Beautiful Lumps of Coal

Beautiful Lumps of Coal is the third album by Christian singer Plumb. After undergoing many member changes, a record label change and marriage, Tiffany Arbuckle Lee decided to go solo. This release features the songs "Real", "Sink-N-Swim", "Free" and "Boys Don't Cry".

Beautiful Lumps of Coal
Studio album by Plumb
Released	March 25, 2003
Studio	The Bennett House and Langley Studios (Franklin, Tennessee) Curb Studios, Ivy Park Studios The Maxwell House (Nashville, Tennessee)
Genre	Pop Rock
Length	41:05
Label	Curb
Producer	Shaun Shankel Jay Joyce Jimmy Collins Plumb
Plumb chronology
The Best of Plumb (2000) Beautiful Lumps of Coal (2003) Simply Plumb (2005)
Singles from Beautiful Lumps of Coal
"Free" Released: 2003 "Real" Released: 2004 "Boys Don't Cry" Released: 2004 "Sink N' Swim" Released: 2004

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Artistdirect
Jesus Freak Hideout
Cross Rhythms
The Phantom Tollbooth

Track listing

1. "Free" (Tiffany Arbuckle Lee, Matt Bronleewe) – 3:29
2. "Sink N' Swim" (Lee, Jimmy Collins) – 3:29
3. "Without You" (Lee, Jay Joyce) – 3:31
4. "Boys Don't Cry" (Lee, Bronleewe) – 3:48
5. "Hold Me" (Lee, Joyce) – 3:40
6. "Walk Away" (Lee, Bronleewe) – 3:28
7. "Taken" (Lee, Shaun Shankel, Kyle Jacobs) – 4:15
8. "Nice Naïve and Beautiful" (Lee) – 4:15
9. "Unnoticed" (Lee, Collins) – 3:08
10. "Real" (Lee, Christa Wells) – 3:42
11. "Love'em & Kiss'em" (Brandon Arbuckle) – 0:21
12. "Go" (Lee, Wells) – 3:52

Singles

• "Free" (2003)
• "Sink N' Swim" (2004)
• "Real" No. 30 Billboard Adult Top 40 (2004)

Personnel

• Plumb – vocals, acoustic piano
• Shaun Shankel – programming, string arrangements
• Jimmy Collins – acoustic piano, programming, string programming, arrangements
• Jay Joyce – Fender Rhodes, Hammond organ, programming, guitars
• Paul Moak – Fender Rhodes, guitars, pedal steel guitar, sitar
• Kyle Jacobs – acoustic guitar
• Tracy Ferrie – bass
• Michael Caton Jones – drums
• Marissa Barkey – violin
• Brandon Arbuckle – vocals

The Nashville String Machine

• David Angell, David Davidson, Conni Ellisor, Carl Gorodetzky, Jim Grosjean, Jack Jezioro, Lee Larrison, Bob Mason, Carol Neuen-Rabinowitz, Pamela Sixfin, Gary Vanosdale, Mary Kathryn Vanosdale and Kristin Wilkinson – string players

Production

• Jeremy Lee – executive producer
• Bryan Stewart – executive producer
• Jay Joyce – producer, engineer
• Jimmy Collins – producer
• Plumb – producer, assistant producer, wardrobe
• Shaun Shankel – producer
• Brandon Arbuckle – engineer
• Jason Hall – engineer
• Skye McCaskey – engineer
• Craig White – engineer
• Casey Wood – engineer
• David Thoener – mixing
• Leslie Richter – assistant engineer
• Jeffrey Fernandez – mix assistant
• Jim Lightman – Pro Tiools, digital editing
• George Marino – mastering at Sterling Sound (New York, NY)
• Glenn Sweitzer – art direction, design
• Danny Clinch – photography
• Gabriel Trujillo – hair stylist, make-up
• Trish Townsend – wardrobe

Chart performance

Week #	Heatseekers	Contemporary Christian
1	33	32

Cover

"Boys Don't Cry" was translated into French by Elsa Lunghini, as "Pour une vue du paradis", and released on her fifth studio album, De lave et de sève (2004).