Step Inside This House is the seventh album by Lyle Lovett, released in 1998. In contrast with his earlier albums, populated mostly by songs penned by Lovett, House is a double-length album of cover songs written by fellow Texans. In choosing songs to record, Lovett favored songwriters whose works influenced his own style instead of […]
The Road To Ensenada is the sixth album by Lyle Lovett, released in 1996. At the Grammy Awards of 1997, The Road to Ensenada won the Grammy Award for Best Country Album. Tracks 1 Don’t Touch My Hat (Lyle Lovett) 03:46 2 Her First Mistake (Lyle Lovett) 06:29 3 Fiona (Lyle Lovett) 04:09 4 That’s […]
Joshua Judges Ruth is the title of Lyle Lovett‘s fourth album, released in 1992. While the album does not have one theme that binds all the songs, several tracks deal with “high concepts” such as religion (“Church”) and death (“Family Reserve” & “Since The Last Time”). Lovett’s renowned sense of humor and whimsy are temporarily […]
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 […]
Smile is a 2003 compilation of songs performed by Lyle Lovett for various movie soundtracks between 1992 and 2002. Smile was the fifth project by Lovett that did not introduce a new collection of his own songs during the expanse of time between his 1996 Grammy winning The Road to Ensenada and My Baby Don’t […]