Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful? is the debut album by English singer-songwriter Paloma Faith. It was released on 28 September 2009 by Epic Records. Its first two singles from the album, "Stone Cold Sober" and "New York", both peaked within the top twenty in the United Kingdom. The album spawned three more singles: "Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful?", "Upside Down" and "Smoke & Mirrors".
The album received positive reviews from critics. Since its release, the album spent 106 weeks on the UK Albums Chart and peaked at number 9. It was announced on 25 June 2010 that the album had been certified Platinum with sales exceeding 300,000 copies. To promote the album Faith embarked her first concert Do You Want the Truth or Something Beautiful Tour in 12 February 2010 which visited Europe.
Personnel & creditsPaloma Faith – Main Vocals, Composer, Vocals (Background), Handclapping
Carol Riley, Dee Dee Wilde, Donna Allen, Patricia Scott, Emily McEwan, Joy Malcolm, Brian Jones, Edith Langley, Marcus Johnson, Subrina McCalla, Venessa Yeboah, Ian Pitter
Jodi Marr – Composer, Brass Arrangement, Producer, Vocals (Background)
Lawrence Johnson – Vocals (Background) Vocal Arrangement
Rosie Langley – Violin, Vocals (Background), String Quartet
Robin Bailey – Reid Vocals (Background)
Seye Adelekan – Guitar, Vocals (Background)
David Paul Campbell – Brass Arrangement
Sarah Tuke – Violin
Sato Kotono – Viola
Úna Palliser – Viola
Laura Stanford – Violin
Fiona Brice – Violin
Jesse Murphy – Violin
Luke Potashnick – Guitar
Amy Langley – String – Quartet
Ruthie Phoenix – Saxophone
Llinos Richards – Cello
Harriet Wiltshire – Cello
Matthew Waer – Bass (Upright)
Steve Robson – Composer, Keyboards, String Arrangements, Instrumentation, Producer, Programming
Jeremy Stacey – Percussion, Drums
Andy Newmark – Drums
Ali Friend – Bass
Jim Hunt – Horn
Patrick Byrne – Guitar, Keyboards, Percussion
Blair Mackichan – Guitar, Handclapping
George Noriega – Keyboards, Brass Arrangement
Pete Davis – Bass, Drum Programming
Ben Castle – Clarinet, Sax (Tenor)
Greg Kurstin – Guitar, Keyboards
The London Session – Orchestra Strings
Nichol Thompson – Horn
Samuel Dixon – Piano, Guitar (Bass), Celeste, Composer, Guitar (Electric), Toy Piano, Vibraphone
Dominic Glover – Trumpet, Horn, Horn Arrangements
Ed Harcourt – Guitar, Wurlitzer, Piano, Percussion
Hadrian Garrard – Trumpet
Leo Abrahams – Guitar
Rob Wells – Piano, Keyboards, Brass Arrangement
Joe Walters – Horn
Laura Anstee – Cello
Per Ekdahl – String Arrangements
Karl Brazil – Drums
Trevor Mires – Trombone
Ryan Granville Martin – Drums
Daniel Pherson – String and keyboard Engineer
Darren Heelis – Assistant
Jo Charrington – A&R
Jamie Reddington – Producer
Gandalf Roudette Muschamp – Engineer
Jossip Serrano – Engineer
Jon Bailey – Engineer
Niall Acott – Engineer
Andreas Unge – String Engineer
Simon Hale – Conductor, String Arrangements
Oliver Kraus – Strings, String Arrangements, String Engineer
Jay Reynolds – Producer
George Noriega – Keyboards, Producer, Brass Arrangement, Programming
Blair Mackichan – Composer, Producer, Engineer
Perry Mason – Orchestra Leader
Patrick Byrne – Composer, Programming, Producer, Engineer
Mickey Raphael – A&R
Carlos Alvarez – Engineer
Richard Flack – Engineer
Steve Fitzmaurice – Arranger, Mixing
James Stone – Assistant
Jörgen Elofsson – Composer
Steve Fitzmaurice – Arranger, Mixing
Greg Kurstin – Programming, Producer, Engineer
Samuel Dixon – Producer, Engineer, Programming
Ed Harcourt – Producer, Composer
Rob Wells – Producer, Programming
Ian Barter – Composer, Producer
Olga Fitzroy – Assistant
Eamonn Hughes - Hair Stylist
Moritz Junge – Stylist
Finlay MacKay – Photography
Petra Storrs - Set Design
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