| Sunshine Lies | ||||
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| Released | August 26, 2008 | |||
| Studio | Lolina Green Studios (Los Angeles, California) | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Shout! Factory | |||
| Producer | Matthew Sweet | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Honest Tune Online | unfavorable [2] |
| Paste | favorable [3] |
| Pitchfork Media | (5.5/10) [4] |
Sunshine Lies is the tenth studio album by the alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released by Shout! Factory in 2008. [5]
Several of Sweet's regular collaborators play on the album, including Ric Menck (drums), Ivan Julian (guitar), Greg Leisz (guitar / pedal steel guitar) and Richard Lloyd (guitar). Susanna Hoffs and Lisa Sweet (Sweet's wife) provide backing vocals on the title track. The album was recorded and mixed by Sweet.
Previews of the album had been available on Sweet's MySpace page with the title "Rock Bottom", [6] although Sweet has said that the preview was put there by his manager and that he never had any intention of releasing the album with that title.
The album had little commercial success, but favorable reviews. The review aggregating website Metacritic reports a normalized score of 71% based on 13 reviews. [7] Sunshine Lies was released on CD, download and 2-LP vinyl. [8] The vinyl set has four bonus tracks, while the iTunes download version has six bonus tracks (four of which also appear on the vinyl version).
All tracks are written by Matthew Sweet
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Time Machine" | 3:40 |
| 2. | "Room to Rock" | 3:42 |
| 3. | "Byrdgirl" | 3:18 |
| 4. | "Flying" | 4:22 |
| 5. | "Feel Fear" | 3:44 |
| 6. | "Let's Love" | 3:57 |
| 7. | "Sunshine Lies" | 3:21 |
| 8. | "Pleasure Is Mine" | 4:48 |
| 9. | "Daisychain" | 3:14 |
| 10. | "Sunrise Eyes" | 4:22 |
| 11. | "Around You Now" | 4:04 |
| 12. | "Burn Through Love" | 3:08 |
| 13. | "Back of My Mind" | 5:07 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Dark Blue" | 4:02 |
| 15. | "Badass" | 3:15 |
| 16. | "Could You Need Me?" | 2:31 |
| 17. | "When You're Gone" | 3:27 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 14. | "Badass" | 3:15 |
| 15. | "Stick It" (iTunes exclusive) | 2:52 |
| 16. | "Meltdown" (iTunes exclusive) | 4:02 |
| 17. | "When You're Gone" | 3:27 |
| 18. | "Could You Need Me?" | 2:31 |
| 19. | "Dark Blue" | 4:02 |
Sidney Matthew Sweet is an American alternative rock/power pop singer-songwriter and musician who was part of the burgeoning music scene in Athens, Georgia, during the 1980s before gaining commercial success in the 1990s as a solo artist. His companion albums, Tomorrow Forever and Tomorrow's Daughter, were followed by 2018's Wicked System of Things and 2021's Catspaw, his 15th studio effort.
Gregory Brian Leisz is an American musician. He is a songwriter, recording artist, and producer. He plays guitar, dobro, mandolin, banjo, lap steel and pedal steel guitar.
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