The Road to Ensenada

Infobox Album
Name = The Road To Ensenada
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Lyle Lovett


Released = June 18, 1996
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = Curb
Producer = Lyle Lovett & Billy Williams
Reviews =
* "Allmusic" Rating|4.5|5 Stephen Thomas Erlewine, [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:hzfwxqrhldse~T1 "Review: "The Road to Ensenada"] , "Allmusic"]
*"FolkFire" (favorable) Rich Simmons, [http://www.folkfire.org/rev3n5.htm "Various artists: Notes on New Releases"] , "FolkFire Reviews", September/October 1996]
*George Graham (favorable) George Graham, [http://georgegraham.com/lovett.html "Lyle Lovett: "The Road to Ensenada" (review)] , The Graham Weekly Album Review, 1034, 1996]
* "Music Box" Rating|4|5 John Metzger, [http://www.musicbox-online.com/ll-ensen.html "Lyle Lovett - "The Road to Ensenada" (Album review)"] , "The Music Box", 3:8, November/December 1996]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 Elysa Gardner, [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/300971/review/5941613?utm_source=Rhapsody&utm_medium=CDreview "Review: Lyle Lovett-"The Road to Ensenada"] , "Rolling Stone", 738/739, February 2, 1998]
Last album = "I Love Everybody"
(1994)
This album = "The Road To Ensenada"
(1996)
Next album = "Step Inside This House"
(1998)

"The Road To Ensenada" is an album of songs recorded by Lyle Lovett and released in 1996.

At the Grammy Awards of 1997, "The Road to Ensenada" won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album.

Track listing

All songs composed by Lyle Lovett except as noted.

# "Don't Touch My Hat" – 3:47
# "Her First Mistake" – 6:28
# "Fiona" – 4:09
# "That's Right (You're Not from Texas)" (Lovett, Ramsey, Rogers) – 4:54
# "Who Loves You Better" – 4:46
# "Private Conversation" – 4:32
# "Promises" – 3:07
# "It Ought To Be Easier" – 4:11
# "I Can't Love You Anymore" – 3:14
# "Long Tall Texan" (Henry Strzelecki) – 3:27
# "Christmas Morning" – 3:43
# "The Road To Ensenada" – 10:12
# "The Girl in the Corner" -- hidden at the end of track 12, following 1:30 of silence

Personnel

*Greg Adams – Trumpet
*Sweet Pea Atkinson – Baritone Vocal
*Sir Harry Bowens – Baritone Vocal
*Jackson Browne – Harmony Vocals
*Valerie Carter – background vocals, Harmony Vocals
*Shawn Colvin – Harmony Vocals
*Luis Conte – percussion, Tambourine, Shaker
*Stuart Duncan – Fiddle
*Chuck Findleey – Trombone, Trumpet
*Paul Franklin – Pedal Steel, Steel Guitar
*Willie Green, Jr. – Bass Vocal
*Gary Herbig – Alto Saxophone, Baritone Saxophone, Tenor Saxophone
*Chris Hillman – Harmony Vocals
*Russ Kunkel – drums, Shaker
*Lyle Lovett – acoustic guitar, Rhythm Guitar, vocals
*Kate Markowits – Background Vocals, Harmony Vocals
*Arnold McCuller – Background Vocals, Tenor Vocals, Harmony Vocals
*Randy Newman – Vocals
*Dean Parks – Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar
*Herb Pedersen – Harmony Vocals
*Don Potter – Acousic Guitar, spanish guitar
*Matt Rollings – Piano
*Leland Sklar – Bass

Charts

References