1988 studio album by Lyle Lovett
Pontiac is the second studio album by American singer Lyle Lovett , released in 1987.
Critical reception
Pontiac was ranked at 201 in the list of the "500 Best Albums of All-Time" by the German edition of Rolling Stone in 2004.[ 11] The album was cited as one of the top 100 albums of the 1980s by the Italian magazines Il Mucchio Selvaggio [citation needed ] and Velvet .[ 12] It is also one of 300 albums listed in the book 50 Years of Great Recordings ,[ 13] and appeared at number 33 on the Village Voice 's list of top albums of 1988.[ 14] A 2023 review by Pitchfork ' s Nadine Smith described it as "a terrific showcase of his subversive and idiosyncratic country style", with its songwriting "land[ing] somewhere between magical realism and creative nonfiction".[ 7]
Pontiac reached number 12 on Billboard 's chart for Top Country Albums ,[ 15] and 117 on the Billboard 200 .[ 16]
Track listing
All songs written by Lyle Lovett
"If I Had a Boat" – 3:06
"Give Back My Heart" – 3:00
"I Loved You Yesterday" – 2:56
"Walk Through the Bottomland" – 4:11
"L.A. County" – 3:17
"She's No Lady" – 3:13
"M-O-N-E-Y" – 3:15
"Black and Blue" – 3:58
"Simple Song" – 3:17
"Pontiac" – 2:24
"She's Hot to Go" – 2:30
Personnel
Tony Brown – producer
Paul Franklin – steel guitar
Vince Gill – guitar, background vocals (track 2)
John Hagen – cello
Emmylou Harris – background vocals (track 4)
Ray Herndon – electric guitar
Simon Levy – art direction
Lyle Lovett – acoustic guitar, vocals, producer
Steve Marsh – saxophone
Matt McKenzie – electric bass
Glenn Meadows – mastering
Edgar Meyer – double bass
Peter Nash – photography
Willie Pevear – engineer
Francine Reed – background vocals (tracks 2, 7, and 11)
Matt Rollings – piano, DX-7 synthesizer
J. David Sloan – background vocals
Harry Stinson – drums, background Vocals
Steve Tillisch – engineer, mixing
Ron Treat – engineer
Billy Williams – acoustic and rhythm guitar, associate producer
Marty Williams – second engineer
References
^ "Lyle Lovett and Nanci Griffith" . SPIN : 68. January 1988.
^ The Orange County Register , 2018 [1] )
^ a b c Mark Deming, AllMusic (link )
^ Robert Christgau, Consumer Guide (link )
^ Lewis, Randy (17 January 1988). "Lyle Lovett Rides Again" . Los Angeles Times . Retrieved 20 May 2011 .
^ Music Hound , USA, 1988-89 (4 "bones", scale 0-5)
^ a b Smith, Nadine (August 20, 2023). "Lyle Lovett: Pontiac Album Review" . Pitchfork . Retrieved August 20, 2023 .
^ Rolling Stone Album Guide , USA, 1992, 2004
^ 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 .
^ Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music , UK, 2002
^ "The 500 Best Albums of All Time", Rolling Stone (Germany), 2004 (link )
^ Velvet , 1990 (according to rocklistmusic.co.uk (link )
^ 50 Years of Great Recordings , Thunder Bay Press, November 9, 2005
^ see villagevoice.com (link Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine )
^ a b "Lyle Lovett Chart History (Top Country Albums)" . Billboard . Retrieved August 20, 2023.
^ a b "Lyle Lovett Chart History (Billboard 200)" . Billboard . Retrieved August 20, 2023.
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