Lovers and Leavers (album)

Lovers and Leavers
Studio album by Hayes Carll
Released	April 8, 2016
Recorded	Stampede Origin in Culver City, CA
Length	38:10
Label	Highway 87, Thirty Tigers [1]
Producer	Joe Henry [2]
Hayes Carll chronology
KMAG YOYO (2011) Lovers and Leavers (2016) What It Is (2019)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Austin Chronicle	[3]
Exclaim!	5/10 [4]

Lovers and Leavers is the fifth studio album by American singer-songwriter Hayes Carll. ^{[5] [6]}

Critical reception

Exclaim! wrote that "the songs themselves are generally uninspired, and often feel unfinished despite being co-written, almost all of them, with top-notch songwriters." ^[4] Relix wrote that Carll's "hard-bitten tales bring favorable comparisons to Townes Van Zandt, Guy Clark and Kris Kristofferson." ^[7]

Track listing

1. Drive (Hayes Carll, Jim Lauderdale) – 3:19
2. Sake of the Song (Carll, Darrell Scott) – 4:44
3. Good While It Lasted (Carll, Will Hoge) – 3:14
4. You Leave Alone (Carll, Scott Nolan) – 4:01
5. My Friends (Carll, David Beck, Paul Cauthen) – 3:52
6. The Love That We Need (Carll, Jack Ingram, Allison Moorer) – 4:08
7. Love Don't Let Me Down (Carll, Scott) – 3:16
8. The Magic Kid (Carll, Scott) – 4:08
9. Love Is So Easy (Carll, Ruston Kelly) – 3:04
10. Jealous Moon (Carll, J.D. Souther) – 4:24

Personnel

• Hayes Carll – Vocals, acoustic guitar
• Jay Bellerose – Drums, percussion
• Tyler Chester – Piano, organ, and Wurlitzer
• Eric Heywood – Pedal steel
• David Piltch – Electric bass, upright bass

References

1. "Hayes Carll | Biography & History". AllMusic.
2. "Lovers and Leavers - Hayes Carll | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
3. "Hayes Carll Record Review". www.austinchronicle.com.
4. "Hayes Carll Lovers and Leavers". exclaim.ca.
5. Moss, Marissa R. (March 31, 2016). "Hear Hayes Carll's New Album 'Lovers and Leavers'".
6. Blackstock, Peter. "Hayes Carll rediscovers his inner storyteller on 'Lovers and Leavers'". Austin American-Statesman.
7. "Hayes Carll: Lovers and Leavers". Relix Media. April 28, 2016.