Lyle Lovett and His Large Band

Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
Studio album by
Lyle Lovett
ReleasedJanuary 25, 1989
Genre
Length40:55
LabelMCA/Curb[2]
ProducerBilly Williams, Lyle Lovett, Tony Brown[3]
Lyle Lovett chronology
Pontiac
(1987) 		Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
(1989) 		Joshua Judges Ruth
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Robert ChristgauB[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[3]
Rolling Stone[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[8]

Lyle Lovett and His Large Band is Lyle Lovett's third album, released in 1989.[9][10][11] Lovett won the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for the album.[12]

Lovett's cover of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man" was later included in the soundtrack of the 1992 movie The Crying Game.

  1. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Joshua Judges Ruth Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
  2. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5. MUZE. pp. 353–354.
  3. ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 695.
  4. ^ Mark Deming, AllMusic (link)
  5. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Lyle Lovett". www.robertchristgau.com.
  6. ^ Gleason, Holly (Feb 9, 1989). "Album Reviews". Rolling Stone (545).
  7. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 435–436.
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ "Lyle Lovett | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ Watrous, Peter (February 5, 1989). "RECORDINGS; Wayward Notes From a Distant Country Cousin (Published 1989)" – via NYTimes.com.
  12. ^ "Lyle Lovett | Artist | www.grammy.com".