Sunshine Lies

Sunshine Lies
Studio album by Matthew Sweet
Released	August 26, 2008
Recorded	Lolina Green Studios, Los Angeles
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Shout! Factory
Producer	Matthew Sweet
Matthew Sweet chronology
The Pillowcase EP (2006) Sunshine Lies (2008) Under the Covers, Vol. 2 (2009)

Professional ratings
Review scores
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 alternative rock musician Matthew Sweet. It was released on Shout! Factory in 2008.^[5]

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 backup vocals on the title track. The album was recorded and mixed by Sweet.

Previews of the album had previously been available on Sweet's MySpace page with the title "Rock Bottom",^[6] although Sweet has stated 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 was met with little commercial success, but with favorable reviews. 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 offers four bonus tracks, while the iTunes download version offers six bonus tracks (four of which also appear on the vinyl version).

Track listing

All tracks 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

Vinyl bonus tracks[8]
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Dark Blue"
15.	"Badass"
16.	"Could You Need Me?"
17.	"When You're Gone"

iTunes Deluxe Edition[9]
No.	Title	Length
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

• Matthew Sweet – vocals, bass, guitars, piano, organ, Mellotron, sound effects
• Ric Menck – drums
• Greg Leisz – guitar, pedal steel guitar, mandolin
• Ivan Julian – guitar
• Richard Lloyd – guitar
• Susanna Hoffs – backing vocals on "Sunshine Lies"
• Lisa Sweet – backing vocals on "Sunshine Lies"

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
6. Un. "Matthew Sweet | Gratis muziek, tourneedata, foto's, video's". Myspace.com. Retrieved 2012-03-11.
7. http://www.metacritic.com/music/sunshine-lies/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