Beautiful Lies | ||||
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Released | 1996 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 38:56 | |||
Label | Sugar Hill | |||
Producer | Janis Gill | |||
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Beautiful Lies is the sixth album from US country duo Sweethearts of the Rodeo. Included are covers of songs by Donovan ("Catch the Wind"), Bob Dylan ("One More Night"), and the Jimmie Rodgers/George Vaughn tune, "Mule Skinner Blues." Neither the album nor any singles appeared on the Billboard music charts.
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In his Allmusic review, critic Kelly McCartney wrote of the album "... every now and then comes the rare traditionalist with a twang and a swagger and a bucket full of heartache to sing about. Enter Sweethearts of the Rodeo... Beautiful Lies is a decent little record. Nothing terribly earth-shattering, but that's just fine." [1]
Donovan Phillips Leitch, known mononymously as Donovan, is a Scottish musician, songwriter, and record producer. He developed an eclectic and distinctive style that blended folk, jazz, pop, psychedelic rock and world music. He has lived in Scotland, Hertfordshire (England), London, California, and—since at least 2008—in County Cork, Ireland, with his family. Emerging from the British folk scene, Donovan reached fame in the United Kingdom in early 1965 with live performances on the pop TV series Ready Steady Go!.
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