| Deceiver | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Chris Thile |
| Cover: | Chris Thile Deceiver.jpg |
| Released: | October 12, 2004 |
| Genre: | Bluegrass |
| Label: | Sugar Hill |
| Producer: | Chris Thile, Gary Paczosa |
| Prev Title: | Not All Who Wander Are Lost |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | How to Grow a Woman from the Ground |
| Next Year: | 2006 |
Deceiver is the fourth solo album by American newgrass mandolinist Chris Thile, released on Sugar Hill in 2004. It features a total of 39 instruments, all played by Thile himself. The instruments played on the album include the mandolin, mandola, bass guitar, electric guitar, piano, violin, banjo and various percussion instruments. In 2005, the album was nominated the Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical to the album's engineers, Thile and Gary Paczosa.
In a 2007 interview, Chris Thile discussed what he musically envisioned for Deceiver:[1]
All tracks composed by Chris Thile