| Beauty Lies | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1997 | |||
| Genre | Post-punk | |||
| Label | Tim/Kerr [1] | |||
| Producer | Nona Hendryx | |||
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Beauty Lies is an album by the American band Bush Tetras, released in 1997. [2] [3] It was the band's first album, as their 1980s output had consisted solely of EPs and singles. [4] All four original members participated in the reunion. [5]
The album was produced by Nona Hendryx; Henry Rollins had produced the band's first two singles after the band reunited. [6] Hendryx and Darlene Love provided backing vocals on Beauty Lies. [7] "World Dub" is a hidden track. [8]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [9] |
| Los Angeles Daily News | [10] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [11] |
| The Plain Dealer | B+ [1] |
| The San Diego Union-Tribune | [12] |
| San Francisco Examiner | [8] |
Stereo Review wrote that "the band has improved slightly on Beauty Lies, the first decently produced recording in its history... The approach is a bit more rock and less funk nowadays." [13] Rolling Stone deemed the album "incredibly tight, hardheaded, muscular, confident, hooky and funny." [14] The San Diego Union-Tribune opined that "the songs are often shallow, jagged little pills that start out big and fail to deliver any substance." [12]
The Los Angeles Daily News thought that Beauty Lies "finds the band in top form, still turning out funky pop gems powered by Pat Place's slash-and-burn guitar." [10] The Telegram & Gazette determined that "the band's deep-groove sense of rhythm gives it a distinctive sound, and its mix of whimsical and menacing lyrics straddles the best of punk rock's dueling interests: the abilities to incite and brush off." [15] The Dayton Daily News concluded that "there's a lot of anger and screeching, not to be confused with angry screeching, on Bush Tetras' Beauty Lies ... the difference between the two being that with all the metal-pop catharsis that spills from these songs, the band can't have anything to be hacked off about anymore." [16]
AllMusic wrote that "Place's guitar is more controlled and less slashing, though she can still work up a good old art-noise head of steam." [9]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Mr. Love Song" | |
| 2. | "Page 18" | |
| 3. | "Dirty Little Secret" | |
| 4. | "Beauty Lies" | |
| 5. | "Color Green" | |
| 6. | "Satan Is a Bummer" | |
| 7. | "Silver Chain" | |
| 8. | "The Ballad" | |
| 9. | "Mental Mishap" | |
| 10. | "Find a Lie" | |
| 11. | "Basement Babies" | |
| 12. | "World" | |
| 13. | "World Dub" |
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