Lyle Lovett and His Large Band

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Lyle Lovett and His Large Band is Lyle Lovett's third album, released in 1989.

Lovett's gender-bending cover of Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man" was later included in the soundtrack of the 1993 movie The Crying Game.

Lyle Lovett and His Large Band reached number 10 on Billboard's chart for Top Country Albums, and 62 in the Billboard Hot 200.

At the Grammy Awards of 1990, Lovett won the Grammy Award for Best Male Country Vocal Performance for Lyle Lovett and His Large Band.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Lyle Lovett, except where indicated

1. "The Blues Walk (Instrumental)" (Clifford Brown) – 2:25
2. "Here I Am" – 4:01
3. "Cryin' Shame" – 2:28
4. "Good Intentions" – 3:13
5. "I Know You Know" – 3:57
6. "What Do You Do/The Glory of Love" (Billy Hill, Lovett) – 3:06
7. "I Married Her Just Because She Looks Like You" – 3:14
8. "Stand by Your Man" (Billy Sherrill, Tammy Wynette) – 2:44
9. "Which Way Does That Old Pony Run" – 4:08
10. "Nobody Knows Me" – 3:06
11. "If You Were to Wake Up" – 4:07
12. "Once Is Enough" – 4:26

Personnel

• Lyle Lovett - vocals, guitar
• Richard Bennett – guitar
• Paul Franklin - steel guitar
• Ray Herndon - guitar
• Deschamps Hood - guitar, background vocals
• Billy Williams - guitar
• Matt Rollings - piano, Hammond organ
• Leland Sklar - bass
• Andy Laster - sax
• Steve Marsh - sax
• Paul Leim - drums
• John Hagen - cello
• Mark O'Connor - fiddle, mandola
• David Ball - background vocals
• Rodney Crowell - background vocals
• Walter Hyatt - background vocals
• Mac McAnally - background vocals
• Francine Reed - background vocals
• Harry Stinson - background vocals

Chart performance

Chart (1989)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	10
U.S. Billboard 200	62
Canadian RPM Top Albums	88
New Zealand Albums Chart	45