I Love Everybody

Infobox Album
Name = I Love Everybody
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Lyle Lovett


Released = Sept 27, 1994
Recorded = Aug 31 1993 - Jan 12, 1994
Genre = country, folk
Length = 52:41
Label = Curb
Producer = Lyle Lovett & Billy Williams
Reviews =
* "Allmusic" Rating|4|5 Mark Deming, "Allmusic" ( [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:h8ngtq9znu4a link] )]
* "Audio" Michael Tearson, "Rock-Pop Recordings -- "I Love Everybody" by Lyle Lovett", "Audio: The Equipment Authority", 78:10, October 1994, p. 60]
* "New York Times" (favorable) Jon Pareles, "POP REVIEW: Lyle Lovett, From Wistful to Weird", "New York Times", Nov 15, 1994 ( [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C03EFDF1531F936A25752C1A962958260 link] )]
* "Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 John Milward, "Rolling Stone", Oct 6, 1994, p. 88 ( [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/lylelovett/albums/album/113380/review/5941851/i_love_everybody link] )]
*"Stereo Review" (favorable) "Best Recordings of the Month: Lyle Lovett's "I Love Everybody", Debussy preludes from Krystian Zimerman, the Allman Brothers Band's "Where It All Begins", and Rossini's complete Semiramide", "Stereo Review", 59:9, September 1994, p.87-91]
Last album = "Joshua Judges Ruth"
(1992)
This album = "I Love Everybody"
(1994)
Next album = "The Road to Ensenada"
(1996)

"I Love Everybody" is an album recorded by Lyle Lovett and released in 1994. The album consists of songs written by Lovett prior to the recording of his first album.

On the 8th track, "Record Lady," Lyle refers to college friend and fellow musician, Robert Earl Keen.

...Robert Earl, he's a friend of mine
You know he's always looking out for my best interest...

Several songs prominently feature one or more of Lovett's trademark penchants: wry humor ("They Don't Like Me"), playful surrealism ("Penguins") and disturbing frankness ("Creeps Like Me").

Track listing

All songs by Lyle Lovett, except * written with Eric Taylor
# "Skinny Legs"
# "Fat Babies"*
# "I Think You Know What I Mean"
# "Hello Grandma"
# "Creeps Like Me"
# "Sonja"
# "They Don't Like Me"
# "Record Lady"
# "Ain't It Somethin'"
# "Penguins"
# "The Fat Girl"
# "La To The Left"
# "Old Friend"
# "Just The Morning"
# "Moon On My Shoulder"
# "I've Got The Blues"
# "Good-Bye To Carolina"
# "I Love Everybody"

Notes

Lovett's wife at the time, Julia Roberts, provides backing vocals on several tracks. Other performers lending their voice include Rickie Lee Jones and Leo Kottke.

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