LYLE LOVETT
Smile (Curb)
Reviewed by John Sekerka

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Collecting tunes Lovett has donated to movie scores may be an easy cash grab, but this collection works so well it's hard to carry a grudge. Even though the cinema sources vary from "Quiz Show" (the deliciously plodding "Mack the Knife") to "Toy Story" (the wonderfully sappy Randy Newman duet "You've Got a Friend In Me"), there is a definite style thread running throughout. Call this Lovett's "Standards" album and nobody would blink.

© 2003 - John Sekerka