''Sound Verite'' is an album by
the Make-Up, released in 1997.
The album's cover appears to be an homage to the cover of
Love
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Forever Changes
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'', a band to which the Make-Up were often compared.
Critical reception
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The Washington Post
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'' wrote that "at its most scrappy, the album sounds like an intentionally amateurish British punk band (early Alternative Television, say) trying to be (the artist formerly known as) Prince."
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Spin
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'' praised the "groovy, dance-friendly vibe." ''
The Guardian
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'' thought that the band's "biggest asset,
anSvenonius, sings like he's moments away from death by choking, possibly on a copy of ''Socialist Worker''."
Track listing
#"If They Come in the Morning" – 5:53
#"Make Up Is Lies" – 2:03
#"At the Tone, the Time Will Be" – 2:46
#"Tell it Like it Will Be" – 3:15
#"What's the Rumpus?" – 2:07
#"Gospel 2000" − 3:08
#"Hot Coals" – 2:06
#"Gold Record Pt. I" – 4:02
#"Gold Record Pt. II" – 3:09
#"Have U Got the New Look?" – 2:55
References
1997 albums
The Make-Up albums
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