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Truth and Beauty
Truth and Beauty
Studio album by Ian McNabb
Released	1993
Recorded	1991–92
Studio	Amazon Studios, Liverpool; Vibe Recording Studios, [Oldham]
Genre	Rock
Length	58:21
Label	This Way Up
Producer	Boots (Robert Ian McNabb)
Ian McNabb chronology
Singles from Truth and Beauty
	"Great Dreams of Heaven"; Released: July 1991; "These Are the Days"; Released: October 1991; "If Love Was Like Guitars"; Released: January 1993; "I'm Game"; Released: June 1993; "(I Go) My Own Way"; Released: August–September 1993;

Truth and Beauty is the debut solo album by Ian McNabb, released in 1993.^[1] It was recorded shortly after he left the Icicle Works. The album peaked at No. 51 on the official UK charts.^[2] It was reissued in September 2013 as an expanded edition, including a second disc of B-sides.^[3]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "McNabb's cozy-fireplace vocals are finally layered right up front in the mix where they belong."^[4]

Track listing

All songs written and arranged by Ian McNabb.

Truth and Beauty [International]

"(I Go) My Own Way" (5:09)
"These Are the Days" (4:29)
"Great Dreams of Heaven" (5:07)
"Truth and Beauty" (6:50)
"I'm Game" (4:32)
"If Love Was Like Guitars" (5:06)
"Story of My Life" (3:17)
"That's Why I Believe" (5:26)
"Trip with Me" (3:48)
"Make Love to You" (4:39)
"Presence of the One" (11:58)

*Expanded Edition* (Disc 2)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"(I Go) My Own Way" (John Leckie Version)	5:21
2.	"Trams in Amsterdam" (B-side of "These Are the Days")	3:43
3.	"Great Dreams of Heaven" (Acoustic; B-side of "These Are the Days")	4:59
4.	"Unknown Legend" (B-side of "Great Dreams of Heaven")	3:36
5.	"I'm Game" (B-side of "Great Dreams of Heaven")	4:26
6.	"Caroline No" (B-side of "Great Dreams of Heaven")	3:07
7.	"A Pirate Looks at Forty" (B-side of "I'm Game")	4:11
8.	"What's It All About?" (B-side of "I'm Game")	4:27
9.	"I'm Game" (Radio Edit; B-side of "I'm Game")	4:08
10.	"Play the Hand They Deal You" (B-side of "(I Go) My Own Way")	5:40
11.	"If My Daddy Could See Me Now" (B-side of "(I Go) My Own Way")	3:07
12.	"For You, Angel" (B-side of "(I Go) My Own Way")	7:44

Personnel

Robert Ian McNabb - vocals, keyboards, guitars
Dave Baldwin - keyboards on "These are the Days"
Gordon Longworth - lead guitar on "If Love was Like Guitars", "Story of My Life" and "Presence of the One"
Roy Corkill - electric bass, drum and keyboard programming

Technical

Ken Nelson, Mark Phythian - mixing
Robert Shaw - cover photography

References

^ The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. 2003. p. 514.
^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 341. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
^ "Cherry Red Records - Truth and Beauty: Expanded Edition - Ian McNabb". Archived from the original on 18 April 2014. Retrieved 10 October 2013.
^ "Truth and Beauty Review by Roch Parisien". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 July 2024.