Release Me (Lyle Lovett album)

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Release Me
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Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 28, 2012 (2012-02-28)
Length51:50
Label Lost Highway
Producer Nathaniel Kunkel, Lyle Lovett
Lyle Lovett chronology
Natural Forces
(2009)
Release Me
(2012)
12th of June
(2022)

Release Me is the eleventh studio album by Lyle Lovett, released in 2012 through the record label Lost Highway Records. [1]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Garfield's Blackberry Blossom" – 3:06
  2. "Release Me" (with k.d. lang) – 2:45
  3. "White Boy Lost in the Blues" – 3:32
  4. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (with Kat Edmonson) – 3:17
  5. "Isn't That So" – 4:50
  6. "Understand You" – 3:43
  7. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" – 3:36
  8. "Keep It Clean" – 2:36
  9. "One Way Gal" – 2:59
  10. "Dress of Laces" (with Sara Watkins) – 6:13
  11. "The Girl with the Holiday Smile" – 3:57
  12. "Night's Lullaby" (with Sara Watkins and Sean Watkins) – 3:25
  13. "White Freightliner Blues" – 5:06
  14. "Keep Us Steadfast" – 2:45

Chart performance

Chart (2012)Peak
position
US Billboard Top Country Albums [2] 9
US Billboard 200 [2] 60

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References

  1. Perusse, Bernard (February 27, 2012). "New music Feb. 28: Embrace Lyle Lovett's Release Me". The Gazette . Montreal, Quebec, Canada: Postmedia Network. Retrieved February 28, 2012.
  2. 1 2 "Chart listing for Release Me". Billboard . Retrieved March 8, 2012.