The Trouble with the Truth

Patty Loveless

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 23, 1996)
• Original Release Date: January 23, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000002B8Z
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #118,530 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording
Patty Loveless has always had an attractive voice, able to turn pretty melodies into hits, but only in the past few years has she acquired the emotional depth of country's greatest singers. That maturity sets the stage for The Trouble with the Truth. Her husband, former Emmylou Harris bassist Emory Gordy Jr., is the producer, and he keeps the arrangements lean so his wife's stronger, more open voice has room to maneuver. The couple has selected smart, tuneful songs about troubled adult relationships by Jim Lauderdale, Matraca Berg, Gary Nicholson, and Richard Thompson, and Loveless expertly juggles the mixed feelings that accompany so many broken hearts. --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An important album in Patty's career, April 22, 2004

By	Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

This is one of Patty's most successful albums - deservedly so. It spawned six country hits, which is amazing for a ten-track album. Despite all these hits, only two made it on to her hits collection, Classics, which I reviewed a long time ago.

Tear stained letter is an up-tempo song that this should get your toes tapping. Trouble with the truth is about wrestling with conscience. Lonely too long is a lovely ballad about two people at what might be the beginning of a relationship. You can feel bad is a feisty, up-tempo song in which Patty pours scorn on an ex-partner. A thousand times a day (previously recorded by George Jones on his album, High-tech redneck) is about the difficulty of forgetting an ex-partner. She drew a broken heart, another song about a former relationship, completes the hits.

Of the four non-hits, there are two ballads reminiscing about the past (I miss who I was with you, To feel that way at all), a wonderful, upbeat song (Everybody's equal in the eyes of love) and a brilliant ballad in which Patty dreams of a bright future (Someday I will lead the parade). Any of these four would have made good choices for singles, demonstrating just how strong this album is.

This is a classic album that helped Patty to win CMA female vocalist of the year in 1996. If you enjoy contemporary country, nineties style, you'll love this - it is one of the best examples of this type of music.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must-Have For Every Country Music Listener, May 19, 1998

By A Customer

From start to finish, this album is an absolute gem. An immediate thrust into the cajun-infused, toe-stompin' "Tear-Stained Letter", followed-up by the title track, a haunting experience of realizing your dishonest self has caught up with you. "It has ruined the taste of the sweetest lies, burned through my best alibis. Every sin that I deny, keeps hanging' round my door". Songs written by John Leventhal (co-writer of Shawn Colvin's "Sunny Came Home") and Matraca Berg (co-writer of Deanna Carter's "Strawberry Wine") join forces with Patty's tender, yet powerful Appalachian vocals. The best cut is "A Thousand Times A Day", a woman's triumph over her battle through heartache. "I've given you up for good, just like I said I would, the night you walked away. Forgetting you is not that hard to do, I've done it a thousand times a day". If there's one album that deserves to be in your country music collection, it's this one.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars No trouble here, July 7, 2004

By	Jake Z "holden84" (Canada) - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

Still on a roll, Patty Loveless released THE TROUBLE WITH THE TRUTH in early 1996, and the album spawned some more hit singles for her to put under her belt. The album depends mostly on ballads, though there are some nice uptempo songs thrown in for good measure. The first single, the Matraca Berg penned "You Can Feel Bad", was an instant hit for Loveless. The album also features one of my favorite ballads, "Lonely Too Long", about two people who give into passion then justify it by saying they were lonely too long. It was also a single, and a big hit. "A Thousand Times A Day", a smoldering ballad, was the second single, about not being able to get over someone. It was before recorded by George Jones, who she later dueted with on the 1997 song "You Don't Seem To Miss Me". "She Drew A Broken Heart" was also a single, a fun uptempo song. The album is aptly titled, as the songs seem to fit under that umbrella of what truth is, and what it means. Another highlight is the ballad "I Miss Who I Was With You", "To Feel That Way At All", and the positive album closer "Someday I Will Lead The Parade". The mark of a good album is, the non single tracks, could have easily worked as singles. Overall another strong album from Loveless.