Sound Verite

Sound Verite is an album by the Make-Up, released in 1997.^[4][5]

Sound Verite
Studio album by The Make-Up
Released	February 7, 1997
Recorded	Dub Narcotic Studio, Washington, D.C.
Genre	Gospel, post-punk, funk
Length	30:50
Label	K[1]
Producer	Calvin Johnson[2]
The Make-Up chronology
After Dark (1997) Sound Verite (1997) In Mass Mind (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

The album's cover appears to be an homage to the cover of Love's Forever Changes, a band to which the Make-Up were often compared.^{[citation needed]}

Critical reception

The Washington Post 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."^[6] Spin praised the "groovy, dance-friendly vibe."^[7] The Guardian thought that the band's "biggest asset, [Ian] Svenonius, sings like he's moments away from death by choking, possibly on a copy of Socialist Worker."^[8]

Track listing

1. "If They Come in the Morning" – 5:53
2. "Make Up Is Lies" – 2:03
3. "At the Tone, the Time Will Be" – 2:46
4. "Tell it Like it Will Be" – 3:15
5. "What's the Rumpus?" – 2:07
6. "Gospel 2000" − 3:08
7. "Hot Coals" – 2:06
8. "Gold Record Pt. I" – 4:02
9. "Gold Record Pt. II" – 3:09
10. "Have U Got the New Look?" – 2:55