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~ Dwight Yoakam
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  • Audio CD (31 May 1999)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Label: Reprise
  • ASIN: B00000J7I4
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 62,379 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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1. Turn It On Turn It Up Turn Me Loose
2. You're The One
3. It Only Hurts When I Cry
4. Heart That You Own
5. Suspicious Minds
6. Thinking About Leaving
7. Thousand Miles From Nowhere
8. Ain't That Lonely Yet
9. Fast As You
10. Pocket Of A Clown
11. Sorry You Asked
12. Nothing
13. I'll Go Back To Her
14. Crazy Little Thing Called Love

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All those folks who contemptuously dismiss today's mainstream country and wish they could have been around for the heyday of Lefty Frizzell and Buck Owens are missing the boat. Right now, right in front of us, the Frizzell-like George Strait and Owens-esque Dwight Yoakam are quietly assembling two of the great careers in country music history. Further evidence is now available in the form of Yoakam's second greatest-hits package (the first, Just Lookin' for a Hit, collected his 10 best singles from 1986-89). The new collection gathers 11 of his 13 US Top 40 country hits from 1991-96 (strangely omitting "Nothing's Changed Here" and "Try Not to Look So Pretty") and adds three new songs. The new ones are good ones--Yoakam gives the ballad "Thinking About Leaving", co-written with Rodney Crowell, a striking low-note guitar riff; he makes Waylon Jennings's "I'll Go Back to Her" even more traditional than it was; and he lends Queen's rockabilly romp, "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", an authenticity it never had. Yoakam is living proof that it's still possible to combine commercial success and artistic achievement in country. --Geoffrey Himes


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Discounting left fielders like Lyle Lovett and Steve Earle,one could make a convincing case for Yoakam as the lone saviour of mainstream country in the '90s. Modernising the Bakersfield sound of Buck Owens (who gets a mention in the opening cut "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose"), Yoakam combined a traditionalist twang with a rocker's bite and some spectacular songs for that rare marriage of commercial and aesthetic success. This compilation of Yoakam's '90s hits proves that, like any good country singer, Yoakam excels at evocations of heartbreak--he plays the lovelorn sap to perfection(and with just a pinch of irony) on "Pocket of a Clown", "Sorry You Asked?" and others, over classic honky tonk arrangements.
His rock & roll side emerges on the blazing "Fast As You" and the natural fit of the previously unreleased neo-rockabilly "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (yes, the Queensong). The other bonus cut, Waylon Jennings's tearjerker "I'll Go Back To Her" points to Yoakam's country outlaw roots.The memorability of each song is a testament to Yoakam's compositional savvy and LAST CHANCE is a perfect way to get acquainted with the man who brought integrity to country radio.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't know his music, give this one a chance, 22 Dec 2001
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A superb album with some of Dwight's best sounds. Turn it On, Turn it Up, Turn me Loose gets the toes tapping and the whole thing just gets better from there on in. If you like classic country, you'll like this. If you like rockabilly, you'll like this. If you just want to wallow with a broken heart, you wont like this cos it'll just cheer you up!
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning collection of 90s music from Dwight, 22 Feb 2003
By Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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Dwight's music is firmly rooted in traditional country, yet makes just enough concessions to progress so that it appeals to a modern generation. I guess a few purists will ignore him, but not many - there aren't many country singers now whose music owes so much to tradition while still selling in large quantities.

This compilation picks up where his compilation of eighties hits (Just looking for a hit) ended. The tracks are almost in chronological order, beginning with tracks from 1990's wonderful If there was a way album. From that, the tracks selected are Turn it on turn it up turn me loose, You're the one, It only hurts when I cry and The heart that I own. Sadly, Send a message to my heart (a lovely duet with Patty Loveless) wasn't included.

These four songs are followed by Suspicious minds. This was originally recorded for the excellent Honeymoon in Vegas soundtrack but later released on La Croix d'amour - an album that Dwight regards as an embarrassment. No other tracks from it are included here. Next comes the first of three new (at the time) songs, Thinking about leaving, which is the only track not in chronological order.

A thousand miles from nowhere, Ain't that lonely yet, Fast as you and Pocket of a clown represents the 1992 album This time, while 1995's Gone album is represented by just two songs - Sorry you asked and Nothing. The set is completed by two more then-new recordings, I'll go back to her and his amazing cover of Crazy little thing called love - the only country cover I know of a Queen song.

Dwight could rock with the best but was equally adept at the slow songs. This is an excellent compilation of his nineties music, although there are many other great songs which didn't get included.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Big hat, tight jeans, top stuff, 5 Nov 1999
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One of the best versions of Suspicious Minds you'll hear along with nineties hits from a man whose heart's been broken more times than his guitar strings (probably). Imagine you're driving a pick-up truck through the Californian desert night to a neon lit honky-tonk bar a hundred miles away. And prepare to be sad. Then kick your shoes off and dance around the room. No country artist's voice has Dwight's depth and no guitar is twangier. Buy it now!
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