Beautiful Lie (album)

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Beautiful Lie
Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis - Beautiful Lie.jpg
Studio album by
Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis
ReleasedJune 21, 2019 (2019-06-21)
StudioThe Bunker, Lockhart, Texas, US
Genre Country
Length34:52
Label Motel
Producer Bruce Robison
Bruce Robison chronology
Bruce Robison & The Back Porch Band
(2017)		Beautiful Lie
(2019)		In the Woods
(2024)
Kelly Willis chronology
Back Being Blue
(2018)		Beautiful Lie
(2019)

Beautiful Lie is a 2019 studio album by American country musicians Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis. The work was the fourth of four recordings released by the couple and received positive reviews from critics.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
The Austin Chronicle Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
PopMatters 8/10 [3]

For American Songwriter , Hal Horowitz called Beautiful Lie "a well-balanced set both vocally and musically", with "friskier tunes to offset the lost/fading love slower tracks". [1] In The Austin Chronicle , Doug Freeman called the music "some of their best genre work together" and said that "Austin's reigning country couple remain on a roll and are only getting better". [2] In No Depression , Matt Conner called this release "part textbook and part songbook" that "tips more than a hat to tradition while it adds plenty more to the catalog". [4] Steve Horowitz of PopMatters stated, "Beautiful Lie successfully captures the sound of the past, but as Robison demonstrates on his self-penned tunes, the past is more than a memory. It is part of who one is in the here and now. We learn from our experiences. Life may not be perfect, but it’s all that we have and deserves to be treasured." [3]

Track listing

  1. "If I Had a Rose" (Adam Wright) – 3:20
  2. "Astrodome" (Jack Ingram and Bruce Robison) – 4:24
  3. "Nobody's Perfect" (A. Wright) – 3:44
  4. "One Dime at a Time" (Ed Bruce and Jerry Chestnutt) – 2:29
  5. "Beautiful Lie" (David McDade and Russell Smith) – 3:30
  6. "Can't Tell Nobody Nothin'" (A. Wright and Shannon Wright) – 3:22
  7. "Coming Down" (Robison) – 2:40
  8. "Lost My Best" (David Ball) – 3:12
  9. "Brand New Me" (Robison) – 4:29
  10. "Heartache to Houston" (Robison) – 3:42

Personnel

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Horowitz, Hal (June 24, 2019). "Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis: Beautiful Lie". Reviews > Album Reviews. American Songwriter . ISSN   0896-8993. OCLC   17342741 . Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  2. 1 2 Freeman, Doug (July 5, 2019). "Bruce Robison & Kelly Willis Beautiful Lie Reviewed". Music. The Austin Chronicle . ISSN   1074-0740 . Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Horowitz, Steve (June 18, 2019). "Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis Honestly Tell a 'Beautiful Lie'". Features. PopMatters . Retrieved April 1, 2024.
  4. ↑ Connor, Matt (June 26, 2014). "Bruce Robison and Kelly Willis' Duets Dive into Country Past and Present". Reviews. No Depression . ISSN   1088-4971 . Retrieved April 1, 2024.
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