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{{Infobox album
| name       = Love Lies
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Janie Fricke]]
| cover      = Janie Fricke--Love Lies.jpg
| released   = {{start date|1983|10}}
| recorded   = {{start date|1983|07}}
| studio     = Soundshop Studio
| genre      = [[Country-pop]]<ref name="Allmusic">{{cite web |title=''Love Lies'': Janie Fricke: Songs, reviews, credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/love-lies-mw0000867283 |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=3 January 2022}}</ref>
| label      = [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
| producer   = [[Bob Montgomery (songwriter)|Bob Montgomery]]
| prev_title = [[Greatest Hits (Janie Fricke album)|Greatest Hits]]
| prev_year  = 1983
| next_title = [[The First Word in Memory]]
| next_year  = 1984
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Love Lies
| type        = studio
| single1     = [[Tell Me a Lie]]
| single1date = September 1983
| single2     = [[Let's Stop Talkin' About It]]
| single2date = January 1984
| single3     = [[If the Fall Don't Get You]]
| single3date = April 1984
}}
}}
'''''Love Lies''''' is a studio album by American [[country music]] artist [[Janie Fricke]]. It was released in October 1983 via [[Columbia Records]] and contained ten tracks. The project was the eighth studio album of Fricke's music career and the second highest-charting album of her career. Three [[Single (music)|singles]] were spawned from the project: "[[Tell Me a Lie]]", "[[Let's Stop Talkin' About It]]" and "[[If the Fall Don't Get You]]". The first two singles from the disc reached number one on the North American country charts.
==Background and content==
Signed to Columbia Records in 1977, Janie Fricke had her breakthrough in 1981 when she began recording ballads.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Deming |first1=Mark |title=Janie Fricke Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/janie-fricke-mn0000210512/biography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> In 1982, she transitioned into a [[country-pop]] uptempo style with the album ''[[It Ain't Easy (Janie Fricke album)|It Ain't Easy]]''<ref name="All Music Guide to Country">{{cite book |last1=Erlewine |first1=Michael |title=All Music Guide to Country |date=1997 |publisher=Miller Freeman Publications |isbn=9780879304751 |page=163}}</ref> Her follow-up record called ''Love Lies'' would be crafted in a similar fashion to her 1982 LP.<ref name="1980s">{{cite book |last1=Harrison |first1=Thomas |title=Music of the 1980s |date=2011 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |isbn=9780313366000 |page=110}}</ref> For the project, Fricke collaborated for the second time with producer [[Bob Montgomery (songwriter)|Bob Montgomery]]. The album was recorded in July 1983 at the Soundshop Studio, located in [[Franklin, Tennessee]].<ref name="Liner Notes 1">{{cite journal |last1=Fricke |first1=Janie |title=''Love Lies'' (LP Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=[[Columbia Records]] |date=October 1983 |id=FC-38730}}</ref>
''Love Lies'' was a collection of ten tracks.<ref name="Allmusic"/> Included was a cover of [[Sami Jo]]'s "Tell Me a Lie", which also appeared on ''It Ain't Easy''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fricke |first1=Janie |title=''It Ain't Easy'' (LP Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=[[Columbia Records]] |date=September 1982 |id=FC-38214}}</ref> The title track was originally recorded by [[Cristy Lane]] for her 1978 album of the [[Love Lies (Cristy Lane album)|same name]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lane |first1=Cristy |title=''Love Lies'' (LP Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=[[LS Records]] |date=December 1978 |id=LS-8029}}</ref> The remainder of the record was a collection of up-tempo tracks ("If the Fall Don't Get You" and "Where's the Fire") and ballads ("Lonely People" and "How Do You Fall Out of Love").<ref name="Liner Notes 1"/>
==Release, reception and singles==
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = ''[[Allmusic]]''
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}
}}
''Love Lies'' was first released in October 1983 on Columbia Records. The disc was Fricke's eighth studio album. It was originally distributed as a [[Gramophone record|vinyl LP]] and a [[Audio cassette|cassette]].<ref name="Liner Notes 1"/><ref name="Liner Notes 2">{{cite journal |last1=Fricke |first1=Janie |title=''Love Lies'' (Cassette Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=[[Columbia Records]] |date=October 1983 |id=PCT-38730}}</ref> It later decades, it was reissued to digital platforms including [[Apple Music]].<ref name="Apple">{{cite web |title=''Love Lies'' by Janie Fricke |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/love-lies/1303954820 |website=[[Apple Music]] |access-date=4 January 2022}}</ref> ''Love Lies'' was Fricke's fourth album to make the American ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Top Country Albums|country albums]] chart. It spent 52 weeks on the chart before peaking at number ten in April 1984. It was her second highest-charting album in her career, only second to 1986's ''[[Black and White (Janie Fricke album)|Black and White]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Janie Fricke chart history (Country Albums) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/janie-fricke/chart-history/clp/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> In later years, ''Love Lies'' received three out of five stars from [[AllMusic]].<ref name="Allmusic"/>
''Love Lies'' spawned three singles between 1983 and 1984. Although originally released on Fricke's ''It Ain't Easy'' LP, "Tell Me a Lie" was officially released as a single in September 1983 in order to promote ''Love Lies''.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fricke |first1=Janie |title="Tell Me a Lie"/"Love Have Mercy" (7" vinyl single) |journal=[[Columbia Records]] |date=September 1983 |id=38-04091}}</ref> The single spent one week at the number one spot on ''Billboard'' [[Hot Country Songs]] chart in December 1983.<ref name="Country Songs">{{cite magazine |title=Janie Fricke chart history (Country Songs) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/janie-fricke/chart-history/clp/ |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |access-date=2 January 2022}}</ref> In January 1984, "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" was released as the disc's second single.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fricke |first1=Janie |title="Let's Stop Talkin' About It"/"I've Had All the Love" (7" vinyl single) |journal=[[Columbia Records]] |date=January 1984 |id=38-04317}}</ref> It also spent one week at the top of country songs chart, reaching the position in March 1984.<ref name="Country Songs"/> In April 1984, "If the Fall Don't Get You" was spawned as the album's final single release.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Fricke |first1=Janie |title="If the Fall Don't Get You"/"Where's the Fire" (7" vinyl single) |journal=[[Columbia Records]] |date=April 1984 |id=38-04454}}</ref> Later that summer, the song reached number eight on the ''Billboard'' country list.<ref name="Country Songs"/> Additionally, both "Tell Me a Lie" and "Let's Stop Talkin' About It" would reach the number one spot on Canada's ''[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]'' country chart. "If the Fall Don't Get You" would climb to number six as well.<ref name="RPM Country Singles">{{cite magazine|title=Search results for "Janie Fricke" under Country Singles|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-110.01-e.php?PHPSESSID=qu73jvk5erc3h34qrupr5cjee6&q1=Janie+Fricke&q2=Country+Singles&interval=20|magazine=[[RPM (magazine)|RPM]]|accessdate=26 November 2012}}</ref>
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==Track listings==
===Original versions===
{{tracklist
| headline        = Side one (LP and cassette versions)<ref name="Liner Notes 1"/><ref name="Liner Notes 2"/>
| title1          = [[If the Fall Don't Get You]]
| writer1         = {{hlist|Sam Lorber|Dave Robbins|[[Van Stephenson]]}}
| length1         = 2:47
| title2          = Have I Got a Heart
| writer2         = {{hlist|Marvin Morrow|[[Keith Stegall]]}}
| length2         = 2:40
| title3          = How Do You Fall Out of Love
| writer3         = {{hlist|Jeff Harrington|Jeff Pennig}}
| length3         = 3:23
| title4          = Love Lies
| writer4         = {{hlist|Tommy Rocco|[[Charlie Black]]}}
| length4         = 2:53
| title5          = [[Tell Me a Lie]]
| writer5         = {{hlist|[[Mickey Buckins]]|Barbara Wyrick}}
| length5         = 3:35
}}
{{tracklist
| headline        = Side two (LP and cassette versions)<ref name="Liner Notes 1"/><ref name="Liner Notes 2"/>
| title1          = [[Let's Stop Talkin' About It]]
| writer1         = {{hlist|[[Deborah Allen]]|[[Rory Bourke]]|Rafe Van Hoy}}
| length1         = 3:15
| title2          = Lonely People
| writer2         = {{hlist|[[Mike Reid (singer)|Mike Reid]]|[[Troy Seals]]|Eddie Setser}}
| length2         = 2:57
| title3          = Walkin' a Broken Heart
| writer3         = {{hlist|[[Dennis Linde]]|Alan Rush}}
| length3         = 3:07
| title4          = I've Had All the Love I Can Stand
| writer4         = {{hlist|Jan Buckingham|Shawna Harrington-Burkhart}}
| length4         = 3:51
| title5          = Where's the Fire
| writer5         = {{hlist|Lorber|Susan Longacre}}
| length5         = 2:27
}}
===Digital version===
{{tracklist
| headline        = Music download and streaming<ref name="Apple"/>
| title1          = If the Fall Don't Get You
| writer1         = {{hlist|Lorber|Robbins|Stephenson}}
| length1         = 2:50
| title2          = Have I Got a Heart
| writer2         = {{hlist|Morrow|Stegall}}
| length2         = 2:41
| title3          = How Do You Fall Out of Love
| writer3         = {{hlist|Harrington|Pennig}}
| length3         = 3:25
| title4          = Love Lies
| writer4         = {{hlist|Rocco|Black}}
| length4         = 2:56
| title5          = Tell Me a Lie
| writer5         = {{hlist|Buckins|Wyrick}}
| length5         = 4:01
| title6          = Let's Stop Talkin' About It
| writer6         = {{hlist|Allen|Bourke|Van Hoy}}
| length6         = 3:17
| title7          = Lonely People
| writer7         = {{hlist|Reid|Seals|Setser}}
| length7         = 3:00
| title8          = Walkin' a Broken Heart
| writer8         = {{hlist|Linde|Rush}}
| length8         = 3:10
| title9          = I've Had All the Love I Can Stand
| writer9         = {{hlist|Buckingham|Harrington}}
| length9         = 3:53
| title10         = Where's the Fire
| writer10        = {{hlist|Lorber|Longacre}}
| length10        = 2:30
}}
==Personnel==
All credits are adapted from the [[liner notes]] of ''Love Lies''.<ref name="Liner Notes 1"/>
'''Musical personnel'''
* Janie Fricke – lead and backing vocals
* [[Dan Huff]] – guitar
* Kenny Mims – [[electric guitar]]
* The Nashville String Machine – strings
* Ron Oates – [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
* [[James Stroud]] – drums
* William C. Warren – backing vocals
* Tony Wiggins – backing vocals
* Benny Wilson – backing vocals
* Bob Wray – bass
'''Technical personnel'''
* Bob Montgomery – producer
==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+ Weekly chart performance for ''Love Lies''
! scope="col"| Chart (1983–1984)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|BillboardCountry|10|artist=Janie Fricke|rowheader=true}}
|-
|}
==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Region
!scope="col"| Date
!scope="col"| Format
!scope="col"| Label
!scope="col"| Ref.
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2"| North America
| rowspan="3"| October 1983
| Vinyl
| rowspan="2"| [[Columbia Records]]
| <ref name="Liner Notes 1"/>
|-
| Cassette
| <ref name="Liner Notes 2"/>
|-
! scope="row"| United Kingdom
| Vinyl
| [[CBS Records International]]
| <ref name="Liner Notes 3">{{cite journal |last1=Fricke |first1=Janie |title=''Love Lies'' (LP Liner Notes and Album Information) |journal=[[CBS Records International]] |date=October 1983 |id=40-25551}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row"| North America
| 2016
| {{hlist|Music download|streaming}}
| Columbia Records
| <ref>{{cite web |title=Press Release: Sony Legacy Releases Four Janie Fricke Albums Digitally For The First Time Ever |url=https://www.thecountrynote.com/in-the-news/sony-legacy-releases-four-janie-fricke-albums-digitally-for-the-first-time-ever/ |website=The Country Note |date=16 October 2016 |access-date=29 December 2021}}</ref><ref name="Apple"/>
|-
|}
==References==
{{Reflist}}
{{Janie Fricke}}
[[Category:1983 albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Bob Montgomery (songwriter)]]
[[Category:Columbia Records albums]]
[[Category:Janie Fricke albums]]