I Love Everybody is an album recorded by Lyle Lovett

Lyle Lovett

Lyle Pearce Lovett is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man"...

 and released in 1994. The album consists of songs written by Lovett prior to the recording of his first album, Lyle Lovett

Lyle Lovett

Lyle Pearce Lovett is an American singer-songwriter and actor. Active since 1980, he has recorded thirteen albums and released 21 singles to date, including his highest entry, the number 10 chart hit on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, "Cowboy Man"...

(1986)

On the 8th track, "Record Lady," Lyle refers to college friend and fellow musician, Robert Earl Keen

Robert Earl Keen

Robert Earl Keen, Junior is an American Texas Country singer-songwriter. He is popular with fans of traditional country music, folk music, college radio, and alt-country. Keen currently resides in Kerrville, Texas and maintains a ranch in Medina, Texas.-Early life:Growing up in Houston, Texas,...

.

...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, Julia Roberts

Julia Roberts

Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman , which grossed $464 million worldwide...

, provides backing vocals on several tracks. Other performers lending their voice include Rickie Lee Jones

Rickie Lee Jones

Rickie Lee Jones is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz standards.-Childhood:...

 and Leo Kottke

Leo Kottke

Leo Kottke is an acoustic guitarist. He is widely known for his innovative fingerpicking style, which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies...

.

Track listing

All songs by Lyle Lovett, except * written with Eric Taylor

Eric Taylor (musician)

Eric Taylor is an American singer-songwriter from Texas. He is known for his anecdotal songs which often take the form of short stories. In addition to Taylor's seven solo releases, his songs have been recorded by Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett and many others.-Biography:Eric Taylor was born in...

1. "Skinny Legs"
2. "Fat Babies"*
3. "I Think You Know What I Mean"
4. "Hello Grandma"
5. "Creeps Like Me"
6. "Sonja"
7. "They Don't Like Me"
8. "Record Lady"
9. "Ain't It Somethin'"
10. "Penguins"
11. "The Fat Girl"
12. "La To The Left"
13. "Old Friend"
14. "Just The Morning"
15. "Moon On My Shoulder"
16. "I've Got The Blues"
17. "Good-Bye To Carolina"
18. "I Love Everybody"

Personnel

• Lyle Lovett – vocals, guitar
• Kenny Aronoff
  Kenny Aronoff
  Kenny Aronoff is an American drummer. He has played drums for many musicians, including John Mellencamp, Bob Seger, Belinda Carlisle, Elton John, John Fogerty, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Meat Loaf, The BoDeans, Gregg Alexander, The Smashing Pumpkins, Tony Iommi, Jon Bon Jovi, Vasco Rossi, Cinderella and...
  
   – drums
• Russ Kunkel
  Russ Kunkel
  Russell Kunkel , also known as Russ Kunkel, is an American drummer and producer who has worked as a session musician with a number of well-known artists.Kunkel was born in Pittsburgh, PA...
  
   – drums, percussion
• John Leftwich – bass
• Edgar Meyer – bass, string arrangements
• Mark O'Connor
  Mark O'Connor
  Mark O'Connor is an American bluegrass, jazz, country and classical violinist fiddler, composer and music teacher. O'Connor's music is wide-ranging, critically acclaimed, and he has received numerous awards for both his playing and his composition...
  
   – violin
• Sid Page– violin, concert master
• Claudia Parducci – violin, background vocals
• John Hagen – cello, background vocals
• Barbara Porter– violin
• Steve Richards– cello
• Daniel Smith– cello
• Suzie Katayama – cello
• Larry Corbett – cello
• Joel Derouin – violin
• Berj Garabedian – violin
• 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
• Rickie Lee Jones
  Rickie Lee Jones
  Rickie Lee Jones is an American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer. Over the course of a three-decade career, Jones has recorded in various musical styles including rock, R&B, blues, pop, soul, and jazz standards.-Childhood:...
  
   – background vocals
• Jim Kerr – background vocals
• Leo Kottke
  Leo Kottke
  Leo Kottke is an acoustic guitarist. He is widely known for his innovative fingerpicking style, which draws on influences from blues, jazz, and folk music, and his syncopated, polyphonic melodies...
  
   – background vocals
• Nathaniel Kunkel – background vocals
• Gil Morales – background vocals
• Harry Stinson – background vocals
• Julia Roberts
  Julia Roberts
  Julia Fiona Roberts is an American actress. She became a Hollywood star after headlining the romantic comedy Pretty Woman , which grossed $464 million worldwide...
  
   – background vocals
• Eric Taylor
  Eric Taylor (musician)
  Eric Taylor is an American singer-songwriter from Texas. He is known for his anecdotal songs which often take the form of short stories. In addition to Taylor's seven solo releases, his songs have been recorded by Nanci Griffith, Lyle Lovett and many others.-Biography:Eric Taylor was born in...
  
   – background vocals
• Herb Pedersen
  Herb Pedersen
  Herb Pedersen is an American musician, guitarist, banjo player, and singer-songwriter who has played a variety of musical styles over the past forty years including country, bluegrass, progressive bluegrass, folk, folk rock, country rock, and has worked with numerous musicians in many different...
  
   – background vocals
• Willis Alan Ramsey – background vocals
• Ken Levitan – background vocals
• Arnold McCuller
  Arnold McCuller
  Arnold McCuller is an American vocalist, record producer, born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. While establishing his own career as a singer, and working as a very busy session musician, McCuller has become best known for his work as a back-up singer for famous artists with long careers, including...
  
   – background vocals
• Lee Thornburg
  Lee Thornburg
  Lee Thornburg is a trumpeter who has played with many artists, and also has been a member of Supertramp and Tower of Power. Thornburg also played with Wayne Cochran and the C.C. Riders in the 1970s.-Biography:...
  
  – trumpet

Production notes

• Produced by Lyle Lovett & Billy Williams
• Nathaniel Kunkel – engineer, mixing
• Gil Morales – engineer
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Marsha Burns – project coordinator
• Tim Stedman – art direction, design
• Jonas Livingston – art direction

Chart performance

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canadian RPM Top Albums	40
New Zealand Albums Chart	36
UK Albums Chart	54
US Billboard 200	26