Lyle Lovett - Lyle Lovett & His Large Band

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UPC: 076742226329
 
 
Artist:
Lovett, Lyle
Description:
Personnel: Lyle Lovett (vocals, acoustic guitar); Billy Williams, DesChamps Hood (acoustic guitar); Ray Herndon (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); Mark O`Connor (mandola, fiddle); John Hagen (cello); Steve Marsh (alto & tenor saxophones); Andy Laster (baritone saxophone); Matt Rollings (piano, Hammond B-3 organ); Leland Sklar, Richard Bennett (bass); Paul Leim (drums); Francine Reed, Harry Stinson, Rodney Crowell, Walter Hyatt, David Ball (background vocals).
While Lyle Lovett`s first two albums were quirky expansions of the traditional country mold, they still bore strong musical ties to Nashville`s past. With his third album, Lovett burned his country bridges and reinvented himself as, of all things, a post-modern big-band singer. Leading his horn-bedecked Large Band, Lovett picked up on the jazzy threads of his earlier albums and ran with them, coming off like some bizarre amalgam of Tony Bennett, David Byrne, and Conway Twitty.
Country fans confused by Lovett`s earlier work must have been utterly bewildered by this stylistic turnaround. Nevertheless, as unlikely as a country artist surrounding by jazz/blues-blaring horns and delivering wry, existential, spoken-word epigrams in between riffs might seem, the song in question ("Here I Am") somehow became a hit, and endeared Lovett to a whole new non-country audience. The rest of the album is mostly filled with Lovett`s trademark sarcastic/poetic lyrical mix backed by jazz changes, but there are a couple of country/folk-oriented tunes as well. A couple of these are heartbreakingly gorgeous, but the one that sticks out the most is a willfully odd cover of "Stand By Your Man" that furthered Lovett`s growing reputation as an endearing oddball.
Track Listing:
  • DISC 1
    1. Blues Walk, The
    2. Here I Am
    3. Cryin` Shame
    4. Good Intentions
    5. I Know You Know
    6. What Do You Do / The Glory Of Love
    7. I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You
    8. Stand by Your Man
    9. Which Way Does That Old Pony Run
    10. Nobody Knows Me
    11. If You Were to Wake Up
    12. Once Is Enough
  • Album Information

    Release Date:
    01/25/1989
    Type:
    Performer
    Genre:
    Country
    Subgenre:
    Progressive Country
    Label:
    MCA Records (USA)
    Producer:
    Tony Brown; Billy Williams
    Catalog Number:
    42263
    Original Release Year:
    1989
    # of Discs:
    1
    SPARS Coding:
    DDD
    Studio/Live:
    Studio
    Mono/Stereo:
    Stereo
    Runtime:
    41 : 14
    Guest Artist:
    Rodney Crowell; Mark O`Connor; Mac McAnally; David Ball; Francine Reed

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    Overall Rating: 5

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    Lovin Lyle

    pate1 from Texas, Apr 4, 2008

    This is the cd he put out after the Julia Roberts debacle. It's Lyle at his wicked best!!

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