Lies to Live By explained

Lies to Live By
Type:	studio
Artist:	The Del-Byzanteens
Cover:	Lies to Live By.jpeg
Studio:	Sorcerer Studios
Genre:	New Wave
Length:	31:09
Label:	Don't Fall Off the Mountain
Producer:	Charlie Walden, The Del-Byzanteens

Lies to Live By is the sole studio album by American band The Del-Byzanteens, released in 1982 by record label Don't Fall Off the Mountain.

Music

"Draft Riot" features a "hyper-disco" beat and quirky guitar sounds that have been compared to the B-52's.^[1]

"War" is a protest song in a funk punk style with "lyrics from Caribbean calypso records."

"Sally Go Round the Roses" is in a "tray soul of the old Jaynettes' shuffle."

Track listing

1. Lies To Live By - 3:57
2. Draft Riot - 3:25
3. War - 2:58
4. Sally Go Round the Roses - 4:30
5. Girls Imagination - 6:03
6. Welcome Machines - 4:29
7. Apartment 13 - 5:47

Reception

Hot Press called the album "a debut equal to anything out of New York these past six years", and Melody Maker described it as "mighty stuff... You are strongly urged to investigate this record... outstanding."^[2] Tiny Mix Tapes called it a "great one-time album".^[3]

External links

• Chicago Reader article mentioning the album

Notes and References

1. Web site: Fricke. David. Del-Byzanteens. Trouser Press. 13 September 2017.
2. Christine Heise, "Lies, Sweet Lies - Jim Jarmusch ist kein Rockstar", in Jim Jarmusch, edited by Rolf Aurich and Stefan Reinecke von Bertz
3. Web site: The Del Byzanteens – Lies to Live By | DeLorean | Tiny Mix Tapes . Monk . J . July 27, 2012 . . May 16, 2016.