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Track Listing
1. Natural Forces
2. Farmer Brown/Chicken Reel
3. Pantry
4. Empty Blue Shoes
5. Whooping Crane
6. Bayou Song
7. Bohemia
8. Don't You Think I Feel It Too
9. Sun and Moon and Stars
10. Loretta
11. It's Rock and Roll
12. Pantry [Acoustic Version]
| Details | | Producer: | Lyle Lovett | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Stereo | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes
Audio Mixer: Nathaniel Kunkel.
Recording information: Conway Recording Studios, Los Angeles, CA (05/2009-06/2009).
Retreating to generally quieter territory after the somewhat splashy IT'S NOT BIG IT'S LARGE, Lyle Lovett also backs away from original tunes on NATURAL FORCES, choosing to devote the bulk of the 11-track album to other writers. Covers are common for Lovett, but not since 1998's STEP INSIDE THIS HOUSE has he spent so much time singing other's songs, and he revisits some of the same composers as before, picking tunes from Townes Van Zandt and Vince Bell, while co-writing "It's Rock and Roll" with Robert Earl Keen. As before, Lyle gravitates toward gentle, moody songs, with Tommy Elskes' slyly sarcastic blues, "Bohemia," being the liveliest of the bunch, opting to give NATURAL FORCES some humor and tempo through his originals, particularly the bawdy, rollicking "Pantry" and the dirty jump blues "Farmer Brown/Chicken Reel." These aren't scattered throughout the release; rather, they act as anchors to a record that wanders down its own quiet, idiosyncratic path.
Industry Reviews
[T]he title track is a multi-act drama that zig-zags between meandering individualism and social justice.
The cover tunes -- written by the likes of Townes Van Zandt, David Ball, and Vince Bell -- are lovely and haunting. -- Grade: B
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