Lyle Lovett - My Baby Don't Tolerate
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Artist: Lyle LovettEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2003-09-30
Music Label: Lost Highway
Soundtracks:
- Cute As A Bug
- My Baby Don't Tolerate
- The Truck Song
- In My Own Mind
- Nothing But A Good Ride
- Big Dog
- You Were Always There
- Wallisville Road
- Working Too Hard
- San Antonio Girl
- Nashville
- Election Day
- I'm Going To Wait
- I'm Going To the Place
Music reviews of My Baby Don't Tolerate
Music Review: Comfortable Just Being Lyle
Rating: 4 Stars
The first thing you need to know about my relationship with Lyle Lovett is that he is the artist who opened my eyes to the joys to be found on the country side of the charts. I thought any talent there had disappeared after country radio started ignoring Johnny Cash. The second thing is that I'm pretty sure my wife would leave me for him if he'd only ask her. So, it was with a sense of joy, and a bit of hesitancy, that I bought his latest release, My Baby Don't Tolerate.
It's been a while since Lyle put out a studio release that featured new work of his own, after a string of live recordings, soundtracks, and covers. He's played with different sounds over the years - blues, country, folk, and gospel. What you find on this latest release is an artist who seems to be finding comfort in being Lyle, telling his stories, and letting the music set the mood for the poetry of his lyrics. It's an older, more comfortable, and even more mature Lyle.
As a youth, I never could appreciate the joy of poetry - the simplicity of words, the ability to paint a picture, convey an emotion, communicate a feeling - while using an economy of language. It certainly isn't an original thought to think that a lyricist manages to somehow cross that line, but on this album, Lovett certainly builds on his stellar reputation for the craft of song-writing, while finding a new maturity that only comes with the actual passing of time.
There's a lot to enjoy on My Baby Don't Tolerate for different reasons. Cute as a Bug and Wallisville Road are classic Lovett songs - fun, funny, full of energy and ready for radio. Lyle also gives us more gospel, with church-busters like I'm Going to the Place and I'm Going to Wait. It's pure pleasure to hear Lyle work with his musicians and choir in creating such energy. He offers a bit of everything on this release, and any casual Lyle fan will find plenty to enjoy.
But Lyle gives even more for those willing to be patient, with multiple listens and attention to the song and lyric. The Truck Song, at first pass, seems a disposable little country tune, but the lyrics give it a depth and humor that is hard to forget as we meet Old Black. Working Too Hard stands out for the honesty of experiences found in the lyrics, and You Were Always There is a song that allows a moody tone to draw attention to the feeling of lost companionship.
In My Own Mind is perhaps the most well-crafted songs that Lyle has ever produced, as he paints a wonderful picture of a simple life, with simple interactions, and a focus on the beauty that is found in the small things. It is a beautiful, simple song.
Some praise should also be given to the stellar band that has been with him for many years, and their comfort with the material and the artist is easily seen. Lyle is much more than just a one-man band with studio musicians. Stuart Duncan shines on violin, and Viktor Krauss offers some wonderful work on bass among a "large" cast, in talent if not in size.
It's a more subtle CD than other Lovett releases, but perhaps more deep and varied, and certainly more comfortable. He's already done enough in his career to cement his reputation, and it's nice to find an old friend enjoying his music, even if it means he's not surprising his audience. The truth is he's not the young man that surprised so many with his talent and wit when he burst onto the scene in the late 80's, and took us on a wonderful ride through styles and music.
This album is more like an old pair of shoes - they fit, feel good, and besides, why do you need a new pair when this one will do just fine.
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All products are BRAND NEW and factory sealed. Fast shipping and 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed.Maybe it was that thigh-splitting encounter with a belligerent bull, but whatever put him there, Lyle Lovett is in a nostalgic mood on My Baby Don?t Tolerate, his first studio album of all new and original songs since the country-minded The Road to Ensenada in 1996. This is a mixed blessing--several songs sound like retreads from Lovett?s earlier efforts, even as a listener welcomes the reprised syncopated, hep cat, Louis Jordan-meets-Sister Rosetta Tharpe signatures that help define his quirky style. While a key tune, "In My Own Mind," turns around a family man who seeks solace from a busy household, drawing restorative power from nature ("no rain, just the sunshine"), the album finds itself when Lovett begins revisiting dark places in his mind. Forget "Cute as a Bug," a by-now formulaic song of hottie lust, and get right to the bleak antagonist who narrates the confused loss of the elegantly jazzy "You Were Always There," the snaky blues of the title song, the pointy-toed send-up of bygone Music City hillbillies ("Nashville"), and the sly portrayal of the bribes of luckless blacks ("Election Day") in the old-time South. As the infectious, if repetitious gospel numbers prove, the man with "Eraserhead" hair isn?t breaking any new ground. But he still fuses country, blues, jazz, folk, big band, and pop like no one else on the planet. --Alanna Nash
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