Pontiac (album)

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Pontiac
Lyle Lovett-Pontiac.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedFall 1987
RecordedApril 1987 [1]
StudioSound Stage Studios, Nashville, TN
Genre
Length35:07
Label MCA/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.

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [2]
Robert Christgau B− [3]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [4]
Music Hound Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [5]
Pitchfork 9.0/10 [6]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 10/10 [8]
VirginStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [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

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