Lyle Lovett Album: “Anthology, Vol. 1: Cowboy Man”

Once inserted into your CD player you will have great difficulty removing it. Lyle is up there with the greats and this brilliant collection sums him up very well to date. There are some omissions, I felt could have squeaked on here from "Pontiac", but for those of you new to the genius of Lyle Lovett you couldn't find a better place to start. This is a timeless and immediately classic collection. Not a dud tune on the whole CD. Once you've tried this, try "Live in Texas" for a different view of Lyle's extraordinarily diverse talents. However, if you like songs that you will find stick in your head all day, all week, all month and all year, then get this CD!

This is good stuff if you want Lovett's A side singles. For the price, it's a good buy and a good variety of Lovett's music. Well recorded and worth the $$$.

A great place to start for those just checking out LL for the first time. This cd compiles LL's more countrified songs from his first three albums and adds two additional songs (the one receiving air play being 'san antonio girl').I bought this even though I already have albums 2 and 3, but not his 1st and it is a great mixing of the songs creating a fluid whole. Typical trademark LL countrified, Texas songs with slyly humorous lyrics, beautiful music expertly played, excellent production, makes for a great compilation. If you like this, you'll want to go next to 'The Road to Ensenada', in my opinion, his best to date.

I love Lyle Lovette and have several of his albums and this is by far my favorite as it is filled with classic Lyle songs. Simply put there is not a bad song on this disc and you will find yourself listening to it over and over again, in fact it is the disc I currently have playing in my truck. No matter if you are a life long Lyle fan or are interested in adding Lyle to your collection, you cannot go wrong with this disc.

I've enjoyed LL but never bought an album until now - and it's hard to imagine anything better. Anthology, Vol. 1, is excellent, highly recommended