Love Lies (Cristy Lane album)

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Love Lies
Studio album by
Cristy Lane
ReleasedDecember 1978 (1978-12)
RecordedMarch 1977 – October 1978
StudioLSI Studio
Genre
LabelLS
ProducerCharlie Black
Cristy Lane chronology
Cristy Lane Is the Name
(1978) 		Love Lies
(1978) 		Simple Little Words
(1979)
Singles from Love Lies
  1. "Sweet Deceiver"
    Released: May 1977
  2. "I Just Can't Stay Married to You"
    Released: November 1978

Love Lies is a studio album by American Christian and country music artist Cristy Lane. It was released in December 1978 via LS Records and contained 12 tracks. The album was the third released in Lane's music career and contained two singles. Its second single release, "I Just Can't Stay Married to You," became a top five country hit in both the United States and Canada. Love Lies received positive reviews from music critics and publications.

Background and content[edit]

After establishing his own record label, Lee Stoller began exclusively recording his wife (Cristy Lane) for his newly formed LS Records. Lane began recording music for the country market through the label. In 1977, she had her first hit with "Let Me Down Easy".[2] Earlier in 1978, she released her first album with LS, which included "Let Me Down Easy".[3] With her new success, Lane returned to the recording studio in October 1978 with producer Charlie Black to cut nine tracks that would help comprise Love Lies.[4] A total of 12 tracks were included on the album.[1] Three additional songs were cut as early as March 1977, including the single "Sweet Deceiver". Included on Love Lies was a cover of the pop hit "My Heart Cries for You". It also featured three original tracks co-written by Charlie Black, including the future single "I Just Can't Stay Married to You". Lee Stoller also penned a track for the album titled "Somebody's Baby".[4]

Release and reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic

Love Lies was released in December 1978 via LS Records. It was Lane's second studio release for LS and the third album release of her career. The album was distributed as a vinyl LP, containing six tracks on either side of the record.[4] Love Lies would be her first LP to chart on the Billboard country albums survey, peaking at number 44.[5] The album was featured on the first page of Billboard magazine in March 1979. The publication commented that the LP "contains 12 great songs" and also highlighted her multiple hit singles up to that point.[6] Greg Adams of AllMusic also gave Love Lies a positive response in his review, rating the album at four stars. He called the album's sound to be "bright" and "chippy", while describing Lane's voice with a "girl-next-door" vocal delivery. "Fans of Lane's early country recordings will agree that Love Lies ranks among her best efforts," Adams concluded.[1]

Love Lies contained two songs that were first released as a singles. In May 1977, the track "Sweet Deceiver" was first released as a single via LS Records.[7] It became her second single to reach the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, peaking at number 53 in 1977.[8] In November 1978, "I Just Can't Stay Married to You" was released as a single also on the LS label.[9] Spending multiple weeks on the Billboard country singles chart, the song peaked at number five in 1979, becoming Lane's highest-charting single up to that point.[8] On Canada's RPM Country Singles survey, the single would reach number four, becoming her second top ten hit in Canada.[10]

Track listing[edit]

Side one[4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love Lies"
  • Charlie Black
  • Skippy Barrett
3:16
2."Rainsong"
  • Chapin Hartford
  • Jeff Savasano
4:08
3."Somebody's Baby"Lee Stoller2:58
4."My Heart Cries for You"
2:31
5."Hold On"Bill Wence2:34
6."Out of Sight, Not Out of Mind"
3:02
Side two[4]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Just Can't Stay Married to You"
2:49
2."Come to My Love"
2:32
3."Love Storms"Dan Willis2:24
4."He's Back in Town"
  • Cristy Lane
  • Fred Newell
3:41
5."Sweet Deceiver"Boudleaux & Felice Bryant2:30
6."Give Me Back My Heart"
  • Black
  • Bourke
  • Gillespie
2:09

Personnel[edit]

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of Love Lies.[4]

Musical personnel

Charts[edit]

Chart (1978) Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 44

Release history[edit]

Region Date Format Label Ref.
United States December 1978 Vinyl LS Records [4]
Canada GRT Records [11]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d Adams, Greg. "Love Lies: Cristy Lane: Songs, reviews, credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  2. ^ Manheim, James. "Cristy Lane: Biography & History". AllMusic. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ Lane, Cristy (May 1978). "Cristy Lane Is the Name (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". LS Records. LS GRT-8027.
  4. ^ a b c d e f g Lane, Cristy (December 1978). "Love Lies (LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". LS Records. LS-8029.
  5. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (1997). Joel Whitburn's Top Country Albums: 1967-1997. Record Research Inc. ISBN 0898201241.
  6. ^ "Cristy Lane" (PDF). Billboard: 1. March 31, 1979. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  7. ^ Lane, Cristy (May 1977). ""Sweet Deceiver"/"Walk on Baby" (7" vinyl single sleeve insert)". LS Records. LS-121.
  8. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN 0-89820-177-2.
  9. ^ ""I Just Can't Stay Married to You"/"Rainsong" (7" vinyl single sleeve insert)". LS Records. November 1978. LS-169.
  10. ^ "Search results for "Cristy Lane" (Country Singles)". RPM. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  11. ^ Lane, Cristy (December 1978). "Love Lies (Canadian LP Liner Notes and Album Information)". LS Records. 9185-8029.
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