Sunshine Lies

Spin: 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Yoking fuzz-stoked guitars to gorgeous melodies derived from the Beatles and Big Star, Sweet serves up his best tunes since ALTERED BEAST."

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CD Details

Released: September 8, 2008
Originally Released: 2008
Label: Shout Factory

Entertainment Reviews:

Rolling Stone - p.73

3 stars out of 5 -- "SUNSHINE LIES is long on the sunny, pop-classicist melodies, straightforward grooves and layered harmonies of his earlier work."

Spin - p.124

3.5 stars out of 5 -- "Yoking fuzz-stoked guitars to gorgeous melodies derived from the Beatles and Big Star, Sweet serves up his best tunes since ALTERED BEAST."

Mojo (Publisher) - p.106

4 stars out of 5 -- "Matthew Sweet returns with a tenth tune-fest that's equal parts sunny delight and cathartic, Posiesesque bluster."
Paste (magazine) (p.57) - "[H]e conjures sunlit days that are far from idyllic....Nobody else makes uncertainty sound half this good. His best outing since 1999's IN REVERSE."

Tracks:

1.Time Machine
2.Room To Rock
3.Byrdgirl
4.Flying
5.Feel Fear
6.Let's Love
7.Sunshine Lies
8.Pleasure Is Mine
9.Daisychain
10.Sunrise Eyes
11.Around You Now
12.Burn Through Love
13.Back Of My Mind