- Audio CD (22 Mar 1993)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Warner
- ASIN: B000002MJ8
- Other Editions: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | MP3 Download
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Dwight Yoakam hit his commercial zenith with this excellent 1993 release. The hits were plentiful, as Yoakam scored with the cinematic feel of the grand "Thousand Miles From Nowhere", the B-3 organ, guitar driven "Fast As You" and the Grammy winning "Ain't That Lonely Yet", a beautiful record that made me appreciate country music. Suprisingly, it was not written by Yoakam. Written by Kostas, Yoakam's only frequent collaborator ("Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose", "Nothing", and three songs here), and James House, the song's lyrics are perfectly suited for Yoakam's style. Naturally, what stand out over time are the Yoakam originals. They range from the western, bluesy swing of "King Of Fools" to the haunting "Home For Sale", highlighted by organist, Skip Edwards, Yoakam's soulful guitar strumming and the always tasteful guitar work of Pete Anderson. And, especially after hearing soulful versions of "Lonesome Roads" and "Two Doors Down" on the 1995 Dwight Live! album, I realize that there is really not a weak track here, making this a great introductory album to Yoakam's sound. The lyrics on these songs, are as always, first rate, and they just make another case for Yoakam as one of music's great storytellers. Couple this with his ear and his music writing abilities, and he is in my opinion, one of the most important songwriters of the 20th century.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Picture a traditional clock face, and a cowboy standing head bowed arms pointing towards six o'clock. Yes, on the inset of 'This Time' Yoakam looks the part, turn over and a scantily clad woman holding a spanner is preparing to fix an overflowing sink ... surreal or not? But does the boy Dwight sound alright?
At the time 'A thousand miles...', 'Fast as you' and 'Ain't that lonely yet' received so much airplay the years that have passed are insufficient to dim what storming hits these turned out to be. Even 'A pocket of a clown' has a certain hip resonance.
As for the rest, the listener is left with a melanonic, wistful recollection ... different ... which does take a while to grow on you. However, 'King of fools' has a wonderful fiddle lilt. For an diehard fan a 'Home for sale' that is 'Two doors down' from Yoakam may sound like utopia ... before you move in taken a listen to the respective tracks.
The penultimate track 'Wild ride' sums up the Yoakam we know and love, while the final track 'Lonesome roads' takes us down lesser known avenues. Overall 'This Time' is all Dwight and will have you returning to this, time after time after time.
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I can`t stop playing this stunningly good collection of eleven great songs by a man who sounds, with each new album, like the finest country singer-songwriter east of Texas.
Aside from the obvious Bakersfield/Buck Owens connection, DY is here channelling that doyen of country, the peerless George Jones. His offbeat phrasing, hitting a note with just the right aplomb, and the sheer ornery panache of it all, with a band who sound at times more like the Stones or even the late Tim Buckley`s backing group, make for bracingly un-easy listening. (Dwight even sounds like Buckley at his raunchiest at the beginning of the superb Wild Ride.) This ain`t slick Nashville, thank God! If you want a Garth Brooks pop-country veneer - well, you know where to go.
This is one of those rare, haloed albums with no highlights as such, each song being as memorable as any other, but the opening Pocket Of A Clown gets things off to a terrific start, and the songs just seem to get better as the album goes on.
Dwight won a Grammy for Best Male Country Performance of the Year in 1993 for the wonderful Ain`t That Lonely Yet, one of those songs that sounds like it`s always been around.
Two Doors Down is that country staple, the lovelorn, crying-into-a-bottle ballad exemplified by Jim Reeves`s Blue Side Of Lonesome, or even Heartbreak Hotel. The lyrics are as maudlin as in those two classics, but what a song.
Wild Ride gives Dwight`s band, headed by guitarist-producer Pete Anderson (who`s incredible throughout) a workout that`ll leave you as drained as they must have been. Ain`t That lonely Yet might have won the award, but this one`ll have you playing air guitar as surely as anything by the Stones or Creedence, then putting it on again. I play this song all the time. In fact, come to think of it, I play this album all the time.
A word for the ubiquitous Greek-American Kostas Lazarides, who co-wrote several of the tracks, and whose songs have been covered by Patti Loveless, The Mavericks & others. I`m not clear whether he`s responsible for lyrics or music, but whatever he`s responsible for, he sure adds something very fine to the mix. No wonder he`s so welcome in Country circles.
Outside of Texas, from whence most of the truly original Country artists seem to hail, Dwight Yoakam can be rated alongside only a handful as offering something a little different from the usual CMA/Nashville fodder. The man`s for real, and this is the real thing. If you like this one, try the follow-up, the slightly more `experimental`, but no less fine album, Gone.
This Time is an uplifting, joyously, thunderously musical album from one of American music`s most vital and unpredictable stetson wearers. If you want the truth, it`s one of the best contemporary albums, in any genre, that I`ve heard in a long time. Absolutely bloody wonderful.
Aside from the obvious Bakersfield/Buck Owens connection, DY is here channelling that doyen of country, the peerless George Jones. His offbeat phrasing, hitting a note with just the right aplomb, and the sheer ornery panache of it all, with a band who sound at times more like the Stones or even the late Tim Buckley`s backing group, make for bracingly un-easy listening. (Dwight even sounds like Buckley at his raunchiest at the beginning of the superb Wild Ride.) This ain`t slick Nashville, thank God! If you want a Garth Brooks pop-country veneer - well, you know where to go.
This is one of those rare, haloed albums with no highlights as such, each song being as memorable as any other, but the opening Pocket Of A Clown gets things off to a terrific start, and the songs just seem to get better as the album goes on.
Dwight won a Grammy for Best Male Country Performance of the Year in 1993 for the wonderful Ain`t That Lonely Yet, one of those songs that sounds like it`s always been around.
Two Doors Down is that country staple, the lovelorn, crying-into-a-bottle ballad exemplified by Jim Reeves`s Blue Side Of Lonesome, or even Heartbreak Hotel. The lyrics are as maudlin as in those two classics, but what a song.
Wild Ride gives Dwight`s band, headed by guitarist-producer Pete Anderson (who`s incredible throughout) a workout that`ll leave you as drained as they must have been. Ain`t That lonely Yet might have won the award, but this one`ll have you playing air guitar as surely as anything by the Stones or Creedence, then putting it on again. I play this song all the time. In fact, come to think of it, I play this album all the time.
A word for the ubiquitous Greek-American Kostas Lazarides, who co-wrote several of the tracks, and whose songs have been covered by Patti Loveless, The Mavericks & others. I`m not clear whether he`s responsible for lyrics or music, but whatever he`s responsible for, he sure adds something very fine to the mix. No wonder he`s so welcome in Country circles.
Outside of Texas, from whence most of the truly original Country artists seem to hail, Dwight Yoakam can be rated alongside only a handful as offering something a little different from the usual CMA/Nashville fodder. The man`s for real, and this is the real thing. If you like this one, try the follow-up, the slightly more `experimental`, but no less fine album, Gone.
This Time is an uplifting, joyously, thunderously musical album from one of American music`s most vital and unpredictable stetson wearers. If you want the truth, it`s one of the best contemporary albums, in any genre, that I`ve heard in a long time. Absolutely bloody wonderful.
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