| Lyle Lovett | ||||
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| Released | 1986 | |||
| Recorded | Chaton Recordings, Scottsdale, Arizona | |||
| Genre | Country[1][2] | |||
| Length | 32:30 | |||
| Label | MCA/Curb | |||
| Producer | Tony Brown, Lyle Lovett | |||
| Lyle Lovett chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |  [1] |
| MusicHound Rock | 4/5 bones[3] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[2] |
| Rolling Stone |   [4] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10[5] |
| The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
Lyle Lovett is the 1986 debut album by American singer Lyle Lovett. 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, he recorded a four-song demo with the help of the Phoenix band J. David Sloan and the Rogues[8] and his music had begun to be distributed by the Fast Folk Musical Magazine[9]
Nanci Griffith had 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. He appears on that album as a vocalist and can also be seen in the picture on the cover of her subsequent album Last of the True Believers (1986).
- ^ a b Mark Deming, Allmusic (link)
- ^ a b Robert Christgau, Consumer Guide (link)
- ^ Durchholz, Daniel (1999). "Lyle Lovett". In Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel (eds.). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (second ed.). Detroit: Visible Ink Press. p. 695. ISBN 1578590612.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2002). "Lovett, Lyle". The Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (Concise Fourth ed.). London: Virgin Books. p. 776. ISBN 1852279230.
- ^ "Kerrville Folk Festival Finalist History", compiled by Doug Coppock (link Archived February 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine)
- ^ Lyle Lovett profile, from the Richard De La Font Agency, Inc. (link)
- ^ "Fast Folk and Coop Database", compiled by Steven Alexander, 2002 (link)