Song · Sam Phillips
“Lying” by Sam Phillips
From the album Cruel Inventions (1991)
“Lying” by Sam Phillips appears on 7 radio countdowns from 1 station between 1999 and 2005. It was first released in 1991 on the album Cruel Inventions. Its best result is #417 on the CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,694 alternative song of all time.
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Sam Phillips wrote "Lying" alone for Cruel Inventions, the sixth album by the American singer and songwriter, out in May 1991, and T-Bone Burnett produced it.
The album around it won mostly warm notices. Entertainment Weekly's David Browne gave it an A, heard beauty and tension pulling against each other all the way through, called it one of the most beguiling records of the year, and put it sixth on his personal list of the best albums of 1991.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 417 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2000 Songs of All-Time (December 1999) | 2000 |
| 2000 | 418 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2001 Songs of All-Time (December 2000) | 2001 |
| 2001 | 418 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (December 2001) | 2002 |
| 2002 | 418 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2003 Songs of All-Time (December 2002) | 2003 |
| 2003 | 418 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2004 Songs of All-Time (December 2003) | 2004 |
| 2004 | 418 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2005 Songs of All-Time (December 2004) | 2005 |
| 2005 | 420 | CD101 | CD101 Top 2006 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 1994 |
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