''I Love Everybody'' is the fifth album by Lyle Lovett, released in 1994. The album consists of songs written by Lovett prior to the recording of his first album, '' Lyle Lovett'' (1986). On the 8th track, "Record Lady," Lyle refers to college friend and fellow musician,

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...Robert Earl, he's a friend of mine
You know he's always looking out for my best interest...

Several songs prominently feature one or more of Lovett's trademark penchants: wry humor ("They Don't Like Me"), playful surrealism ("Penguins") and disturbing frankness ("Creeps Like Me"). Lovett's wife at the time,

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, provides backing vocals on several tracks. Other performers lending their voices include

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and

Leo Kottke Leo Kottke (born September 11, 1945) is an acoustic guitarist. He is known for a fingerpicking style that draws on blues, jazz, and folk music, and for syncopated, polyphonic melodies. He overcame a series of personal obstacles, including parti ...

. "Ain't It Something" would later be rerecorded, in a longer form, for Lovett's

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to the 2000 film '' Dr. T & the Women''.

Track listing

All songs by Lyle Lovett, except "Fat Babies" by Lyle Lovett and Eric Taylor

Personnel

*Lyle Lovett – vocals, guitar *

Kenny Aronoff Kenny Aronoff (born March 7, 1953) is an American session drummer. Early life Aronoff grew up in Stockbridge, Massachusetts He developed an interest in music at an early age and gravitated to the drums as "drumming was one hundred percent ener ...

– drums *

Russ Kunkel Russell Kunkel (born September 27, 1948) is an American drummer who has worked as a session musician with many popular artists, including Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Jimmy Buffett, Harry Chapin, Rita Coolidge, Neil Diamond, Bob Dylan, Dan F ...

– drums, percussion *John Leftwich – bass *

Edgar Meyer Edgar Meyer (born November 24, 1960) is an American bassist and composer. His styles include classical, bluegrass, newgrass, and jazz. He has won five Grammy Awards and been nominated seven times. Meyer is a member of the Telluride Bluegras ...

– bass, string arrangements *Joel Derouin – violin *Berj Garabedian – violin *

Mark O'Connor Mark O'Connor (born August 5, 1961) is an American fiddle player and composer whose music combines bluegrass, country, jazz and classical. A three-time Grammy Award winner, he has won six Country Music Association Musician Of The Year awards ...

– violin (tracks 3, 6, 12, 14, 16, & 17) *Sid Page – violin,

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*Claudia Parducci – violin, background vocals *Barbara Porter – violin *Larry Corbett – cello *John Hagen – cello, background vocals *Suzie Katayama – cello *Steve Richards – cello *Daniel Smith – cello *Lee Thornburg – trumpet * Sweet Pea Atkinson – background vocals *Sir Harry Bowens – background vocals *Lt. Col. L.H. "Bucky" Burruss – background vocals *Willie Green Jr. – background vocals *Paul Halperin – background vocals * Walter Hyatt – background vocals *

– background vocals (tracks 2 & 18) *Jim Kerr – background vocals *

– background vocals (tracks 2 & 18) *Nathaniel Kunkel – background vocals *Ken Levitan – background vocals *

Arnold McCuller Arnold McCuller (born August 26, 1950) is an American vocalist, songwriter, and record producer, born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. He was active as a solo artist and session musician, but is perhaps best known for his work as a touring back- ...

– background vocals *Gil Morales – background vocals *

Herb Pedersen Herbert Joseph Pedersen (born April 27, 1944 in Berkeley, California) is an American musician, guitarist, banjo player, and singer-songwriter who has played a variety of musical styles over the past fifty years including country, bluegrass, p ...

– background vocals *

Willis Alan Ramsey Willis Alan Ramsey (born 5 March 1951) is an American singer/songwriter, a cult legend among fans of Americana and Texas country. He was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and raised in Dallas, Texas. Ramsey graduated from Highland Park High School ...

– background vocals *

– background vocals (tracks 2 & 18) *

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– background vocals * Eric Taylor – background vocals

Production notes

*Produced by Lyle Lovett & Billy Williams *Nathaniel Kunkel – engineer, mixing *Gil Morales – engineer *

Doug Sax Doug Lionel Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He mastered three of The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six of Pink Floyd's albums, including ''The Wall''; Ray Charl ...

– mastering *Marsha Burns – project coordinator *Tim Stedman – art direction, design *Jonas Livingston – art direction

Chart performance

Notes and sources

{{Authority control 1994 albums Lyle Lovett albums Curb Records albums MCA Records albums