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White Lies: Five (PIAS)

For their fifth album, White Lies have called in some big names behind the studio desk, including producers Ed Buller (Suede, Pulp) and Flood (U2, Depeche Mode), the latter even tinkling ivories on a couple of tracks. James Brown (Arctic Monkeys, Foo Fighters) engineered the sessions, with Alan Moulder (Nine Inch Nails, Smashing Pumpkins) mixing, and managing to squeeze every drop of gothic drama from the ...