Lyle Lovett
by Lyle Lovett
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Lyle Lovett bestography
Lyle Lovett is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Lyle Lovett on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Lyle Lovett is Pontiac which is ranked number 6896 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 190.
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Lyle Lovett track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Lyle Lovett rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 8 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 50 Music Albums of 1986 | 39/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | amirmishali | Top 32 Music Albums of 1986 | 16/32 | 3 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 66/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 21/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | craab | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 63/100 | 8 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 78 Music Albums of 1986 | 32/78 | 3 |
| 2025 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 12/100 | 4 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 55/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1986 | 63/100 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 29 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 69 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/14/2024 08:06 | TonySayers61 | 26,087 | 64/100 |
| ! | 06/30/2023 01:07 | Skerns | 5,219 | 80/100 |
| ! | 06/08/2023 17:26 | angryandy | 2,373 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 25% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.4/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.0.
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Lyle Lovett is the self-titled debut record by the artist of the same name, released on MCA in 1986.
Call him Lucky Lyle. He was just another Kerrville folkie, studying journalism at A&M University with fellow "Aggie" Robert Earl Keen and participating in Nanci Griffith's studio albums with independent producer Jim Rooney.
But it was songwriter Guy Clark who helped Lyle get signed. Clark didn't know Lovett, but he passed Lovett's demo tape around to Nashville producers. That's how it landed in Tony Brown's hands and that's how Lovett landed a record deal with MCA and with Brown as producer.
Lovett's debut mostly plays it safe. It's probably the most accessible record of his career. Somehow he turns the goofy This Old Porch into a tender ballad. But there are signs of the style he would go on to explore on the track You Can't Resist It. Apparently this was successful with country radio at the time.
Overall, it's OK. It's not incredible enough for me to recommended. Check out his records Pontiac and Joshua Judges Ruth.
Not recommended.
A-Side: Front Porch Song
B-Side: Closing Time
"God will/But I won't/God does/ But I don't/ And that's the difference between God and me"
Wait, what?
What did he just say?
Did he really say that? Wow, I gotta play this, people gotta hear this guy...
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