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Since The Road to Ensenada in 1996, Lyle Lovett has released a collection of covers in 1998, a live album in 1999, a predominately instrumental soundtrack in 2000, and now, in 2003, Smile, a collection of songs he recorded for movie soundtracks between 1992 and 2002. None of these were on his official albums and none of them are originals (meaning that it's been nearly seven years since he's released a collection of new songs; this may or may not be a sign of writer's block). Most are covers of pop standards, with a couple of R&B and gospel standards thrown in for good measure (the one contemporary tune is "You've Got a Friend in Me," the Randy Newman duet from Toy Story). All are given perfectly tasteful, perfectly pleasant Large Band-styled arrangements; they're very faithful to the songs yet are styled to Lovett's idiosyncratic delivery. Overall, it's a nice listen and it's nice for collectors to get these all tunes in one place, but it's not essential and it's hard not to wish that Lovett would just finally do an album of new material already.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Irving Berlin, ComposerLyricist - Lyle Lovett, Producer, MainArtist - Billy Williams, Producer
2003 Curb Records, Inc. 2015 Curb Records, Inc.
Nat King Cole, ComposerLyricist - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Lyle Lovett, Producer, MainArtist - Billy Williams, Producer
2003 Curb Records, Inc. 2003 Curb Records, Inc.
Andy Razaf, ComposerLyricist - MATT ROLLINGS, Producer - Lyle Lovett, MainArtist - Don Redman, ComposerLyricist
2003 Curb Records, Inc. 2003 Curb Records, Inc.
Don Was, Producer - Charlie Chaplin, ComposerLyricist - John Turner, ComposerLyricist - Geoffrey Parsons, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Moore, Producer - Lyle Lovett, Producer, MainArtist - Billy Williams, Producer
2003 Curb Records, Inc. 2003 Curb Records, Inc.
Kurt Weill, ComposerLyricist - Mark Isham, Producer - Lyle Lovett, MainArtist - Betolt Brecht, ComposerLyricist
2003 Curb Records, Inc. 2003 Curb Records, Inc.
Heinz Meier, ComposerLyricist - Russ Titelman, Producer - Hans Bradtke, ComposerLyricist - John Mercer, ComposerLyricist - Lyle Lovett, MainArtist - Billy Williams, Producer
2003 Curb Records, Inc. 2003 Curb Records, Inc.
Russ Titelman, Producer - Ray Charles, ComposerLyricist - Lyle Lovett, MainArtist
2003 Curb Records, Inc. 2003 Curb Records, Inc.
Bob Seger, ComposerLyricist - Kevin Moore, Producer - Lyle Lovett, Producer, MainArtist - Keb' Mo', MainArtist - Billy Williams, Producer
2003 Curb Records, Inc. 2003 Curb Records, Inc.
Don Was, Producer - Randy Newman, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Lyle Lovett, MainArtist
2003 Curb Records, Inc. 2003 Curb Records, Inc.
Elliot Lurie, Producer - Burt Bacharach, Producer, ComposerLyricist - Tim Rice, ComposerLyricist - Lyle Lovett, MainArtist
2003 Curb Records, Inc. 2003 Curb Records, Inc.
George Duke, Producer, MainArtist - Lyle Lovett, Producer, MainArtist - William Howard Doane, ComposerLyricist - Franny J. Crosby, ComposerLyricist
2003 Curb Records, Inc. 2003 Curb Records, Inc.
Traditional, ComposerLyricist - George Duke, Producer - Lyle Lovett, Producer, MainArtist - Billy Williams, Producer
2003 Curb Records, Inc. 2003 Curb Records, Inc.
Album review
Since The Road to Ensenada in 1996, Lyle Lovett has released a collection of covers in 1998, a live album in 1999, a predominately instrumental soundtrack in 2000, and now, in 2003, Smile, a collection of songs he recorded for movie soundtracks between 1992 and 2002. None of these were on his official albums and none of them are originals (meaning that it's been nearly seven years since he's released a collection of new songs; this may or may not be a sign of writer's block). Most are covers of pop standards, with a couple of R&B and gospel standards thrown in for good measure (the one contemporary tune is "You've Got a Friend in Me," the Randy Newman duet from Toy Story). All are given perfectly tasteful, perfectly pleasant Large Band-styled arrangements; they're very faithful to the songs yet are styled to Lovett's idiosyncratic delivery. Overall, it's a nice listen and it's nice for collectors to get these all tunes in one place, but it's not essential and it's hard not to wish that Lovett would just finally do an album of new material already.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:44:45
- Main artists: Lyle Lovett
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Curb Records
- Genre: Country
2003 Curb Records, Inc. 2003 Curb Records, Inc.
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