- The Beautiful Lie
Infobox Album |
Name = The Beautiful Lie
Type = studio
Artist =Ed Harcourt
Released = flagicon|UKJune 5 ,2006
flagicon|USJune 3 ,2008
Recorded = Toerag Studios, Maplewood Studios, Funny Bunny Studios, Decibel Studios
Genre =British rock
Length = 54:24
Label =Heavenly Records Dovecote Records
Producer =Jari Haapalainen ,Ed Harcourt
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:3xfpxq9dldde link]
*QRO Magazine (7.7/10.0) [http://www.qromag.com/alphacontent/reviews/album_reviews/view/ed_harcourt_:_the_beautiful_lie/ link]
Last album = "Strangers"
(2004)
This album = "The Beautiful Lie"
(2006)
Next album = ""
(2007)"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," andThe Magic Numbers guest as backing vocalists on "Revolution in the Heart." Ed was dropped byAstralwerks Records /EMI in the US, the label which released his previous three albums. The album finally got a US release viaDovecote Records onJune 3 ,2008 , nearly 2 years after its original release.Track listing
# "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
# "Little Miss Secretive" - 3:24 (bonus track--UK iTunes only)ingles
* "Visit from the Dead Dog" (
May 29 ,2006 )
** CD b/w: "The Distance Between"
** 7" vinyl #1 b/w: "Minotaur"
** Amber-colored 7" vinyl #2 b/w: "Blondes, Brunettes and Redheads"
* "Revolution in the Heart" (October 23 ,2006 )
** Digital download only. B-side: "Surreal Killer"
* "Until Tomorrow Then" (August 19 ,2008 )
** Music video single only. [ Visit Ed Harcourt's official MySpace page and blog for still shots from the video shoot. ]Personnel
# "Whirlwind In D Minor"
#*Ed Harcourt - Piano, Spanish guitar, electric guitar, bass, music box, vocals
#*B.J. Cole - Pedal steel
#*Dimitri Tikovoi - Drums
# "Visit From The Dead Dog"
#*Ed Harcourt - Piano, bass, synth strings, Hammond organ, vocals
#*Graham Coxon - Guitar
#*Jari Haapalainen - Drums
#*Hadrian Garrard - Trumpet
#*Leo Abrahams - Guitar
# "You Only Call Me When You're Drunk"
#*Ed Harcourt - Piano, bass, bells, vocals
#*Jari Haapalainen - Drums
#*Hadrian Garrard - Trumpet
#*Leo Abrahams - Guitar
#*Fiona Brice - String arrangement
#*Violin - Gillon Cameron, Sally Jackson, Ellie Stanford, Gita Harcourt, Jess Murphy, Rosie Langley
#*Viola - Amy Stanford, Louise Hogan
#*Cello - Laura Anstee, Jonny Byers
# "The Last Cigarette"
#*Ed Harcourt - Guitar, vocals
#*Gita Harcourt - Violin
# "Shadowboxing"
#*Ed Harcourt - Guitar, bass, organ, vocals
#*Jari Haapalainen - Drums, shaker
# "Late Night Partner"
#*Ed Harcourt - Piano, vocals
#*Johan Berthling - String arrangement
#*Violin - Lars Warnstad, George Kentros, Anna Rodell, Lisa Rydell
#*Cello - Anna Wallgren, Leo Svensson
# "Revolution In The Heart"
#*Ed Harcourt - Piano, bass, casiotone, SK1, vocals
#*Jeremy Stacey - Drums
#*Jari Haapalainen - Drums
#*Michele Stodart - Backing vocals
#*Romeo Stodart - Backing vocals
#*Sean Gannon - Backing vocals
#*Angela Gannon - Backing vocals
#*Leo Abrahams - Guitars
# "Until Tomorrow Then"
#*Ed Harcourt - Optigan, piano, vocals
#*Jari Haapalainen - Drums
#*Gita Harcourt - Backing vocals
#*Hadrian Garrard - Trumpet
# "Scatterbraine"
#*Ed Harcourt - Piano, bass, organ, vocals
#*Jari Haapalainen - Drums
#*Johan Berthling - String arrangement
#*Violin - Lars Warnstad, George Kentros, Anna Rodell, Lisa Rydell
#*Cello - Anna Wallgren, Leo Svensson
# "Rain On The Pretty Ones"
#*Ed Harcourt - Piano, vocals
#*Leo Abrahams - Guitar
#*Ellekari Larsson - Backing Vocals
#*Ane Brun - Backing Vocals
#*Jenny Wilson - Backing Vocals
#*Nina Kinert - Backing Vocals
#*Anja Bigrell - Backing Vocals
#*Amy Langley - String arrangement
#*Gita Harcourt - String arrangement
#*Violin - Gillon Cameron, Sally Jackson, Ellie Stanford, Gita Harcourt, Jess Murphy, Rosie Langley
#*Viola - Amy Stanford, Louise Hogan
#*Cello - Laura Anstee, Jonny Byers
# "The Pristine Claw"
#*Ed Harcourt - Guitar, vocals
#*Leo Abrahams - Guitar
#*Johan Berthling - Woodwind arrangement
#*Thomas Bodin - Oboe
# "I Am The Drug"
#*Ed Harcourt - Piano, bass, vocals
#*Jari Haapalainen - Drums
#*Leo Abrahams - Guitars
#*Fiona Brice - String arrangement
#*Violin - Gillon Cameron, Sally Jackson, Ellie Stanford, Gita Harcourt, Jess Murphy, Rosie Langley
#*Viola - Amy Stanford, Louise Hogan
#*Cello - Laura Anstee, Jonny Byers
# "Braille"
#*Ed Harcourt - Guitar, piano, vocals
#*Gita Harcourt - Vocals
#*Leo Abrahams - Baritone guitar, guitar treatments
#*Jari Haapalainen - Percussion
# "Good Friends Are Hard To Find"
#*Ed Harcourt - Piano, vocals
#*Hadrian Garrard - Trumpet
#*Leo Abrahams - String arrangement
#*Violin - Gillon Cameron, Sally Jackson, Ellie Stanford, Gita Harcourt, Jess Murphy, Rosie Langley
#*Viola - Amy Stanford, Louise Hogan
#*Cello - Laura Anstee, Jonny ByersReferences
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