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Personnel: Lyle Lovett (vocals); Billy Williams (acoustic guitar); Ray Herndon (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); John Hagen (cello); Steve Marsh (saxophone); Ma...Read more
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Got to Lovett !
by:wallstwhiz
Pontiac is a great album by Lyle Lovett. The man is as unique as his music. It really grows on you !

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1. If I Had A Boat
2. Give Back My H...Read more
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Revisiting Lyle Lovett; or, Timing is everything
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Frankly I was surprised that there hadn't already been an eBay review of Lyle Lovett's album PONTIAC. A little more thought raises the fact that it came on the scene well ahe...Read more

Pontiac by Lyle Lovett (CD, Jan-1988, MCA (USA))

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UPC:076744202826
Artist:Lyle Lovett
Format:CD
Release Year:1988
Record Label:MCA (USA)
Genre:Alt Country, Rock & Pop

Track Listing
1. If I Had a Boat
2. Give Back My Heart
3. I Loved You Yesterday
4. Walk Through the Bottomland
5. L.A. County
6. She's No Lady
7. M-O-N-E-Y
8. Black and Blue
9. Simple Song
10. Pontiac
11. She's Hot to Go

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Playing Time:36 min.
Contributing Artists:Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, Edgar Meyer, Francine Reed
Producer:Lyle Lovett, Tony Brown
Distributor:Universal Distribution
Recording Type:Studio
Recording Mode:Stereo
SPAR Code:DDD

Album Notes
Personnel: Lyle Lovett (vocals); Billy Williams (acoustic guitar); Ray Herndon (electric guitar); Paul Franklin (steel guitar); John Hagen (cello); Steve Marsh (saxophone); Matt Rollings (piano, synthesizer); Matt McKenzie, Edgar Meyer (bass); Harry Stinson (drums); Emmylou Harris, Vince Gill, Francine Reed, J. David Sloan, Harry Stinson (background vocals).On his second album, Lovett solidified his songwriting abilities and his style, emerging as Nashville-via-Texas's answer to Randy Newman. Beneath PONTIAC's ornate production and elegant melodies lurks major-league irony and cynicism. Lovett's resonant, Jesse Winchester-like deadpan delivery is the Kabuki mask behind which insecurity and anthropomorphism run gleefully rampant. Our boy seems to have more troubles with women than the young Elvis Costello did; in "L.A. County," he drives cross-country to go postal at the marriage of his ex-love and her new beau. "She's No Lady" finds the narrator married and in the throes of existential despair, though it's mollified by some slick, jazzy chording.All this expertly crafted sarcasm is redeemed by the poignant, elliptical "If I Had a Boat," a folk-country ballad full of touching, poetic imagery, and by the Townes Van Zandt-ish "Simple Song," whose simple, minor-key melody carries considerable lyrical heft. As "She's No Lady" and "If I Had a Boat" remained staples of Lovett's shows for years to come, PONTIAC is rightly regarded as one of his key releases.

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Rolling Stone 4 Stars - Excellent

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Got to Lovett !

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Pontiac is a great album by Lyle Lovett. The man is as unique as his music. It really grows on you !

Track listing
1. If I Had A Boat
2. Give Back My Heart
3. I Loved You Yesterday
4. Walk Through The Bottomland
5. L.A. County
6. She's No Lady
7. M-O-N-E-Y
8. Black And Blue
9. Simple Song
10. Pontiac
11. She's Hot To Go
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Revisiting Lyle Lovett; or, Timing is everything

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Frankly I was surprised that there hadn't already been an eBay review of Lyle Lovett's album PONTIAC. A little more thought raises the fact that it came on the scene well ahead of eBay itself, and by the time eBay appeared, the album might have seemed, well, old hat, considering how time deals cruelly with popular music, even with material that deserves more than the proverbial twenty minutes of fame. Such, I submit, is this album, which, while hardly of eternal greatness, has one song that I suspect will last longer than anyone, even LL himself, might have imagined. That song is, of course, "If I had a boat", which turns-up all over the place, if you pay attention. The remainder of the album is good for what it is, and that's not bad, but "If I had a boat" is worth the price of admission by itself. By the way, if I myself had a boat, I'd drag Lyle on-board, and not let him off until he understood that in singing, most of the reason words are used is for communication. Except for his diction on the song I like, he has a silly habit of mumbling, a habit he shares with most of his generation. The intention may be to give some unspecified extra emotional oomph, but, well, it comes out as posturing at best, and post-adolescent disregard for the listener at worst. But hey, who are we, after all? Just the people who keep him in business. Even so, I recommend the album, especially at the bargain prices at which it can be found on eBay. You'll have to excuse, I've gotta go ride my pony on my boat. -- secondbaron
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If I had a boat I'd take this with me...

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I suppose this album would be considered a cornerstone of any Lyle Lovett collection. Really solid writing and really great musicianship all the way around. It's just a classic LL release: "If I Had a Boat", "Walk Through the Bottomland" and all the rest are tunes that stay with you. Well, maybe the title track doesn't, but it shows the talent Lyle has as a writer. A release from 1987(!) that is just as good or maybe better to listen to now as it was when it was new.
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Lyle Lovett CD

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I bought this CD on Ebay because I could not find a copy where I live. Ebay had a fair price and free shipping, plus the item supported Goodwill industries.
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