bottomless Cup".
Reception
In his review for Allmusic, critic Thom Owen praised the album and wrote " The lyrics have a naked, emotional honesty which would have been more affecting if the music echoed its sentiment, yet the record still has a subtle grace and power, proving that the Jayhawks remain a distinctive band without Olson."[1] Music critic Robert Christgau gave the album a 'bomb' rating[2] while David Browne of Entertainment Weekly gave the album an B- rating and contrasted the Jayhawks with Uncle Tupelo. He wrote the album "is caught between two worlds — it's a little bit wimpy country, a little bit wimpy rock & roll — and ends up lacking the power of either."[4]
Track listing
All songs by Gary Louris unless otherwise noted.
- "The Man Who Loved Life" – 5:00
- "Think About It" (Louris, Perlman) – 5:37
- "Trouble" (Louris, Perlman) – 4:50
- "It's Up to You" – 3:38
- "Stick in the Mud" – 3:34
- "Big Star" – 4:25
- "Poor Little Fish" – 3:56
- "Sixteen Down" – 5:23
- "Haywire" – 5:21
- "Dying on the Vine" (Louris, Perlman) – 5:52
- "Bottomless Cup" (Tim O'Reagan) – 4:14
- "Sound of Lies" – 3:56
Personnel
- Gary Louris – guitar, vocals
- Marc Perlman – bass, guitar, vocals
- Karen Grotberg – organ, piano, keyboards, Wurlitzer, vocals
- Tim O'Reagan – drums, vocals
- Kraig Johnson – guitar, E-Bow
- Jessy Greene – violin, viola, cello
Additional musicians:
Production notes
- Brian Paulson – producer, mixing
- George Drakoulias – mixing
- Mark Haines – engineer
- Victor Janacua – engineer
- Brian Jenkins – engineer
- Jim Scott – mixing
- Stephen Marcussen – mastering
- Allen Sanderson – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Mike Scotella – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Joe Zook – assistant engineer
- Dan Corrigan – photography
References
- ^ a b Owens, Thom. "Sound of Lies > Review". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r260076. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ^ a b Christgau, Robert. "Sound of Lies > Review". Robert Christgau. http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=The+Jayhawks. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ^ Westhoff, Ben (July 2008). "Sound of Lies > Review". Crawdaddy. http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=8302. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
- ^ a b Browne, David (February 1995). "Sound of Lies > Review". Entertainment Weekly. http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20179378,00.html. Retrieved June 15, 2011.
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| Gary Louris – Solo |
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| Mark Olson – Solo |
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| Mark Olson & Gary Louris |
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