Beauty Lies
Beauty Lies is an album by the American post-punk band Bush Tetras, released in 1997. It was the band's first album, as their 1980s output had consisted solely of EPs and singles. All four original members participated in the reunion. Production. The album was produced by Nona Hendryx; Henry Rollins had produced the band's first two singles after reuniting. Hendryx and Darlene Love provided backing vocals on "Beauty Lies". Critical reception. "Stereo Review" wrote that "the band has improved slightly on "Beauty Lies", the first decently produced recording in its history ... The approach is a  bit more rock and less funk nowadays." "Rolling Stone" deemed the album "incredibly tight, hardheaded, muscular, confident, hooky and funny." "The San Diego Union-Tribune" opined that "the songs are often shallow, jagged little pills that start out big and fail to deliver any substance." The "Los Angeles Daily News" thought that "Beauty Lies" "finds the band in top form, still turning out funky pop gems powered by Pat Place's slash-and-burn guitar." The "Telegram & Gazette" determined that "the band's deep-groove sense of rhythm gives it a distinctive sound, and its mix of whimsical and menacing  lyrics straddles the best of punk rock's dueling interests: the abilities to incite and brush off." The "Dayton Daily News" concluded that "there's a lot of anger and screeching, not to be confused with angry screeching, on Bush Tetras' "Beauty Lies" ... the difference between the two being that with all the metal-pop catharsis that spills from these songs, the band can't have anything to be hacked off about anymore." AllMusic wrote that "Place's guitar is more controlled and less slashing, though she can still work up a good old art-noise head of steam." Beauty