The Hidden Lie (Live in Paris 6/6/86)

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{{Infobox album

| name = The Hidden Lie (Live in Paris 6/6/86)

| type = live album

| artist = Virgin Prunes

| cover = Virgin Prunes - The Hidden Lie.jpeg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1987|5|df=yes}}

| recorded = {{Start date|1986|6|6|df=yes}}

| venue = Theatre Elysees Montmartre, Paris, France

| studio =

| genre = Post-punk, gothic rock

| length = 52:00

| label = Baby

| producer = Mary D'Nellon, Strongman

| prev_title = The Moon Looked Down and Laughed

| prev_year = 1986

| next_title = Artfuck: A Compilation of Rarities (1980–1983)

| next_year = 1993

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite web |first=Jason |last=Ankeny |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000846658|pure_url=yes}}|title=The Hidden Lie |publisher=Allmusic |access-date=21 September 2014}}

}}

The Hidden Lie (Live in Paris 6/6/86) is a live performance album by the Irish post-punk band Virgin Prunes. It was issued by Baby Records in May 1987.{{cite book |first=Martin Charles |last=Strong |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HJfGtREyuSAC&dq |title=The Great Indie Discography |publisher=Canongate U.S. |date=2003 |access-date=21 September 2014}}{{cite web |url=http://www.virginprunes.com/discography/ |title=Virgin Prunes / Discography |publisher=virginprunes.com |date=2011 |access-date=21 September 2014}}

Track listing

{{tracklist

| all_writing = Virgin Prunes, except where noted

| title1 = Baile Binn (Faoi Néalta Bán)

| length1 = 3:15

| title2 = Lady Day

| writer2 = Lou Reed

| length2 = 3:45

| title3 = God Bless the Child

| writer3 = Arthur Herzog, Jr., Billie Holiday

| length3 = 3:24

| title4 = Never Ending Story

| length4 = 4:19

| title5 = Pagan Lovesong

| length5 = 4:05

| title6 = Heaven

| length6 = 3:50

| title7 = Love Is Danger

| length7 = 5:11

| title8 = The Moon Looked Down and Laughed

| length8 = 5:12

| title9 = Caucasian Walk

| length9 = 5:28

| title10 = The Blues Song

| writer10 = Jimmy Campbell, Reg Connelly

| length10 = 5:33

| title11 = Alone

| length11 = 2:36

| title12 = Sweethome (Under White Clouds)

| length12 = 5:22

}}

Personnel

Virgin Prunes

  • Mary D'Nellon – guitar, production, mixing
  • Gavin Friday – vocals
  • Pod – drums
  • Strongman – bass guitar, production, mixing

Technical personnel

Release history

class="wikitable"

! Region

! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog

France

| 1987

| Baby

| LP

| Baby 008

France

| 1987

| Baby

| CD

| Baby CD008

France

| 1987

| Baby

| Cassette

| Baby C008

France

| 1993

| New Rose

| CD

| 422473

References

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