Sunshine Lies
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Sunshine Lies is the tenth studio album by alternative rock
musician Matthew Sweet
. It was released via Shout! Factory
on August 26, 2008. Previews of the album had previously been available on Sweet's MySpace
page with the title "Rock Bottom"http://www.myspace.com/matthewsweetmusic, 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. 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
provides backup vocals on the title track.
It was released on CD, download, and 2-LP
vinyl set. The vinyl set offers four bonus tracks not available on the CD. The iTunes download version offers six bonus tracks, four of which also appear on the vinyl version.
Alternative rock
Alternative rock is a genre of rock music and a term used to describe a diverse musical movement that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1980s and became widely popular by the 1990s...
musician Matthew Sweet
Matthew Sweet
Sidney Matthew Sweet is an American alternative rock/power pop musician. He was part of the burgeoning Athens, Georgia music scene in the early and mid-1980s before gaining commercial success during the early 1990s...
. It was released via Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory
Shout! Factory is an entertainment company founded in 2003 that was started by Richard Foos , Bob Emmer and Garson Foos initially as a specialty music label...
on August 26, 2008. Previews of the album had previously been available on Sweet's MySpace
MySpace
Myspace is a social networking service owned by Specific Media LLC and pop star Justin Timberlake. Myspace launched in August 2003 and is headquartered in Beverly Hills, California. In August 2011, Myspace had 33.1 million unique U.S. visitors....
page with the title "Rock Bottom"http://www.myspace.com/matthewsweetmusic, 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. Several of Sweet's regular collaborators play on the album, including Ric Menck
Velvet Crush
Velvet Crush is a power pop band from Rhode Island that achieved prominence in indie-rock circles in the early- and mid-1990s. The band broke up in 1996 but re-formed in 1998 and have continued to record, releasing their most recent album in 2004...
(drums), Ivan Julian
Ivan Julian
Ivan Julian is a guitarist and bassist, founding member of the seminal Punk/New Wave group Richard Hell and the Voidoids, The Outsets and Lovelies.He has performed with the Isley Brothers, The Clash, Matthew Sweet, and Shriekback....
(guitar), Greg Leisz
Greg Leisz
Greg Leisz is an American multi-instrumentalist, playing lap and pedal steel guitars, guitar, mandolin, and bass.- Biography :Leisz was influenced early on by the Byrds and Flying Burrito Brothers, especially pedal steel player "Sneaky" Pete Kleinow...
(guitar / pedal steel guitar), and Richard Lloyd (guitar). Susanna Hoffs
Susanna Hoffs
Susanna Lee Hoffs is an American vocalist, guitarist and actress. She is best known as a member of the all-female pop band The Bangles.-Early life:...
provides backup vocals on the title track.
It was released on CD, download, and 2-LP
LP album
The LP, or long-playing microgroove record, is a format for phonograph records, an analog sound storage medium. Introduced by Columbia Records in 1948, it was soon adopted as a new standard by the entire record industry...
vinyl set. The vinyl set offers four bonus tracks not available on the CD. The iTunes download version offers six bonus tracks, four of which also appear on the vinyl version.