The Beautiful Lie (album)
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| The Beautiful Lie | ||||
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| Released | 5 June 2006 | |||
| Genre | British rock | |||
| Length | 54:24 | |||
| Label | Heavenly | |||
| Producer | Jari Haapalainen, Ed Harcourt | |||
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| Singles from The Beautiful Lie | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 67/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [2] |
| Contactmusic.com | 4/5[3] |
| Dotmusic |  [4] |
| Drowned in Sound | 6/10[5] |
| The Guardian |  [6] |
| musicOMH | [7] |
| Now | NN[8] |
| Pitchfork Media | (1.9/10)[9] |
| Popmatters | (8/10)[10] |
| The Skinny | [11] |
The Beautiful Lie is the fourth album by British singer-songwriter Ed Harcourt, released in 2006. Ed's wife, Gita Harcourt, plays violin throughout the album and sings vocals on "Braille," and The Magic Numbers guest as backing vocalists on "Revolution in the Heart." Ed was dropped by Astralwerks Records/EMI in the US, the label which released his previous three albums. The album finally got a US release via Dovecote Records on 3 June 2008, nearly 2 years after its original release.
- "Whirlwind in D Minor" – 3:57
- "Visit from the Dead Dog" – 3:01
- "You Only Call Me When You're Drunk" – 4:27
- "The Last Cigarette" – 3:30
- "Shadowboxing" – 3:20
- "Late Night Partner" – 4:36
- "Revolution in the Heart" – 4:20
- "Until Tomorrow Then" – 3:56
- "Scatterbraine" – 2:46
- "Rain on the Pretty Ones" – 4:18
- "The Pristine Claw" – 3:19
- "I Am the Drug" – 3:31
- "Braille" – 5:31
- "Good Friends Are Hard to Find" – 3:52
- UK iTunes-only bonus track
- "Little Miss Secretive" – 3:24
