I Love Everybody
Studio album by
Lyle Lovett
ReleasedSept 27, 1994
RecordedAug 31 1993 - Jan 12, 1994
Length52:41
LabelCurb/MCA
ProducerLyle Lovett & Billy Williams
Lyle Lovett chronology
Joshua Judges Ruth
(1992) 		I Love Everybody
(1994) 		The Road to Ensenada
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Audio[2]
New York Times(favorable) [3]
Rolling Stone [4]
Stereo Review(favorable) [5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[6]

I Love Everybody is the fifth album by Lyle Lovett, released in 1994. The album consists of Lovett's early songs penned prior to the recording of his first album, Lyle Lovett (1986).[1][4]

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 ("Sonja"), playful surrealism ("Penguins"), cod misanthropy ("They don't like me"), and disturbing frankness ("Creeps Like Me"). Even the album's title, ("I Love Everybody"), is ironic.

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

"Ain't It Something" would later be rerecorded, in a longer form, for Lovett's soundtrack to the 2000 film Dr. T & the Women.

Track listing

All songs by Lyle Lovett, except "Fat Babies" by Lyle Lovett and Eric Taylor

No.TitleLength
1."Skinny Legs"2:42
2."Fat Babies"2:54
3."I Think You Know What I Mean"3:05
4."Hello Grandma"2:35
5."Creeps Like Me"2:14
6."Sonja"2:00
7."They Don't Like Me"2:34
8."Record Lady"4:11
9."Ain't It Somethin'"2:14
10."Penguins"2:31
11."The Fat Girl"2:00
12."La to the Left"3:20
13."Old Friend"3:13
14."Just the Morning"4:23
15."Moon on My Shoulder"2:20
16."I've Got the Blues"3:34
17."Good-Bye to Carolina"3:28
18."I Love Everybody"3:39

Personnel

Production notes

Chart performance

Chart (1994) Peak
position
Canadian RPM Top Albums 40
New Zealand Albums Chart 36
UK Albums Chart 54
US Billboard 200 26

References

  1. ^ a b Deming, Mark. "Allmusic review". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
  2. ^ Michael Tearson, "Rock-Pop Recordings -- I Love Everybody by Lyle Lovett", Audio: The Equipment Authority, 78:10, October 1994, p. 60
  3. ^ Jon Pareles, "POP REVIEW: Lyle Lovett, From Wistful to Weird", New York Times, Nov 15, 1994 (link)
  4. ^ a b John Milward, Rolling Stone, Oct 6, 1994, p. 88 (link)
  5. ^ "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
  6. ^ Sandow, Greg (1995). "Lyle Lovett". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 229–230. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
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