Beauty Lies

Beauty Lies is an album by the American post-punk 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]

Beauty Lies
Studio album by
Bush Tetras
Released1997
GenrePost-punk
LabelTim/Kerr[1]
ProducerNona Hendryx
Bush Tetras chronology
Boom in the Night: Original Studio Recordings 1980-1983
(1996)		 Beauty Lies
(1997)		 Very Very Happy
(2007)

Production

The album was produced by Nona Hendryx; Henry Rollins had produced the band's first two singles after reuniting.[6] Hendryx and Darlene Love provided backing vocals on Beauty Lies.[7]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Los Angeles Daily News[9]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[10]
The Plain DealerB+[1]
The San Diego Union-Tribune[11]

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."[12] Rolling Stone deemed the album "incredibly tight, hardheaded, muscular, confident, hooky and funny."[13] 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."[11]

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."[9] 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."[14] 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."[15]

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."[8]

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. Kappes, John (September 26, 1997). "BUSH TETRAS 'BEAUTY LIES'". The Plain Dealer. Friday. p. 19.
  2. "Bush Tetras Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. Sherr, Sara (17 Oct 1997). "Alternative Choice". Philadelphia Daily News. p. F17.
  4. Kaufman, Gil. "'No Wave' Bush Tetras Back In Action". MTV News.
  5. Dickinson, Chris (7 Sep 1997). "Women on the Edge". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. p. 4C.
  6. Ashare, Matt (Oct 1997). "Bush Tetras: Pat Place's post-punk slide". Guitar Player. 31 (10): 20.
  7. "The NAME remains the SAME". The Dallas Morning News. June 5, 1997. p. 5C.
  8. "Beauty Lies - Bush Tetras | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  9. Shuster, Fred (20 June 1997). "Sound Check". Los Angeles Daily News. p. L21.
  10. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 180.
  11. Rapozo, Tami (August 21, 1997). "Bush Tetras, 'Beauty Lies'". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Entertainment. p. 16.
  12. Milano, Brett (Sep 1997). "Beauty Lies/Bruiser Queen". Stereo Review. 62 (9): 94.
  13. O'Dair, Barbara (Aug 21, 1997). "Beauty Lies". Rolling Stone (767): 112.
  14. McLennan, Scott (24 Aug 1997). "Short Cuts". Telegram & Gazette. Datebook. p. 8.
  15. Rollins, Ron (September 19, 1997). "RECORDINGS IN BRIEF". Dayton Daily News. Go!. p. 19.
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