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Lizzy Borden - Visual Lies



8.2 | 43 votes |
Release date: August 1987
Style: Heavy metal

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01. Me Against The World
02. Shock
03. Outcast
04. Den Of Thieves
05. Visual Lies
06. Eyes Of A Stranger
07. Lord Of The Flies
08. Voyeur (I'm Watching You)
09. Visions
10. Me Against The World [demo version] [2002 re-issue bonus]
11. Lord Of The Flies [demo version] [2002 re-issue bonus]
12. Visual Lies [demo version] [2002 re-issue bonus]
13. Me Against The World [bat2theskull remix version] [2002 re-issue bonus]

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Although having already released two by Metal Blade' standards successful albums, Lizzy Borden were still hoping for a chance to make it really big. In Lizzy Borden's own words the band "really wanted to get on MTV" and with "Me Against The World" the band achieved just that. Unsurprisingly, the songs on "Visual Lies" take a more commercial turn, but the band stays true to it's roots. No matter how many times it was labeled a sell-out album, "Visual Lies" still employs a distinct sense of metal songwriting only with more emphasis on melody than on unbridled energy. Compared to the band's earlier, over-the-top style, Lizzy Borden toned down their act a great deal, now favouring mid-paced tempos, vocals focused more on memorability than hitting high notes and a far more glossy production. Thankfully, during the course of making two albums the band also picked up a healthy amount of pop sensibility and there are more than enough hooks around to keep things interesting.

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12.02.2021 - 09:41
Rating: 8
majormalfunction

You can easily hear that the band tried to break with this album, I don't know how big they got sales wise but considering the state of metal in 87 this should have made them big even if it's IMO is the weakest of their three first. The two first songs are very glam metal sounding and don't work at all for me. Luckily it gets better after those two and some of the stuff here is very strong. Den of Thieves is probably my favourite, a fast one which has a clear Iron Maiden vibe to it. The last three songs and also rock pretty hard, strong US power metal with Joe Holmes providing some great lead guitar. The album is a bit of a mixed bag with a too glossy production and I miss the mad out of this world vocals by Lizzy but nice record nevertheless.
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