Pontiac (album)

Pontiac (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Pontiac
Type = Album
Artist = Lyle Lovett


Released = 1987
Recorded =
Genre = country, folk, singer-songwriter
Length = 35:07
Label = Curb
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|5|5 Mark Deming, "Allmusic" ( [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:amdkyl1jxpeb link] )]
* Robert Christgau (B-) Robert Christgau, "Consumer Guide" ( [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=854&name=Lyle+Lovett link] )]
* "Music Hound" Rating|4.5|5 "Music Hound", USA, 1988-89 (4 "bones", scale 0-5)]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 "Rolling Stone Album Guide", USA, 1992, 2004]
* "Spin" rating-10|10 "Spin's Book of Alternative Albums", USA, 1995]
* "Virgin" Rating|4|5 "Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music", UK, 2002]
Last album = "Lyle Lovett"
(1986)
This album = "Pontiac"
(1987)
Next album = "Lyle Lovett and His Large Band"
(1989)

"Pontiac" is the title of Lyle Lovett's second album, released in 1987.

Chart success

"Pontiac" reached number 12 on "Billboard's" chart for Top Country Albums, and 117 in the Billboard Hot 200.

Critical acclaim

"Pontiac" was ranked as 201 in the list of the "500 Best Albums of All-Time" by the German edition of "Rolling Stone". "The 500 Best Albums of All Time", "Rolling Stone" (Germany), 2004 ( [http://home.rhein-zeitung.de/~tommi.s/rs500.htm# link] )] The album was also cited as one of the top 100 albums of the 1980s by the Italian magazines "Il Mucchio Selvaggio" "Il Mucchio Selvaggio", 2002 (according to acclaimedmusic.net [http://www.acclaimedmusic.net/061024/mucchio400.htm link] )] and "Velvet"."Velvet", 1990 (according to rocklistmusic.co.uk ( [http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/italian_lists.htm#VELVET link] )] The album is also one of 300 listed in the book, "50 Years of Great Recordings""50 Years of Great Recordings", Thunder Bay Press, November 9, 2005] and appeared at number 33 the "Village Voice's" list of top albums for 1988.see villagevoice.com ( [http://villagevoice.com/specials/pazznjop/04/ link] )]

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

Credits

*Tony Brown – Producer
*Paul Franklin – Guitar (Steel)
*Vince Gill – Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
*John Hagen – Cello
*Emmylou Harris – Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
*Ray Herndon – Guitar, Guitar (Electric)
*Simon Levy – Art Direction
*Lyle Lovett – Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Vocals, Producer
*Steve Marsh – Saxophone
*Matt McKenzie – Bass
*Glenn Meadows – Mastering
*Edgar Meyer – Bass, Double Bass
*Peter Nash – Photography
*Willie Pevear – Engineer
*Francine Reed – Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
*Matt Rollings – Synthesizer, Piano, DX-7
*J. David Sloan – Vocals, Vocals (bckgr)
*Harry Stinson – Drums, Vocals (bckgr)
*Steve Tillisch – Engineer, Mixing
*Ron Treat – Engineer
*Billy Williams – Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm), Associate Producer
*Marty Williams – Second Engineer

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