Beauty Lies

Last updated

Beauty Lies
Beauty Lies.jpg
Studio album by
Bush Tetras
Released1997
Genre Post-punk
Label Tim/Kerr [1]
Producer Nona Hendryx
Bush Tetras chronology
Boom in the Night: Original Studio Recordings 1980-1983
(1996)		Beauty Lies
(1997)		Very Very Happy
(2007)

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]

Contents

Production

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]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Los Angeles Daily News Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
The Plain Dealer B+ [1]
The San Diego Union-Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
San Francisco Examiner Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
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" 

References

  1. 1 2 Kappes, John (September 26, 1997). "Bush Tetras 'Beauty Lies'". Friday. The Plain Dealer. p. 19.
  2. ↑ "Bush Tetras Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ Sherr, Sara (October 17, 1997). "Alternative Choice". Philadelphia Daily News. p. F17.
  4. ↑ Kaufman, Gil. "'No Wave' Bush Tetras Back in Action". MTV News. Archived from the original on September 7, 2018.
  5. ↑ Dickinson, Chris (September 7, 1997). "Women on the Edge". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 4C.
  6. ↑ Ashare, Matt (October 1997). "Bush Tetras: Pat Place's post-punk slide". Guitar Player. Vol. 31, no. 10. p. 20.
  7. ↑ "The name remains the same". The Dallas Morning News. June 5, 1997. p. 5C.
  8. 1 2 "Bush Tetras, Beauty Lies". Datebook. San Francisco Examiner. June 22, 1997. p. 55.
  9. 1 2 "Beauty Lies". AllMusic.
  10. 1 2 Shuster, Fred (June 20, 1997). "Sound Check". Los Angeles Daily News. p. L21.
  11. ↑ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 180.
  12. 1 2 Rapozo, Tami (August 21, 1997). "Bush Tetras, 'Beauty Lies'". Entertainment. The San Diego Union-Tribune. p. 16.
  13. ↑ Milano, Brett (September 1997). "Beauty Lies/Bruiser Queen". Stereo Review. Vol. 62, no. 9. p. 94.
  14. ↑ O'Dair, Barbara (August 21, 1997). "Beauty Lies". Rolling Stone. No. 767. p. 112.
  15. ↑ McLennan, Scott (August 24, 1997). "Short Cuts". Datebook. Telegram & Gazette. p. 8.
  16. ↑ Rollins, Ron (September 19, 1997). "Recordings in Brief". Go!. Dayton Daily News. p. 19.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.