- Audio Cassette (17 Oct 1990)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Format: Import
- Label: Warner Bros / Wea
- ASIN: B000002LEZ
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Vinyl | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
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Track Listings
| 1. I Got You |
| 2. One More Name |
| 3. What I Don't Know |
| 4. Home of the Blues |
| 5. Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses) |
| 6. I Hear You Knockin' |
| 7. I Sang Dixie |
| 8. Streets of Bakersfield |
| 9. Floyd County |
| 10. Send Me the Pillow |
| 11. Hold on to God |
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is one of my favourite Dwight Yoakam albums, and with songs like 'Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room (she wore red dresses)' and 'I sang Dixie', it is easy to see why. Dwights sexy voice is perfectly suited to the material, whether he's singing the haunting title track or any of the more up-tempo rockers such as 'I Got You'. The duet with Buck Owens is another highlight. All in all a fantastic album which would be at home in the collection of any fan of great country music.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:MP3 Download
Watch Out is the title of a 2005 Yoakam song and current staple of his live shows. That's what the giants of Country music must have thought after this milestone in Yoakam's remarkable career. He burst onto the scene with two albums that though steeped in tradition put him squarely on the cutting edge. His articulate and accurate critiques of the Nashville establishment didn't help, but it was his innovative sound that set him apart from the field. Somehow he was too Country, but also rocked too hard. It was like being too strong and fast to play football.
So Yoakam famously moved to California where he gained attention and a record deal. This album features his only number one Country hits, "Streets of Bakersfield", a duet with Bakersfield's King, Buck Owens, and the Yoakam original "I Sang Dixie". But to me the strength of this album is the first half. Which, if owned when released in 1988, would be Side 1 most likely for many on cassette or LP. Kicking off with the great "I Got You", featuring lines like "I got a letter from the folks over at Bell, just to let me know my next phone call, I'll have to walk outside and yell", through his Johnny Cash cover "Home of the Blues" which far surpasses the Man in Black's original, and into his paranoid lover's rant of "What I Don't Know", some have said the first side has an overall theme as if the artist is taking the listener through a doomed relationship.
There have been rumors in Hollywood amongst Yoakam enthusiasts I'm sure (he has many - Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Vince Vaughn, Billy Bob Thornton, to name a few) about a film based on this half, particularly the title track, "Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)". When I first heard the song, I actually had to pause the CD when it finished. I just sat there with my mouth open. Not just the lyrics, but the arrangement! Absolutely Yoakam's first bona fide masterpiece.
This had to be the album that made Merle Haggard say, "Dwight Yoakam is the most original thing in Country music". This is probably when Dwight Yoakam officially became Johnny Cash's favorite singer. And a few other people's favorite too, I bet.
So Yoakam famously moved to California where he gained attention and a record deal. This album features his only number one Country hits, "Streets of Bakersfield", a duet with Bakersfield's King, Buck Owens, and the Yoakam original "I Sang Dixie". But to me the strength of this album is the first half. Which, if owned when released in 1988, would be Side 1 most likely for many on cassette or LP. Kicking off with the great "I Got You", featuring lines like "I got a letter from the folks over at Bell, just to let me know my next phone call, I'll have to walk outside and yell", through his Johnny Cash cover "Home of the Blues" which far surpasses the Man in Black's original, and into his paranoid lover's rant of "What I Don't Know", some have said the first side has an overall theme as if the artist is taking the listener through a doomed relationship.
There have been rumors in Hollywood amongst Yoakam enthusiasts I'm sure (he has many - Peter Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Vince Vaughn, Billy Bob Thornton, to name a few) about a film based on this half, particularly the title track, "Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)". When I first heard the song, I actually had to pause the CD when it finished. I just sat there with my mouth open. Not just the lyrics, but the arrangement! Absolutely Yoakam's first bona fide masterpiece.
This had to be the album that made Merle Haggard say, "Dwight Yoakam is the most original thing in Country music". This is probably when Dwight Yoakam officially became Johnny Cash's favorite singer. And a few other people's favorite too, I bet.
5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is an album of mostly sad songs, but they are all excellent. This was recorded at a time when Dwight was at his commercial peak. His more recent albums are just as good but radio stations are interested in other singers these days so hits are harder to come by.
This album yielded three major country hits – I got you, I sang Dixie and the duet with Buck Owens, Streets of Bakersfield, which Buck originally recorded in the mid-seventies. The title track is outstanding, while the other original songs here (One more name, What I don't know, Floyd county and Hold on to God) are all brilliant, as are the covers of Home of the blues (Johnny Cash) and Send me the pillow (Hank Locklin). I hear you knocking, although a cover of a fifties song, is not the famous one that was an American hit for Gale Storm and an international hit for Dave Edmunds in 1971. This is a different song although there are some similarities.
This is one of many great Dwight Yoakam albums.
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