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1989 studio album by Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band is
Lyle Lovett 's third album, released in 1989.
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[11] Lovett won the
Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for the album.
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Lovett's cover of
Tammy Wynette 's "
Stand By Your Man " was later included in the soundtrack of the 1992 movie
The Crying Game .
Production
The album incorporated more of a big band-influenced sound than Lovett's previous albums.
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Chart performance
Lyle Lovett and His Large Band reached number 10 on
Billboard's chart for
Top Country Albums , and 62 on the
Billboard Hot 200 .
Critical reception
Robert Christgau called the album "very humorous," writing that "after kicking off with a sharp r&b instrumental, the lapsed grad student dispenses with pretension and boils country down to the basics."
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Trouser Press wrote: "In rock’n’roll’s 40 disreputable years only
Randy Newman has produced such adult music, or brought such irreproachable aesthetics to the task of charting moral sleight of hand."
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The New Yorker wrote that "Lovett reveals his weird splendor in a schizophrenic jumble of smoky jazz and twangy country that revives whole swaths of neglected popular American music."
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Track listing
All tracks composed by Lyle Lovett, except where indicated
"The Blues Walk (Instrumental)" (
Clifford Brown ) – 2:25
"Here I Am" – 4:01
"Cryin' Shame" – 2:28
"Good Intentions" – 3:13
"I Know You Know" – 3:57
"What Do You Do/
The Glory of Love " (
Billy Hill , Lovett) – 3:06
"I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You" – 3:14
"
Stand by Your Man " (
Billy Sherrill ,
Tammy Wynette ) – 2:44
"Which Way Does That Old Pony Run" – 4:08
"Nobody Knows Me" – 3:06
"If You Were to Wake Up" – 4:07
"Once Is Enough" – 4:26
Personnel
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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b Deming, Mark.
"Joshua Judges Ruth Review" . AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-09-03 .
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b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music . Vol. 5. MUZE. pp. 353–354.
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b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide . Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 695.
^ Mark Deming,
AllMusic (
link )
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"Robert Christgau: CG: Lyle Lovett" . www.robertchristgau.com .
^ Gleason, Holly (Feb 9, 1989). "Album Reviews". Rolling Stone (545).
^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide . Random House. 1992. pp. 435–436.
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b Sandow, Greg (1995). "Lyle Lovett". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.).
Spin Alternative Record Guide .
Vintage Books . pp. 229–230.
ISBN
0-679-75574-8 .
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"Lyle Lovett | Biography & History" . AllMusic .
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"A `Country' Artist Who Defies Labels. Singer/songwriter Lyle Lovett reaches for a brass-and-strings section as readily as a twanging guitar, offering personal folklike lyrics in a voice of pure blues" . March 31, 1989 – via Christian Science Monitor.
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b Watrous, Peter (February 5, 1989).
"RECORDINGS; Wayward Notes From a Distant Country Cousin (Published 1989)" – via NYTimes.com.
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"Lyle Lovett | Artist | www.grammy.com" .
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"Lyle Lovett" . Trouser Press . Retrieved November 5, 2020 .
^ Dellinger, Matt.
"The Thinking Man's Cowboy" . The New Yorker .
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"Dutchcharts.nl – Lyle Lovett – Lyle Lovett And His Large Band" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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"Charts.nz – Lyle Lovett – Lyle Lovett And His Large Band" . Hung Medien. Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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"Lyle Lovett Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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"Lyle Lovett Chart History (Top Country Albums)" .
Billboard . Retrieved December 26, 2020.
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"Top Country Albums – Year-End 1989" . Billboard . Retrieved December 26, 2020 .
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"Top Country Albums – Year-End 1990" . Billboard . Retrieved December 26, 2020 .
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