1 Tickle Toe
2 I Will Rise Up / Ain't No More Cane
3 All Downhill
4 Don't Cry A Tear
5 South Texas Girl
6 This Traveling Around
7 Up In Indiana
8 The Alley Song
9 No Big Deal
10 Make It Happy
11 Ain't No More Cane
12 Up In Indiana (acoustic)

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Fantastic Lyle.

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: Unique music, unclassifiable, country but gospel and soulful as well. The musicians in his band are all so good that they could tour as headliners themselves.

Eh.

 Album Rating: (3 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I think I need to listen to this a little more, but I found myself getting bored with, and skipping, tracks a little too often. Too many of them are repetitive, a al "Private Conversation", except they don't have that energy and aren't as catchy. They're also slow. Slow + repetitive = not all that interesting (unless maybe you want to meditate to it).

"Up in Indiana" at least has some energy. "South Texas Girl" is really good once you really hear it, and it's still a pretty good album, but musically it feels a little muzak-ish.

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Addendum: Okay, it gets better the more you listen to it. Both variants of "I Will Rise Up" are pretty effective.

It's still 3 on a good day, though. I miss the less-produced, less-pop Lyle.

More good stuff from Lyle!

 Album Rating: (4 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: Great CD, enjoyed the Big Band cut and all the tunes from Lyle. One of my favorites.

Mr. Lovett's done it again!

 Album Rating: (5 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: I have been a fan of Mr. Lovetts for at least 10 years and am never disappointed in any of his CD's and this one is no exception. Some of the songs are repeated in this selection and at first I questioned this, however after listening to this CD a few times you realize that the arrangements are slightly different and in some cases the lyrics are sung to different melodies entirely, which gives the whole song a completely different feel to it. I would recommend this CD to anyone who is a fan of country or even blues music.

indecision

 Album Rating: (3 of 5 stars)

Review Comments: this is what i feel about this one, a little bit of indecision. The 3 stars rating is maybe too low, but closer to the truth than the 4 stars rating. I have to say mr. Lovett told us a little lie this time, as you can hear the large band isn't so large, except for the first two tracks, so if you remember the large band album in 1989 or "live in texas" there isn't much of it in here. Anyway, you can find the usual warm, confidential, really great use of voice by Lyle and the usual wonderful team of musicians, nothing to say! About the songs: there is a little lie here too. Two of them are repeated twice, in obvious different form, and a couple seem to come from the same idea, so the track list may seem shorter than written on the cd. But i must say the are enough great songs to justify your time and money, with a special mention to "south texas girl" with Guy Clark, "ain't no more cane" and "the alley song" though, like Van Morrison, Lyle tends to rewrite always the same song, but i love both of them! So, this one is not the cd you can't do without, but especially if you don't know Lyle Lovett you can start here then go back to "the road to ensenada", "joshua judges ruth", "and his large band", "pontiac" and the live album. So if you can't have it don't lose your sleep, but if you buy it enjoy it my friend!