To Tell the Truth (album) explained

To Tell the Truth
Type:	studio
Artist:	Jaymay
Cover:	To_Tell_The_Truth_LP_cover.jpg
Released:	August 26, 2016
Length:	42:03
Label:	Jaymay Music
Producer:	Jaymay, Jay Foote, Philip Mohn
Prev Title:	10UNDER2 EP
Prev Year:	2012
Next Title:	Fallin' Like Snow
Next Year:	2016

To Tell the Truth is the second full-length album by Jaymay, released in 2016.^[1]

The thirteen songs on this album are about Jaymay's personal struggles during the preceding few years, including intense pain from Crohn's disease that forced her to cancel her 2013 tour, and the death of her developmentally disabled sister, Cassie, for whom "Cassie's Song" is named. A percentage of the funding for the album that Jaymay raised through PledgeMusic was donated to The Center for Discovery in Monticello, New York, where Cassie went to school.^[2]

The album's cover image is of glass tiles arranged in a "TTTT" pattern, which was photographed at the beach at the end of the street on which Jaymay lived as a child.^[3]

Critical reception

Popdose called the songs on the album "simply sweet and well-constructed" and that Jaymay "clearly has the goods as a singer and songwriter."^[4] Bust Magazine rated the album 3 out of 5, saying that "Jaymay’s evolution as an artist continues, as she excavates her emotional pain for artistic fuel."^[5]

Track listing

All songs written by Jaymay, except where indicated

1. "Baby, Maybe One Day" – 2:38
2. "I Was Only Lovin' You" – 2:54
3. "To Tell the Truth" – 4:03
4. "Never Weep" (adapted from "For Una" by Robinson Jeffers) – 3:25
5. "Just Got Over You" – 2:10
6. "Enlighten Me" – 7:07
7. "I Stand Up for Me" – 3:28
8. "Today & Tmoro" – 3:30
9. "Cassie's Song" – 3:35
10. "For Goodness Sake" – 1:54
11. "Singin' of the Birds" – 2:14
12. "There Are Red Roses" – 3:07
13. "We Say Goodbye" – 2:04

Personnel

Musicians

• Jaymay – vox, guitars, glockenspiel, drum programming, percussion, keys, violin, accordion
• Jay Foote – bass, mellotron flutes, moog synth, acoustic guitar
• Alex Foote – guitars, piano
• James McAlister – drums, percussion
• Patrick MacDougall – trumpet
• Karen Waltuch – viola
• Nico Georis – piano on 6
• Mike Block – cello, mandolin, violin on 6
• Aaron Dugan – electric guitar on 6
• Elmo Lovano – drums on 6
• Philip Mohn – guitars, mandolin on 2, 3, 9, 13
• Terje Stølde – bass on 2, 3, 9, 13
• Tomas Pettersen – drums, percussion on 2, 3, 9, 13

Production

• Jaymay – producer, TTTT iPhone photos
• Jay Foote – producer, engineer
• Patrick MacDougall – mixing, mastering, remastering
• Philip Mohn – production, mixing on 2, 3, 9, 13
• Tomas Pettersen – co-production, mixing on 2, 3, 9, 13
• Sverre Dæhli – Mastering

Notes and References

1. Web site: Jaymay To Release 'To Tell the Truth' On Aug 26 + Shares "I Was Only Lovin' You" – I'm Music Magazine.
2. Web site: Jaymay – Tickets – Rockwood Music Hall Stage 2 – New York, NY – October 14th, 2016.
3. Web site: A-Sides with Jon Chattman: Speaking Jaymay's 'Truth'. Jon . Chattman. . 10 November 2016.
4. Web site: ALBUM REVIEW: JAYMAY, "To Tell The Truth". 21 September 2016.
5. Web site: 23 New Albums You Need To Get In Your Earholes This Fall.