Lizzy Borden "Master Of Disguise"

Master of Disguise is the fourth studio album by Los Angeles metal band Lizzy Borden.

The album was released in 1989 by Metal Blade Records and marked a different direction for the band. While still focusing on Glam metal, the album was a concept album more focused on theatre, slower pieces, and dramatic themes. The album saw only founding members singer Lizzy Borden and drummer Joey Scott Harges return after the departure of long term guitarist Gene Allen.

Master of Disguise would prove to be the band's highest moment as it would spend 10 weeks on the Billboard 200 for 10 weeks and peaking at 133. Many songs from the album would become staples of the songs live sets, including the title track, "Love is a Crime", and "Sins of the Flesh."

The album was re-released in 2007 with a 25th Anniversary Deluxe version with 2 bonus tracks and a DVD on the making of the album.

With the band consisting of only founding members vocalist Lizzy Borden and drummer Joey Harges, the band was without long-time guitarist and songwriter Gene Allen. Even though Visual Lies had been a commercial success it had been met with mixed critical response. Lizzy Borden would set out to write a concept album. In a 2018 interview, Lizzy mentioned that he wanted to focus on the vocals on the album, and that this was the first album to use layered vocal harmonies with himself, a style that he would use for every album afterwards. "With me, it was just myself, so I really wanted to fight to try and find different personalities within each harmony, and flush that out. That was really my focus on that. I knew this was going to be a very vocal record — it was going to be all about the vocals, all about the song. It wasn't going to be about showcasing musicians or anything like that — it was all going to be about the song and the vocals." Additionally, the album's production marked a change in direction with a focus on a large stadium sound and recording parts of the album with a full orchestra.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lizzy Borden.

1. "Master of Disguise" 7:22
2. "One False Move" 2:52
3. "Love Is a Crime" 5:27
4. "Sins of the Flesh" 4:36
5. "Phantoms" 6:23
6. "Never Too Young" 4:53
7. "Be One of Us" 4:06
8. "Psychodrama" 4:43
9. "Waiting in the Wings" 5:35
10. "Roll Over and Play Dead" 4:08
11. "Under the Rose" 2:45
12. "We Got the Power" 4:32

Total length: 57:22