Beautiful Lumps of Coal

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Beautiful Lumps of Coal
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 25, 2003
Length41:05
Label Curb
Producer Shaun Shakel, Jay Joyce
Plumb chronology
The Best of Plumb
(2000)
Beautiful Lumps of Coal
(2003)
Simply Plumb
(2005)
Singles from Beautiful Lumps of Coal
  1. "Free"
    Released: 2003
  2. "Real"
    Released: 2004
  3. "Boys Don't Cry"
    Released: 2004
  4. "Sink N' Swim"
    Released: 2004
Professional ratings
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Beautiful Lumps of Coal is the third album by Christian singer Plumb. After undergoing many member changes, a record label change and marriage, Tiffany Arbuckle Lee decided to go solo. This release features the songs "Real", "Sink-N-Swim", "Free" and "Boys Don't Cry".

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Free" (Tiffany Arbuckle Lee, Matt Bronleewe) – 3:29
  2. "Sink N' Swim" (Lee, Jimmy Collins) – 3:29
  3. "Without You" (Lee, Jay Joyce) – 3:31
  4. "Boys Don't Cry" (Lee, Bronleewe) – 3:48
  5. "Hold Me" (Lee, Joyce) – 3:40
  6. "Walk Away" (Lee, Bronleewe) – 3:28
  7. "Taken" (Lee, Shaun Shankel, Kyle Jacobs) – 4:15
  8. "Nice Naïve and Beautiful" (Lee) – 4:15
  9. "Unnoticed" (Lee, Collins) – 3:08
  10. "Real" (Lee, Christa Wells) – 3:42
  11. "Love'em & Kiss'em" (Brandon Arbuckle) – 0:21
  12. "Go" (Lee, Wells) – 3:52

Singles

Chart performance

Week #HeatseekersContemporary Christian
13332

Cover

"Boys Don't Cry" was translated into French by Elsa Lunghini, as "Pour une vue du paradis", and released on her fifth studio album, De lave et de sève (2004).[ citation needed ]

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