Lie to Me (album)

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Lie to Me
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Studio album by
ReleasedJanuary 28, 1997
Recorded1996
Genre Blues
Length50:55
Label A&M
Producer David Z
Jonny Lang chronology
Smokin
(1995)
Lie to Me
(1997)
Wander This World
(1998)
Professional ratings
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Lie to Me is the second studio album by the American blues guitarist Jonny Lang, released on January 28, 1997. It is Lang's big-label debut, released a day before he turned 16.

Contents

Track listing

All songs produced and engineered by David Rivkin. [3]

Lie to Me track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Lie to Me"
  • Bruce McCabe
  • David Rivkin
4:14
2."Darker Side"McCabe5:10
3."Good Morning Little School Girl" Sonny Boy Williamson 4:15
4."Still Wonder" Kevin Bowe 3:45
5."Matchbox" Ike Turner 3:30
6."Back for a Taste of Your Love"
3:32
7."A Quitter Never Wins"
5:57
8."Hit the Ground Running"
3:31
9."Rack 'Em Up"McCabe4:08
10."When I Come to You"
4:59
11."There's Gotta Be a Change"Gwendolyn Collins4:11
12."Missing Your Love"
  • Morgan
  • Lang
3:54
Total length:51:06

Personnel

Charts

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