2010 release, the fifth studio album from the Alt-Rockers. With Smoke & Mirrors, Lifehouse, along with longtime producer Jude Cole, have created a set that combines their live sound with great record making. Smoke & Mirrors started out as a mission to capture the live, ROCK side of the band. A trip back into the studio gave them a chance to also tackle their 'record making' expertise. The album properly defines the best that Lifehouse has to offer.
Smoke & Mirrors, the group's fifth album, offers no drastic change in direction for Lifehouse. By and large, it's tougher than its predecessor, Who We Are, but the bulk of it is still co-written and produced by that album's producer, Jude Cole, who manages to coax out more melody from lead singer/songwriter Jason Wade. Smoke & Mirrors is ingratiating, its songs work their way into memory fitting the contours of modern rock radio of both the active and adult alternative varieties. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
