Sunshine Lies

Sunshine Lies is the tenth studio album by the alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released by Shout! Factory in 2008.[5]

Sunshine Lies
Studio album by
Matthew Sweet
ReleasedAugust 26, 2008
RecordedLolina Green Studios, Los Angeles
GenreAlternative rock
LabelShout! Factory
ProducerMatthew Sweet
Matthew Sweet chronology
The Pillowcase EP
(2006)		 Sunshine Lies
(2008)		 Under the Covers, Vol. 2
(2009)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Honest Tune Onlineunfavorable[2]
Pastefavorable[3]
Pitchfork Media(5.5/10)[4]

Recording

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.

Release

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).

Track listing

All tracks are written by Matthew Sweet.

No.TitleLength
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
Vinyl bonus tracks[8]
No.TitleLength
14."Dark Blue" 
15."Badass" 
16."Could You Need Me?" 
17."When You're Gone" 
iTunes Deluxe Edition[9]
No.TitleLength
14."Badass"3:15
15."Stick It" (iTunes exclusive)2:52
16."Meltdown" (iTunes exclusive)4:02
17."Gone"3:27
18."Could You Need Me"2:31
19."Dark Blue"4:02

Personnel

References
  1. Sunshine Lies at AllMusic
  3. Uhelszki, Jaan (28 August 2008). "Matthew Sweet: Sunshine Lies". Paste. Retrieved 20 March 2014.
  4. Archived September 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. "MATTHEW SWEET TO RELEASE KALEIDOSCOPIC MASTERWORK SUNSHINE LIES ON SHOUT! FACTORY: 8/26/2008". Archived from the original on 2008-04-13. Retrieved 2008-04-08.
  6. Un. "Matthew Sweet | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. Retrieved March 11, 2012.
  7. "Sunshine Lies by Matthew Sweet".
  8. Maher, Dave (June 4, 2008). "Matthew Sweet Tells Lies on New Record". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on January 13, 2009. Retrieved November 17, 2011.
  9. Sunshine Lies Deluxe Edition on iTunes
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