Three Chords and the Truth | ||||
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Released | July 1, 1997 | |||
Recorded | 1996–1997 | |||
Studio | Mad Dog Studios (Burbank, California); Sound Chamber Studios (North Hollywood, California). | |||
Genre | Country, honky tonk | |||
Length | 33:13 | |||
Label | RCA Nashville | |||
Producer | Pete Anderson | |||
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Singles from Three Chords and the Truth | ||||
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Three Chords and the Truth is the debut studio album by American country music artist Sara Evans. The album's title comes from Harlan Howard, a country music songwriter to whom this quote is widely attributed. It also was an improvized lyric in U2's version of the Bob Dylan song "All Along the Watchtower," released on the Rattle and Hum album. The album was released in July 1997 via RCA Records Nashville and it produced three singles: "True Lies", the title track, and "Shame About That". Even though all three singles charted on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, none of them reached the Top 40, making this Evans' only major label album to not produce any Top 40 hits.