''Tell the Truth'' is the eighth studio album by
Billy Squier
William Haislip Squier (, born May 12, 1950) is an American rock musician and singer who had a string of arena rock and crossover hits in the early 1980s. His best-known songs include "The Stroke", "Lonely Is the Night", "My Kinda Lover", "In t ...
that was released in March 4, 1993 and his most recent rock album to date.
[Strong, Martin C. "The Great Metal Discography." Canongate Books Ltd. Edinburgh, Scotland. 1998. p. 315] It contains the song "Angry", which became a modest, and his last, radio hit. It was not supported by Capitol Records, causing Squier to walk away from the music industry for several years.
In the US, the disc failed to chart and sold less than 40,000 copies, according to
Nielsen SoundScan
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, making it one of Squier's poorest selling albums.
Track listing
All songs written by Billy Squier.
# "Angry" (4:30)
# "Tryin' to Walk a Straight Line" (4:05)
# "Rhythm (A Bridge So Far)" (7:01)
# "Hercules" (4:43)
# "Lovin' You Ain't So Hard" (5:18)
# "Time Bomb" (6:56)
# "Stranger to Myself" (5:54)
# "The Girl's All Right" (4:09)
# "Break Down" (4:48)
# "Not a Color" (5:13)
# "Mind Machine" (3:59)
# "Shocked Straight" (4:06)
References
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1993 albums
Billy Squier albums
Capitol Records albums
Albums produced by Mike Chapman