Dwight Yoakam - Dwight's Used Records
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- Stop The WorldDownload & Buy
- Down Where The River BendsDownload & Buy
- Mercury BluesDownload & Buy
- WaitingDownload & Buy
- Some Dark HollerDownload & Buy
- If You Were MeDownload & Buy
- Little ChapelDownload & Buy
- LocomotionDownload & Buy
- Miner's DaughterDownload & Buy
- Understand Your ManDownload & Buy
- WheelsDownload & Buy
- I'm Bad, I'm NationwideDownload & Buy
- ParadiseDownload & Buy
- I Said (Paradise Reprise)Download & Buy
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Album Details: Dwight's Used Records
- Release Date:
- 06/29/2004
- Label:
- Koch Records
- UPC:
- 684038980529
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Super collection of Yoakam's non-LP work
, August 10, 2004
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| EXPERT RATING: From AMG Reviews Few if any major country artists of the 1980's and 90's had as consistent a run of strong recordings as Dwight Yoakam, and this compilation proves that even the material he gave away was better than what most of his peers were sending out as topshelf product. Dwight's Used Records features cuts Yoakam contributed to several tribute compilations, duets which appeared on other artist's albums, and a few unreleased covers, and while the results aren't quite as cohesive as a proper album, nearly everything here would have fit the bill on a "real" Dwight Yoakam album. His duets with Deana Carter and Heather Myles show what a generous vocal partner he can be, while his turns with Ralph Stanley and The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band add some new layers of depth to his traditionalist approach. Yoakam's covers of "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide" and "Mercury Blues" are sly and witty but never descend into selfparody, and he sure does right by Johnny Cash and Webb Pierce as he tackles their songs. The album's only real flaw would be the two backtoback versions of John Prine's "Paradise"; both performances are worthwhile, but over ten minutes of the song gets to be a bit much. Baring that, Dwight's Used Records is a thoroughly enjoyable collection of odds and ends that congeals into some solid listening ... but how come his superb version of Merle Haggard's "Holding Things Together" from the Tulare Dust album didn't make the cut? - Mark Deming, All Music Guide |
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With his strippeddown approach to traditional honky tonk and Bakersfield country, Dwight Yoakam helped return country music to its roots in the late '80s. Like his idols Buck Owens, Merle Haggard, and Hank Williams, Yoakam never played by Nashville's...Full Dwight Yoakam Biography
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This collection of fourteen tracks, pulled from tribute albums and guest appearances on other artists' albums, displays the breadth of Yoakam's work with a conciseness that his own albums never could. To be fair, Yoakam's releases have been purpose-built as more focused efforts, and this collection, drawing from disparate sources across a full decade of recording, has a broader charter. It's astounding to hear in one place just how easily Yoakam fits into rootsy mountain bluegrass, honky-tonk country, smooth adult contemporary pop, and earthy blues-inspired country-rock.
Yoakam provides the ballast for Ralph Stanley's high-and-lonely on the latter's "Down Where the River Bends," and Stanley returns the favor by taking Yoakam's "Miner's Prayer" into the hills from which it was dug. Yoakam's honky-tonk outlaw heroes are recognized on covers of Waylon Jennings' "Stop the World (And Let Me Off)," Johnny Cash's "Understand Your Man," and Webb Pierce's "If You Were Me (And I Were You)." The latter, featuring harmonies by Gail Davies, is just one of several wonderful duets that include Deana Carter's adult-contemporary "Waiting" and Heather Miles' Mexicali-flavored "Little Chapel."
Yoakam is transcendent, surrounded by the acoustic sounds of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and tearing through "Mercury Blues" and ZZ Top's "I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide." Bonus tracks include previously unreleased covers of Little Eva's "Loco-Motion" and two versions of John Prine's "Paradise." Other artists may have similar range, but precious few have the artistic gravity to make such a compilation cohesive. This is an essential collection for fans and an interesting introduction to Yoakam's breadth. ...