- 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 in1987 .Chart success
"Pontiac" reached number 12 on "Billboard's" chart for
Top Country Albums , and 117 in theBillboard 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" – 2:30Credits
*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 EngineerNotes and sources
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