Pontiac is the second studio album by American singer Lyle Lovett, released in 1988.
Critical reception
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."The 500 Best Albums of All Time", Rolling Stone (Germany), 2004 (link) The album was cited as one of the top 100 albums of the 1980s by the Italian magazines Il Mucchio Selvaggio and Velvet.Velvet, 1990 (according to rocklistmusic.co.uk () It is also one of 300 albums listed in the book 50 Years of Great Recordings,50 Years of Great Recordings, Thunder Bay Press, November 9, 2005 and appeared at number 33 on the Village Voice's list of top albums of 1988.see villagevoice.com (link ) A 2023 review by Pitchforks 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".
Chart performance Pontiac reached number 12 on Billboard's chart for Top Country Albums, and 117 on the Billboard 200.
Track listing All songs written by Lyle Lovett "If I Had a Boat" – 3:06 "Give Back My Heart" – 3:00 "I Loved You Yesterday" – 2:56 "Walk Through the Bottomland" – 4:11 "L.A. County" – 3:17 "She's No Lady" – 3:13 "M-O-N-E-Y" – 3:15 "Black and Blue" – 3:58 "Simple Song" – 3:17 "Pontiac" – 2:24 "She's Hot to Go" – 2:30
Personnel Tony Brown – producer Paul Franklin – steel guitar Vince Gill – guitar, background vocals (track 2) John Hagen – cello Emmylou Harris – background vocals (track 4) Ray Herndon – electric guitar Simon Levy – art direction Lyle Lovett – acoustic guitar, vocals, producer Steve Marsh – saxophone Matt McKenzie – electric bass Glenn Meadows – mastering Edgar Meyer – double bass Peter Nash – photography Willie Pevear – engineer Francine Reed – background vocals (tracks 2, 7, and 11) Matt Rollings – piano, DX-7 synthesizer J. David Sloan – background vocals Harry Stinson – drums, background Vocals Steve Tillisch – engineer, mixing Ron Treat – engineer Billy Williams – acoustic and rhythm guitar, associate producer Marty Williams – second engineer
Chart performance +Chart performance for Pontiac Chart (1988) Peakposition
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