Lyle Lovett

Anthology Volume One: Cowboy Man (Curb/MCA) While not really a best-of, this collection gives a good overview of Lyle Lovett’s first three albums. Those were the days when Lovett was working with producer Tony Brown and was considered, or at least being marketed, as a country artist of a different stripe. Two new songs, “The Truck Song” and “San Antonio Girl,” are both nice little slices of country swing, but neither make up for the fact that the last time we had a proper album of new music from Lovett was 1996.

This article appears in December 28 • 2001.

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