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One of the signs of a truly great album is that most of the tracks could be considered for single release - this is one such album. Dwight demonstrates that he can rock hard but he also includes some outstanding ballads. He wrote or co-wrote most of the songs. Although Dwight has shown a liking for recording covers as well as originals in his career, there is only one cover here.
The country hits were Turn it on turn me up turn me loose (a brilliant up-tempo song), You're the one (a nice love song), It only hurts when I cry (co-written with Roger Miller who is famous for King of the road), The heart that you own (an aching ballad) and Nothing's changed here. The first four make up the first four tracks on his greatest hits collection, Last chance for 1,000 years but Nothing's changed here is omitted.
Apart from the hits (which aren't necessarily the best songs here), some of the highlights for me are Sad sad music (another aching ballad), Since I started drinking again (with a hint of bluegrass), Send a message to my heart (a duet with Patty Loveless that I really expected to be released as a single) and Let's work together (a cover of the blues-rock classic that became a huge hit for Canned heat). And if you play this album and find that your favorite song is one I haven't mentioned, that won't surprise me at all, such is the quality of this album.
If you enjoy any of Dwight's music, you'll surely love this album.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Born In 1956, Dwight Yoakam was fortunate to grow up near the end of a time when you could hear The Everly Brothers, then Booker T. & the MGs, then some Johnny Cash, and then maybe some Brook Benton on the same radio station. He has always used this to his advantage, seamlessly moving from one genre' to another, tipping his hat to a broad range of influences. Ironically, by doing this, he has become, since the mid '80s, the most cutting edge artist in country music. By now, Yoakam's band had also become the best in the business, led by Producer, Pete Anderson on guitar. Skip Edwards is a great barrelhouse style piano player and wonderful organist. His B-3 swims through the great title track that captures the all the feel of Southern, country soul of the late '50s to mid '60s. Yoakam's soulfulness and freshness carry efforts like this through without an ounce of pretentiousness or staleness. Anderson employs a funky twang reminiscent of early Johnny Cash records, and Yoakam is as cool as can be on "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose". Yoakam had one of his biggest hits with "It Only Hurts When I Cry", co written with Roger Miller. This was a natural partnership that should have happened before this. Unfortunately, Miller would pass away soon after. Miller's knack for amusingly contradictory lyric writing fits Yoakam, who at times seems to be a mass of contradictions, to a tee. Dwight Yoakam is the smartest lyricist I've ever seen. He is at once tongue in cheek and heartbreaking, cocky and sensitive. What's great, is that he makes it seem so simple. When renowned songwriter, Bob Dylan showed Otis Redding a song he had written, Redding said, "Too many words, man." Yoakam never trips over his own cleverness. This album helped endear Yoakam to audiences outside of country, while also helping the "boom" of success of all of country music in the early '90s.
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Turn it on, turn it up, turn him loose
Dwight comes up with one more irresistible collection of songs in a rock/country vein, this one being to my mind one of his very best albums. Read more
Published 1 month ago by GlynLuke
YOU'RE THE NUMBER ONE
Whoever said the best that country music could offer was hokum was nearly right ... in fact his name is Yoakam. Read more
Published on 10 Mar 2003 by Mr. Richard J. Carter
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