Visual Lies

Visual Lies

Track Listings

1. Me Against the World

2. Shock

3. Outcast

4. Den of Thieves

5. Visual Lies

6. Eyes of a Stranger

7. Lord of the Flies

8. Voyeur (I'm Watching You)

9. Visions

Tracks:

Me Against The World
Shock
Outcast
Den Of Thieves
Visual Lies
Eyes Of A Stranger
Lord Of The Flies
Voyeur (I'm Watching You)
Visions
Me Against The World (Live Demo)
Lord Of The Flies (Live Demo)
Visual Lies (Live Demo)
Me Against The World (BAT2THESKULL Remix) (Live Demo)

Customer Reviews:

80's Metal Masterpiece!.......2006-10-13

I bought this album when it came out in 1987 and it still sounds good today. Awesome guitar riffs and licks coupled with Lizzy's unique voice really stand out from all the other heavy metal of the day. This is a must have for all you 80's metalheads.

Go For The Kill! It's Me Against The World!!!!!.......2006-07-31

How the above quoted track "Me Against The World" manged to get lost in the shuffle of crappy hair metal like "Nobody's Fool" and "Seventeen" I will never know, but then again I probably don't want to find out. Lizzy Borden is an amazing band and anyone will find a track they can relate to on this disc, now re-released with a few cool bonuses. I picked "Visual Lies" up on Amazon a few years back and am just now getting around to writing a review, but I find it hard to believe that I'm only the SECOND person to do so! "Me Against The World" is one of the greatest rock anthems ever recorded and it has gotten me through many a hard and stressful time. Who the heck needs that stupid theme from Rocky!!!!! The rest of the tracks on the album are awesome as well, and if you love the MET-UHL, you will be like me, wondering how in the heck you manged to miss this group the FIRST time.

After almost gagging reading through the indulgent reviews for a band like FASTLANE, I can't believe that Lizzy Borden has fallen by the wayside. Their tunes were even featured in a MOVIE for Pete's sake, a really great slice of metal-schlock called "Black Roses" that's probably available used/ new on Amazon for a reasonable price and definitely worth the $10 or so it costs. Got to write a review for it now, too! Regardless, the Borden guys are awesome and DESERVE to be remembered as one of the best Heavy Metal bands of the 80's. Pick up this disc and check it out! Crank up the jams, roll down the windows on your Pontiac Grand Am and hit the interstate...yeah, baby...me against the world....

"This ain't no false façade and this ain't no freak disguise".......2005-08-19

Visual Lies (originally released in 1987) is my favorite Lizzy Borden album. It has some of their best material and, bonus track aside, is their most solid album Every track is amazing! My favorites are, coincidentally, every other track. "Me Against the World" flat out kicks! Killer power metal at its best with Lizzy's vocal dominance! The best track here, though, is "Outcast." This may be my all-time favorite Lizzy track. It is a slower track, but heavier than a ballad. It has a beauty to it, especially at the line "they're watching as I fall." It picks up the tempo at the chorus but does not explode into a rocker like some of Lizzy's other slower tracks. It stays consistent and, as it is such an amazing track, that is a good thing. In fact, all the tracks here stay pretty consistent in their sound and tempo. Skipping #4, the next stand-out is the title track. "Visual Lies" is another slower track. This may be closer to the perennial power ballad of the late 1980s, but Lizzy always kept an edge to their songs and never dived into the metal ballad realm. Like with Outcast, Visual Lies has a beauty to it especially at the vocal depth at the chorus. Skip the next song and you come to "Lord of the Flies" which is a powerful rocker. It is not as ferocious as Me Against the World, but still can kick. The verses before the chorus are amazing! The final stand-out is "Visions" which is another slower, power track. Lizzy demonstrates his incredible vocal range, singing low at the first part of the verses and then opening it up.

The other tracks, although not quite as stellar, are still excellent. Of the non-bonus songs, there is nothing weak here. "Shock" has some excellent guitar riffs at the verses. If it stayed that way, it would be another favorite of mine. I just do not like the chorus. It's too commercial-sounding: "Shock treatment I'm turning it on for you." It is a shame because the song had a lot of potential. "Den of Thieves" is a faster rocker. It is very good, it is just not as memorable as some of the other tracks here. "Eyes of a Stranger" is probably the most accessible song on Visual Lies. It leans a little too much towards the commercial side, but it is not bad. "Voyeur (I'm Watching You)" sounds better the more I hear it. On another album, it would probably be one of my favorites.

The bonus tracks feature different renditions of Me Against the World, Lord of the Flies, and Visual Lies. They are a little rawer and more reckless sounding than the album versions as they are "live demos", but not really that different. The original album tracks are better as they are, of course, more polished. The remix of Me Against the World is very annoying with "two against the world" being repeated at the end in a computerized way. I always have to skip that track. Because they are bonuses, I do not include them in may rating for Visual Lies. 5 stars + for my favorite album by one of my favorite 80s metal bands. The CD booklet includes full color photos of the band and Lizzy and lyrics.

Average customer rating:

"This ain't no false façade and this ain't no freak disguise"
Worth a listen.
Hear Ozzy Guitarist Joe Holmes!
One of Lizzy Borden's Best
Visual Lies Rocks

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Manufacturer: Metal Blade
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Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

Me Against The World
Shock
Outcast
Den Of Thieves
Visual Lies
Eyes Of A Stranger
Lord Of The Flies
Voyeur (I'm Watching You)
Visions

Customer Reviews:

"This ain't no false façade and this ain't no freak disguise".......2005-08-19

Visual Lies (originally released in 1987) is my favorite Lizzy Borden album. It has some of their best material and is their most solid album Every track is amazing! My favorites are, coincidentally, every other track. "Me Against the World" flat out kicks! Killer power metal at its best with Lizzy's vocal dominance! The best track here, though, is "Outcast." This may be my all-time favorite Lizzy track. It is a slower track, but heavier than a ballad. It has a beauty to it, especially at the line "they're watching as I fall." It picks up the tempo at the chorus but does not explode into a rocker like some of Lizzy's other slower tracks. It stays consistent and, as it is such an amazing track, that is a good thing. In fact, all the tracks here stay pretty consistent in their sound and tempo. Skipping #4, the next stand-out is the title track. "Visual Lies" is another slower track. This may be closer to the perennial power ballad of the late 1980s, but Lizzy always kept an edge to their songs and never dived into the metal ballad realm. Like with Outcast, Visual Lies has a beauty to it especially at the vocal depth at the chorus. Skip the next song and you come to "Lord of the Flies" which is a powerful rocker. It is not as ferocious as Me Against the World, but still can kick. The verses before the chorus are amazing! The final stand-out is "Visions" which is another slower, power track. Lizzy demonstrates his incredible vocal range, singing low at the first part of the verses and then opening it up.

The other tracks, although not quite as stellar, are still excellent. Of the non-bonus songs, there is nothing weak here. "Shock" has some excellent guitar riffs at the verses. If it stayed that way, it would be another favorite of mine. I just do not like the chorus. It's too commercial-sounding: "Shock treatment I'm turning it on for you." It is a shame because the song had a lot of potential. "Den of Thieves" is a faster rocker. It is very good, it is just not as memorable as some of the other tracks here. "Eyes of a Stranger" is probably the most accessible song on Visual Lies. It leans a little too much towards the commercial side, but it is not bad. "Voyeur (I'm Watching You)" sounds better the more I hear it. On another album, it would probably be one of my favorites.

There is a version of this CD with bonus tracks which are live demos of Me Against the World, Lord of the Flies, and Visual Lies. They are not that good (the remix of Me Against the World is terrible) so I wouldn't sweat getting that version unless you are (or are likely to become) a Lizzy completest. The tracks are a little rawer and more reckless than the polished studio versions. The CD booklet to the remastered edition does include full color photos of the band and Lizzy as well as lyrics.

Worth a listen........2000-06-13

I have had Visual Lies for many years. This is a good album. It's not as heavy as their previous material, though. Most of the tunes are a little slower in tempo. This was the first release that I got from Lizzy Borden. I remember getting a kick out of the music video for "Me Against the World." That happens to be an energetic and cool song. The guitar playing throughout Visual Lies is skilled, too. Lizzy's vocals have always been very unique, also (he's a really good vocalist). The direction of Visual Lies is straight-ahead hard rock. My favorite songs are "Me Against the World," "Visual Lies," and "Outcast." The heaviest song of the disc is "Den of Thieves." Visual Lies is pretty enjoyable. Worth a listen.

Hear Ozzy Guitarist Joe Holmes!.......2000-02-20

Joe Holmes (Ozzy Guitarist) got his professional start with Lizzy Borden. This is the most polished Lizzy Borden disk. Some strong songs showed a growth in the bands approach. Not the best from Lizzy (get Love you to Pieces) but not the worst (skip Terror Rising).

One of Lizzy Borden's Best.......1999-05-12

I remember getting this album around October of 1987. Recently I had seen the video for "Me Against the World" on MTV, so interested, I went to pick it up. I wasn't disappointed. This is a good heavy hardrock album. Lizzy truly has a vocal style all his own. Nobody I've ever heard quite sound like him. "Outcast" is a good tune along with their ballad "Visual Lies." I remember that Lizzy Borden got a lot of flak from the media because some people considered it a sellout compared to their earlier stuff. I admit, it's a little more slower in places, but that's not a bad thing. It's still Lizzy Borden and it also has a good production. Good guitar playing also.

Visual Lies Rocks.......1999-03-08

Lizzy Borden's "Visual Lies" is a great Metal album. Starting with the awesome "Me Against the World", it continues the whole way through with fantastic Heavy Metal songs. "Shock Treatment", "Lord of the Flies", "Voyeur", and the title track are just some of the great songs on this album.