Pontiac
Studio album by
Lyle Lovett
ReleasedFall 1987
RecordedApril 1987[1]
StudioSound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre
Length35:07
LabelMCA/Curb
Producer
Lyle Lovett chronology
Lyle Lovett
(1986) 		Pontiac
(1987) 		Lyle Lovett and His Large Band
(1989)

Pontiac is the second studio album by American singer Lyle Lovett, released in 1987.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauB−[3]
Los Angeles Times[4]
Music Hound[5]
Pitchfork9.0/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide10/10[8]
Virgin[9]

Pontiac was ranked at 201 in the list of the "500 Best Albums of All-Time" by the German edition of Rolling Stone in 2004.[10] The album was cited as one of the top 100 albums of the 1980s by the Italian magazines Il Mucchio Selvaggio[citation needed] and Velvet.[11] It is also one of 300 albums listed in the book 50 Years of Great Recordings,[12] and appeared at number 33 on the Village Voice's list of top albums of 1988.[13] A 2023 review by Pitchfork's Nadine Smith described it as "a terrific showcase of his subversive and idiosyncratic country style", with its songwriting "land[ing] somewhere between magical realism and creative nonfiction".[6]

Chart performance

Pontiac reached number 12 on Billboard's chart for Top Country Albums,[14] and 117 on the Billboard 200.[15]

Track listing

All songs written by Lyle Lovett

  1. "If I Had a Boat" – 3:06
  2. "Give Back My Heart" – 3:00
  3. "I Loved You Yesterday" – 2:56
  4. "Walk Through the Bottomland" – 4:11
  5. "L.A. County" – 3:17
  6. "She's No Lady" – 3:13
  7. "M-O-N-E-Y" – 3:15
  8. "Black and Blue" – 3:58
  9. "Simple Song" – 3:17
  10. "Pontiac" – 2:24
  11. "She's Hot to Go" – 2:30

Personnel

Chart performance

Chart performance for Pontiac
Chart (1988) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[15] 117
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[14] 12

References

  1. ^ The Orange County Register, 2018 [1])
  2. ^ a b c Mark Deming, AllMusic (link)
  3. ^ Robert Christgau, Consumer Guide (link)
  4. ^ Lewis, Randy (17 January 1988). "Lyle Lovett Rides Again". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  5. ^ Music Hound, USA, 1988-89 (4 "bones", scale 0-5)
  6. ^ a b Smith, Nadine (August 20, 2023). "Lyle Lovett: Pontiac Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  7. ^ Rolling Stone Album Guide, USA, 1992, 2004
  8. ^ 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.
  9. ^ Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music, UK, 2002
  10. ^ "The 500 Best Albums of All Time", Rolling Stone (Germany), 2004 (link)
  11. ^ Velvet, 1990 (according to rocklistmusic.co.uk (link)
  12. ^ 50 Years of Great Recordings, Thunder Bay Press, November 9, 2005
  13. ^ see villagevoice.com (link Archived 2012-03-30 at the Wayback Machine)
  14. ^ a b "Lyle Lovett Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
  15. ^ a b "Lyle Lovett Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2023.
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