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Pontiac is Lyle Lovett's second studio album, released in 1987.

Pontiac
Studio album by Lyle Lovett
Released	Fall 1987
Recorded	April 1987 [1]
Genre	Country blues[2] jazz[2]
Length	35:07
Label	MCA/Curb
Producer	Tony Brown, Lyle Lovett & Billy Williams
Lyle Lovett chronology
Lyle Lovett (1986) Pontiac (1987) Lyle Lovett and His Large Band (1989)

Chart performance

Pontiac reached number 12 on Billboard's chart for Top Country Albums, and 117 on the Billboard Hot 200.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Robert Christgau	B−[3]
Los Angeles Times	[4]
Music Hound	[5]
Rolling Stone	[6]
Spin	[7]
Virgin	[8]

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.[9] The album was cited as one of the top 100 albums of the 1980s by the Italian magazines Il Mucchio Selvaggio [10] 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]

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

• Tony Brown – producer
• Paul Franklin – steel guitar
• Vince Gill – guitar, background vocals (track 2)
• John Hagen – cello
• Emmylou Harris – background Vocals (track 4)
• Ray Herndon – electric guitar
• Simon Levy – art direction
• Lyle Lovett – acoustic guitar, vocals, producer
• Steve Marsh – saxophone
• Matt McKenzie – electric bass
• Glenn Meadows – mastering
• Edgar Meyer – double bass
• Peter Nash – photography
• Willie Pevear – engineer
• Francine Reed – background vocals (tracks 2, 7, & 11)
• Matt Rollings – piano, DX-7 synthesizer
• J. David Sloan – background vocals
• Harry Stinson – drums, background Vocals
• Steve Tillisch – engineer, mixing
• Ron Treat – engineer
• Billy Williams – acoustic & rhythm guitar, associate producer
• Marty Williams – second engineer

Chart performance

Chart (1988)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	12
U.S. Billboard 200	117

Notes and sources

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