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Lyle Lovett, I Love Everybody

Audio CD

Disk ID: 1587688

Disk length: 53m 39s (18 Tracks)

Original Release Date: 1994

Label: Unknown

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Tracks & Durations

1. Skinny legs 2:02
2. Fat babies 2:02
3. I think you know what I mean 2:16
4. Hello grandma 2:16
5. Creeps like me 2:22
6. Sonja 2:33
7. They don't like me 2:36
8. Record lady 2:37
9. Ain't it somethin' 2:45
10. Penguins 2:55
11. The fat girl 3:07
12. La to the left 3:15
13. Old friend 3:22
14. Just the morning 3:30
15. Moon on my shoulder 3:35
16. I've got the blues 3:39
17. Good bye to Carolina 4:13
18. I love everybody 4:23

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Review

"I Love Everybody," is a return to Lovett's early Texas-cowboy-poet style. In fact, it's a return to those earlier songs. While all 18 tracks on the album are previously unreleased, most of them date from the 1980s when he was writing far more high-quality material than anyone was interested in recording. This is sure to please his longtime fans, who believe Lovett has never written a better song than the early efforts "If I Had a Boat" and "God Will." Lovett has raided his attic trunk and has found a surprising number of lost treasures.

One of those gems, "Skinny Legs," kicks things off with a confession of jealousy. If he only had skinny legs, a new Toyota and a cute rear end, the singer laments, he'd have a girlfriend like that boy over there. Lovett's dry, deadpan drawl falls on the bouncy, catchy melody with enchanting ease, and he refuses to use a single word more than he needs.

The lightly swinging arrangements are as simple as the songs; Lovett and his acoustic guitar are backed by John Leftwich on stand-up bass and either Kenny Aronoff or Russ Kunkel on drums. Cellist John Hagen is added to five cuts, fiddler Mark O'Connor to six, the Tower of Power Horns to one, a gospel quartet to three, and a choir featuring Rickie Lee Jones and Julia Roberts to two others. At least half a dozen songs are slight one-liners which didn't deserve revival, and they dilute the album's impact. Nonetheless this is a welcome reward for all those who believe the funny Lyle Lovett is the best Lyle Lovett. --Geoffrey Himes

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

I Love Everybody

Tracks: 18, Disk length: 53m 6s (-1m 27s)

I Love Everybody

Tracks: 18, Disk length: 53m 5s (-1m 26s)

I Love Everybody

Tracks: 18, Disk length: 53m 4s (-1m 25s)

I Love Everybody

Tracks: 18, Disk length: 53m 4s (-1m 25s)

I Love Everybody

Tracks: 18, Disk length: 53m 4s (-1m 25s)

I Love Everybody

Tracks: 18, Disk length: 53m 4s (-1m 25s)

I Love Everybody

Tracks: 17 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 47m 33s (-7m 54s)

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