Lyle Lovett and His Large Band

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Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
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Studio album by Lyle Lovett
Released January 25, 1989
Genre Country, western swing
Length 40:55
Label MCA/Curb
Producer Billy Williams, Lyle Lovett, Tony Brown
Lyle Lovett chronology
Pontiac
(1987)Pontiac1987		 Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
(1989)		 Joshua Judges Ruth
(1992)Joshua Judges Ruth1992
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
Rolling Stone 4/5 stars[2]

Lyle Lovett and His Large Band is Lyle Lovett's third album, released in 1989.

Lovett's gender-bending cover of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man" was later included in the soundtrack of the 1993 movie The Crying Game.

Lyle Lovett and His Large Band reached number 10 on Billboard's chart for Top Country Albums, and 62 in the Billboard Hot 200.

At the Grammy Awards of 1990, Lovett won the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for Lyle Lovett and His Large Band.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Lyle Lovett, except where indicated

  1. "The Blues Walk (Instrumental)" (Clifford Brown) – 2:25
  2. "Here I Am" – 4:01
  3. "Cryin' Shame" – 2:28
  4. "Good Intentions" – 3:13
  5. "I Know You Know" – 3:57
  6. "What Do You Do/The Glory of Love" (Billy Hill, Lovett) – 3:06
  7. "I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You" – 3:14
  8. "Stand by Your Man" (Billy Sherrill, Tammy Wynette) – 2:44
  9. "Which Way Does That Old Pony Run" – 4:08
  10. "Nobody Knows Me" – 3:06
  11. "If You Were to Wake Up" – 4:07
  12. "Once Is Enough" – 4:26

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1989) Peak
position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums 10
U.S. Billboard 200 62
Canadian RPM Top Albums 88
New Zealand Albums Chart 45

Notes and sources

  1. ↑ Mark Deming, Allmusic (link)
  2. ↑ Rolling Stone review
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