Lyle Lovett (album)
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| Lyle Lovett | ||
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| Studio album by Lyle Lovett | ||
| Released | 1986 | |
| Recorded | Chaton Recordings, Scottsdale, Arizona | |
| Genre | country, folk, singer-songwriter | |
| Length | 32:30 | |
| Label | Curb | |
| Producer(s) | Tony Brown Lyle Lovett |
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| Lyle Lovett chronology | ||
| Lyle Lovett (1986) |
Pontiac (1987) |
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Lyle Lovett is Lovett's 1986 eponymous debut album. By the mid-1980s Lovett had already distinguished himself in the burgeoning Texas singer-songwriter scene. He had performed in the New Folk competition at the Kerrville Folk Festival in 1980 and returned to win in 1982. [7] In 1984 Lovett recorded a four song demo with the help of the Phoenix band, J. David Sloan and the Rogues.[8] His music had begun to be distributed by the Fast Folk Musical Magazine [9]
Nanci Griffith had previously recorded Lovett's "If I Were the Man You Wanted" as "If I Were the Woman You Wanted" for her 1984 album, Once in a Very Blue Moon. Lovett appears on the album as a vocalist and even appears on the cover of her Last of the True Believers album.
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[edit] Chart success
Lovett's debut reached number 14 on Billboard's chart for Top Country Albums.
[edit] Critical acclaim
Lyle Lovett has been cited as one of the top 100 albums of the 1980s by the Italian magazines Il Mucchio Selvaggio [10] and Velvet[11] The All Music Guide compares the album to Steve Earle's Guitar Town, calling it, "one of the most promising and exciting debut albums to come out of Nashville in the 1980s."[1] Robert Christgau described Lovett's debut as "Writes like Guy Clark, only plainer, sings like Jesse Winchester only countrier."[2]
[edit] Track Listing
All songs by Lyle Lovett, except "This Old Porch" by Lyle Lovett and Robert Earl Keen.
- "Cowboy Man" – 2:48
- "God Will" – 2:13
- "Farther Down the Line" – 3:05
- "This Old Porch" – 4:16
- "Why I Don't Know" – 2:41
- "If I Were the Man You Wanted" – 3:57
- "You Can't Resist It" – 3:08
- "The Waltzing Fool" – 3:49
- "An Acceptable Level of Ecstasy (The Wedding Song)" – 3:30
- "Closing Time" – 3:43
[edit] Credits
[edit] Musicians
- Mathew McKenzie – bass
- Jeff Borree – drums
- Matt Rollings – acoustic and electric piano
- Mark Prentice – organ
- Lyle Lovett – acoustic guitar
- Ray Herndon – electric rhythm guitar & background vocals
- Billy Williams – electric lead guitar
- Tom Mortensen – steel guitar
- Glen Duncan – fiddle
- Steve Marsh – saxaphones
- James Gilmer – congas
- J. David Sloan – background vocals
- Bass on "Farther Down the Line" – Emory Gordy Jr.
- Drums on "Farther Down the Line", "This Old Porch", & "An Acceptable Level of Ecstasy" – Bob Warren
- Piano on "God Will" & "Farther Down the Line" – Mark Prentice
- Synthesizer on "You Can't Resist It" – John Jarvis
- Acoustic lead guitar on "God Will", "Farther Down the Line" & "If I Were the Man You Wanted" – Mac McAnally
- Electric rhythm guitar on "You Can't Resist It" – Vince Gill & Jon Goin
- Electric lead guitar on "Farther Down the Line" and "Why I Don't Know" – Ray Herndon
- Electric lead guitar on "You Can't Resist It" – Jon Goin
- Background vocals on "You Can't Resist It" – Rosanne Cash & Lyle Lovett
- Background vocals on "An Acceptable Level of Ecstasy – Francine Reed
- Saxophones arranged by Billy Williams
[edit] Production
- Producers – Tony Brown and Lyle Lovett
- Associate Producer – Billy Williams
- Recorded at chaton Recordings, Scottsdale, Arizona
- Engineer – Steven Moore
- Second Engineer – Andy Seagle
- Overdubs and Remix at Teasure Isle Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee
- Remixed – Gene Eichelberger
- Second Engineers &nash; Tom Der and Tom Harding
- Mastered at Mastertonics using the JVC Audio Digital Mastering System
- Mastering – Glen Meadows
- Digital editing ndash; Milan Bogdan
- Compact Disc master tap prepared by Glen Meadows and Milan Bogdan
[edit] Artwork
- Simon Levy – art direction
- Peter Nash – photography
- Mickey Braithwaite – design
- Kate Gillon & Sherri Halford – CD coordination
- Guy Clark – liner notes
[edit] Notes and sources
- ^ a b Mark Deming, All Music Guide (link)
- ^ a b Robert Christgau, Consumer Guide (link)
- ^ Music Hound, USA, 1988-89 (4 "bones", scale 0-5)
- ^ Rolling Stone Album Guide, USA, 1992, 2004
- ^ Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, USA, 1995
- ^ Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, UK, 2002
- ^ "Kerrville Folk Festival Finalist Histroy", compiled by Doug Coppock (link)
- ^ Lyle Lovett profile, from the Richard De La Font Agency, Inc. (link)
- ^ "Fast Folk and Coop Database", compiled by Steven Alexander, 2002 (link)
- ^ Il Mucchio Selvaggio, 2002 (according to acclaimedmusic.net link)
- ^ Velvet, 1990 (according to rocklistmusic.co.uk (link)
