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The Beautiful Lie (album)

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.

Track listing

  1. "Whirlwind in D Minor" – 3:57
  2. "Visit from the Dead Dog" – 3:01
  3. "You Only Call Me When You're Drunk" – 4:27
  4. "The Last Cigarette" – 3:30
  5. "Shadowboxing" – 3:20
  6. "Late Night Partner" – 4:36
  7. "Revolution in the Heart" – 4:20
  8. "Until Tomorrow Then" – 3:56
  9. "Scatterbraine" – 2:46
  10. "Rain on the Pretty Ones" – 4:18
  11. "The Pristine Claw" – 3:19
  12. "I Am the Drug" – 3:31
  13. "Braille" – 5:31
  14. "Good Friends Are Hard to Find" – 3:52
UK iTunes-only bonus track
  1. <li value="15"> "Little Miss Secretive" – 3:24

Singles

  • "Visit from the Dead Dog" (29 May 2006)
  • CD b/w: "The Distance Between"
  • 7" vinyl No. 1 b/w: "Minotaur"
  • Amber-coloured 7" vinyl No. 2 b/w: "Blondes, Brunettes and Redheads"
  • "Revolution in the Heart" (23 October 2006)
  • Digital download only. B-side: "Surreal Killer"
  • "Until Tomorrow Then" (19 August 2008)
  • Music video single only.

Personnel

  1. "Whirlwind in D Minor"
  2. * Ed Harcourt – Piano, Spanish guitar, electric guitar, bass, music box, vocals
  3. * B.J. Cole – Pedal steel
  4. * Dimitri Tikovoi – Drums
  5. "Visit from the Dead Dog"
  6. * Ed Harcourt – Piano, bass, synth strings, Hammond organ, vocals
  7. * Graham Coxon – Guitar
  8. * Jari Haapalainen – Drums
  9. * Hadrian Garrard – Trumpet
  10. * Leo Abrahams – Guitar
  11. "You Only Call Me When You're Drunk"
  12. * Ed Harcourt – Piano, bass, bells, vocals
  13. * Jari Haapalainen – Drums
  14. * Hadrian Garrard – Trumpet
  15. * Leo Abrahams – Guitar
  16. * Fiona Brice – String arrangement
  17. * Violin – Gillon Cameron, Sally Jackson, Ellie Stanford, Gita Harcourt, Jess Murphy, Rosie Langley
  18. * Viola – Amy Stanford, Louise Hogan
  19. * Cello – Laura Anstee, Jonny Byers
  20. "The Last Cigarette"
  21. * Ed Harcourt – Guitar, vocals
  22. * Gita Harcourt – Violin
  23. "Shadowboxing"
  24. * Ed Harcourt – Guitar, bass, organ, vocals
  25. * Jari Haapalainen – Drums, shaker
  26. "Late Night Partner"
  27. * Ed Harcourt – Piano, vocals
  28. * Johan Berthling – String arrangement
  29. * Violin – Lars Warnstad, George Kentros, Anna Rodell, Lisa Rydell
  30. * Cello – Anna Wallgren, Leo Svensson
  31. "Revolution in the Heart"
  32. * Ed Harcourt – Piano, bass, casiotone, SK1, vocals
  33. * Jeremy Stacey – Drums
  34. * Jari Haapalainen – Drums
  35. * Michele Stodart – Backing vocals
  36. * Romeo Stodart – Backing vocals
  37. * Sean Gannon – Backing vocals
  38. * Angela Gannon – Backing vocals
  39. * Leo Abrahams – Guitars
  40. "Until Tomorrow Then"
  41. * Ed Harcourt – Optigan, piano, vocals
  42. * Jari Haapalainen – Drums
  43. * Gita Harcourt – Backing vocals
  44. * Hadrian Garrard – Trumpet
  45. "Scatterbraine"
  46. * Ed Harcourt – Piano, bass, organ, vocals
  47. * Jari Haapalainen – Drums
  48. * Johan Berthling – String arrangement
  49. * Violin – Lars Warnstad, George Kentros, Anna Rodell, Lisa Rydell
  50. * Cello – Anna Wallgren, Leo Svensson
  51. "Rain on the Pretty Ones"
  52. * Ed Harcourt – Piano, vocals
  53. * Leo Abrahams – Guitar
  54. * Ellekari Larsson – Backing Vocals
  55. * Ane Brun – Backing Vocals
  56. * Jenny Wilson – Backing Vocals
  57. * Nina Kinert – Backing Vocals
  58. * Anja Bigrell – Backing Vocals
  59. * Amy Langley – String arrangement
  60. * Gita Harcourt – String arrangement
  61. * Violin – Gillon Cameron, Sally Jackson, Ellie Stanford, Gita Harcourt, Jess Murphy, Rosie Langley
  62. * Viola – Amy Stanford, Louise Hogan
  63. * Cello – Laura Anstee, Jonny Byers
  64. "The Pristine Claw"
  65. * Ed Harcourt – Guitar, vocals
  66. * Leo Abrahams – Guitar
  67. * Johan Berthling – Woodwind arrangement
  68. * Thomas Bodin – Oboe
  69. "I Am the Drug"
  70. * Ed Harcourt – Piano, bass, vocals
  71. * Jari Haapalainen – Drums
  72. * Leo Abrahams – Guitars
  73. * Fiona Brice – String arrangement
  74. * Violin – Gillon Cameron, Sally Jackson, Ellie Stanford, Gita Harcourt, Jess Murphy, Rosie Langley
  75. * Viola – Amy Stanford, Louise Hogan
  76. * Cello – Laura Anstee, Jonny Byers
  77. "Braille"
  78. * Ed Harcourt – Guitar, piano, vocals
  79. * Gita Harcourt – Vocals
  80. * Leo Abrahams – Baritone guitar, guitar treatments
  81. * Jari Haapalainen – Percussion
  82. "Good Friends Are Hard to Find"
  83. * Ed Harcourt – Piano, vocals
  84. * Hadrian Garrard – Trumpet
  85. * Leo Abrahams – String arrangement
  86. * Violin – Gillon Cameron, Sally Jackson, Ellie Stanford, Gita Harcourt, Jess Murphy, Rosie Langley
  87. * Viola – Amy Stanford, Louise Hogan
  88. * Cello – Laura Anstee, Jonny Byers

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