Lyle Workman

Workman is credited as composer for the films Superbad, The 40-Year-Old Virgin,{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/Lyle_Workman/3079397 |title=Lyle Workman at |publisher=Hollywood.com |access-date=2012-01-17 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130126081714/http://www.hollywood.com/celebrity/3079397/Lyle_Workman |archive-date=2013-01-26 |url-status=dead }} Forgetting Sarah Marshall, Good Boys, The Incredible Burt Wonderstone, Stand Up Guys, Win Win, Get Him to the Greek, Yes Man, Knocked Up (additional music), Overboard (2018), Bad Santa 2, American Reunion, 21 & Over, The Goods, The Interview (additional music), and the Jon Favreau films Made{{IMDb title|0227005|Made}} and Chef (additional music). His work on the Superbad soundtrack has earned critical acclaim.[http://www.street-science.com/Index/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1012&Itemid=2 Street – Science] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013150606/http://www.street-science.com/Index/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=1012&Itemid=2 |date=October 13, 2007 }}{{cite web |author=Fri., Aug. 10 2007 at 6:56 AM |url=http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2007/08/superbad_soundtrack_way_funkier_than_first_thought.php |title=Music & Art: All Shook Down |publisher=Blogs.sfweekly.com |date=2007-08-10 |access-date=2012-01-17 |archive-date=2012-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120207072055/http://blogs.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2007/08/superbad_soundtrack_way_funkier_than_first_thought.php |url-status=live }} He has contributed on guitar and other instruments on several other soundtracks.

For TV, he has written the music for the Judd Apatow-produced shows Love and Crashing. Other shows include The Bold Type, Sun Records, and Good Girls.

In 1992-1993 Workman was recruited to play guitar (along with Jon Brion) on Jellyfish's critically acclaimed second album Spilt Milk.

Workman is also known to Todd Rundgren fans as the lead guitarist on Rundgren's albums Nearly Human and 2nd Wind and the ensuing tours. Beck's live audiences saw Workman perform as the lead guitarist on Beck's Midnight Vultures tours{{cite web |url=http://whiskeyclone.net/hijacked/concertinfo.php?concertID=503 |title=Hijacked Flavors - Concert Info - October 3, 2000 |publisher=Whiskeyclone.net |date=2000-10-03 |access-date=2012-01-17 |archive-date=2012-02-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120208111850/http://whiskeyclone.net/hijacked/concertinfo.php?concertID=503 |url-status=live }} from 1999 to 2001, and Workman toured with Sting{{Cite web|url=http://www.sting.com/archives/tours/tours.php?tourid=6&eventid=2130|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070107053842/http://www.sting.com/archives/tours/tours.php?tourid=6&eventid=2130|url-status=dead|title=Sting.com exclusives.tours|archivedate=January 7, 2007}} on 2006's Broken Music Tour, and performed with him at Live 8.

Lyle Workman is also known for collaborating with Chad Fischer, the frontman of the American alternative rock band Lazlo Bane. Workman has co-written with Fischer two songs, "Buttercup" and "View From The Pavement", and played guitar on the band's debut album 11 Transistor. Later, Workman collaborated with Fischer again, co-writing and performing the song "Miserable Life" for the film Little Manhattan.[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412922/soundtrack Soundtracks for Little Manhattan] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160122112956/http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0412922/soundtrack |date=2016-01-22 }}, IMDb

He has also worked extensively with Frank Black recording and touring, appearing on the records Teenager of the Year, The Cult of Ray, Frank Black and The Catholics, and Oddballs and is credited with "arranged by" credit on several songs on 2006's Fast Man Raider Man.

Lyle has worked as a studio musician in Los Angeles on many rock and pop albums with artists Sting, Michael Buble, Sarah McLachlan, Ziggy Marley, Norah Jones, Bryan Adams, Sheryl Crow, Shakira, and They Might Be Giants, to name a few.{{cite web|url=http://www.strandedinstereo.com/film_workmaninterview.shtml |title=Lyle Workman [Superbad] |publisher=Stranded In Stereo |access-date=2012-01-17 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209110930/http://www.strandedinstereo.com/film_workmaninterview.shtml |archive-date=2012-02-09 }}

As a producer, Workman is credited on Dutch singer 'Ilse DeLange's record Incredible which, in the Netherlands, featured several number-one singles and multi-platinum sales. Workman produced DeLange's record "Next To Me" released in September 2010.

Workman released his first instrumental "solo" album, Purple Passages, in 1996, and was well reviewed{{Cite web|url=http://www.guitar9.com/purplepassagesrev1.html|title=Guitar Nine Records – "Purple Passages" Review Featured In Guitar Shop Magazine, October, 1996|access-date=2007-12-01|archive-date=2006-06-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060614112049/http://www.guitar9.com/purplepassagesrev1.html|url-status=live}} among musicians with XTC's Dave Gregory calling Workman "a musician of consummate skill, creativity and taste".{{Cite web|url=http://bitmunk.com/view/media/4437798|title=Bitmunk: Album: Purple Passages by Lyle Workman|date=December 26, 2007|access-date=May 28, 2017|archive-date=December 26, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226103756/http://bitmunk.com/view/media/4437798|url-status=bot: unknown}} His second solo album, Tabula Rasa (2001), has also received rave reviews.[http://www.ssmt-reviews.com/db/searchrev.php?artistID=1491&showReview=true Tabula Rasa] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071226032133/http://www.ssmt-reviews.com/db/searchrev.php?artistID=1491&showReview=true |date=December 26, 2007 }}, review by Alec A. Head, Review date: 10/2007 at Satan Stole My Teddybear{{cite web |url=http://eer-music.com/EER_music_reviews/LYLE_WORKMAN.html |title=LYLE WORKMAN - soulful prog rock with multi-textured guitarscapes - "EER-MUSIC.com aka Eclectic Earwig Reviews Music and More for You!" |publisher=Eer-music.com |access-date=2012-01-17 |archive-date=2012-02-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120209141506/http://eer-music.com/EER_music_reviews/LYLE_WORKMAN.html |url-status=live }} "Harmonic Crusader" was released in 2009, followed in 2021 by "Uncommon Measures."

In 1987, Bourgeois Tagg recorded the record "Yoyo" with esteemed producer Todd Rundgren. When it was released in the autumn of that year, the band had what would prove to be their biggest hit with its first single "I Don't Mind at All," written by Workman and band co-founder Brent Bourgeois, which peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100. A shimmering,{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} melancholy ballad of resignation,{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} the song's catchy melody, offbeat rhythm, and dramatic use of strings has been said{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} to be reminiscent of classic Beatles songs such as "Yesterday" and especially{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} "Across the Universe." The single also charted in the U.S. at AC-5 and Rock-8 in Billboard. It was a hit worldwide too charting #35 on Canada's RPM,{{Cite book |title=RPM Magazine (weekly) |publisher=RPM Magazine (weekly) |date=December 5, 1987 |edition=Top Singles - Volume 47, No. 9 |location=No longer active in Canada. Stored in Library and Archives Canada RPM. Chart also has a url: https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/item.aspx?IdNumber=759& |pages=Chart proof has no page #. Chart HAS a pdf link https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.0908.pdf}} #35 on UK's Official Charts,{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/i%20don%27t%20mind%20at%20all/|title=i don't mind at all | full Official Chart History | Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|access-date=2023-02-05|archive-date=2016-06-20|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160620010541/http://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/i%20don%27t%20mind%20at%20all/|url-status=live}} and #83 in Netherlands .{{Cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Bourgeois+Tagg&titel=I+Don%27t+Mind+At+All&cat=s|title=Bourgeois Tagg - I Don't Mind At All|first=Steffen|last=Hung|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=2023-02-05|archive-date=2023-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230205015428/https://hitparade.ch/song/Bourgeois-Tagg/I-Don't-Mind-At-All-24061|url-status=live}} Its success was fueled by an innovative{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} video directed by David Fincher that received heavy{{citation needed|date=June 2013}} airplay on MTV and other music video outlets.

• Teenager of the Year - Frank Black (1994)
• The Cult of Ray - Frank Black (1996)
• Angelica - Angelica (1997)
• Frank Black and the Catholics - Frank Black (1998)
• C'mon, C'mon - Sheryl Crow (2002)
• Devil's Workshop - Frank Black (2002)
• To Whom It May Concern - Lisa Marie Presley (2003)
• Fijación Oral, Vol. 1 - Shakira (2005)
• Scream - Sam Bettens (2005)
• Now What - Lisa Marie Presley (2005)
• Fires - Nerina Pallot (2005)
• Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 - Shakira (2005)
• The Great Escape - Ilse DeLange (2006)
• Fast Man Raider Man - Frank Black (2006)
• Life in Cartoon Motion - Mika (2007)
• This Moment - Steven Curtis Chapman (2007)
• Little Voice - Sara Bareilles (2007)
• Incredible - Ilse DeLange (2008)
• The Boy Who Knew Too Much - Mika (2009)
• The Fall - Norah Jones (2009)
• Next to Me - Ilse DeLange (2010)
• Christmas - Michael Bublé (2011)
• Havoc and Bright Lights - Alanis Morissette (2012)
• Covered - Katey Sagal (2013)
• To Be Loved - Michael Bublé (2013)
• Fly Rasta - Ziggy Marley (2014)
• Resurrection - Anastacia (2014)
• Shine On - Sarah McLachlan (2014)
• The Great Unknown - Rob Thomas (2015)
• 57th & 9th - Sting (2016)
• Ziggy Marley - Ziggy Marley (2016)
• Shine a Light - Bryan Adams (2019)

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