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This album is a fantastic country album. The themes of chaotic and murderous love on side one paired with the loneliness of being in a new place really work. The only downside to me is that the lyrics of "I Sang Dixie" just don't hold up. The theme though, is still great and fits with the rest of the album. Best Songs: I Got You, I Hear You Knockin', Streets of Bakersfield Worst Songs: Send Me the Pillow
I appreciate all types of music and while country is not at the top of the list this album is fantastic. The lyrics and mixed in mariachi style music are phenomenal. I know Dwight is not an OG country act and I have never listened to much of his music, I definitely will change that after this experience.
Relentlessly bleak and dark. Brilliant instrumentation and vocals.
Me pareció un buen disco de country, entretenido y con buenos tracks, pero tampoco me voló la cabeza ni encontré algo especialmente novedoso como para considerar su lugar en esta lista. No me la pasé mal, pero Yoakam tampoco me pareció el gran descubrimiento.
I'm not a fan of country and western music so don't really know how to assess this. Is it best in class? Maybe so, but Dwight Yoakam is not a name I'm familiar with so perhaps not. The big names in this genre are bound to make an appearance on this app but meantime I couldn't hear anything here to make me want to give a high score.
A reasonably enjoyable listen, but frankly it felt pretty indistinguishable from a lot of other country music. Standard, overly polished, and ultimately lacking in originality.
dwight, stop killing your wives
Not too bad for country but the lyrics are awful omg and I don't like country anyway Favorite song?: I got you
Lowkey not bad. I doubt my boy can throw a lasso but he can sure stretch those pipes -- solid vocals, decent songwriting, and enough western vibes to last me the rest of the year. Country isn't for me, but this was pretty nice. Also, with a name like Dwight freaking Yoakam, this dude had no choice but to play country music. Fave tracks: - I Got You - What I Don't Know - Home of the Blues - I Hear You Knockin' - Streets of Bakersfield - Send Me the Pillow
Too notch karaoke music for a Tex Mex restaurant 3 margaritas deep
This album feels light, pure, and surprisingly catchy in the best way. While listening I felt a nice mix of easy-going warmth and real heart — it captures simple life in all its forms: the easy moments, the hard ones, the happy days, the sad ones, that quiet longing, and even some deeper beliefs about love and loss. It never tries too hard, and that’s exactly why it works so well. Dwight’s voice is smooth and honest, the honky-tonk instrumentation is tight without being flashy, and every song has this effortless charm. Tracks like “Streets of Bakersfield” and “I Got You” just stick with you. I really enjoyed every single second of it — it’s the kind of record that makes you tap your foot and feel something at the same time. It’s not the greatest country album ever made, and it doesn’t try to be revolutionary, but damn if it isn’t a really enjoyable, straightforward listen. Perfect for a long drive or just chilling at home. I liked it a lot.
Unbearable C&W.
Mediocre country that doesn't really do anything too new or interesting, but the musicianship is very impressive so it gets a pass. Also, what's up with the top review? That dude is seething about literally nothing lmao
A great album full of twang and sadness, but presented with style, Dwight Yoakam style.
Acceptable
Probably a three but I wanted to give Dwight Yoakam his due.
I like Dwight Yoakam more than most, primarily because of how his voice sounds exactly like his guitar, and how he manages to honor classic country while sounding somewhat new. I liked this one a lot.
2.5
"It's just that I won't use real silver. You know, like the big, old, heavy-ass forks and knives, I can't do that. It's the same thing as the antique furniture. I just don't like old stuff. I'm creeped out by it, and I have no explanation why ... I don't have a phobia about American antiques, it's mostly French—you know, like the big, old, gold-carved chairs with the velvet cushions. The Louis XIV type. That's what creeps me out. I can spot the imitation antiques a mile off. They have a different vibe. Not as much dust." - Billy Bob Thornton
After todays modern pop country, this is the worst kind of country.
Country ballads reminiscent of old school outlaw country, less the outlaw themes.
Loved a few country songs. Reasonably good considering its the remastered edition.
Music is solid but the lyrics and vocals are so cliche they almost feel like parody
2.5
Dwight Yoakam’s Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room is real-deal country—hard twang, high lonesome vocals, and enough Bakersfield bite to remind you why Yoakam was the genre’s great revivalist of the late ’80s. The record leans into its rootsy swagger from the jump, with “I Got You” balancing bright Telecaster snap and fiddle runs, and “What I Don’t Know” pushing things into brisk, boot-stomping territory. His duet with Buck Owens on “Streets of Bakersfield” adds a welcome zydeco-flavored lift thanks to that bubbling accordion, while “Send Me the Pillow” pairs Yoakam’s drawl with Maria McKee’s harmonies for one of the album’s warmest moments. And the title track, “Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses),” turns sharply in its final verse, delivering the kind of dark narrative twist that shows Yoakam’s brand of tradition comes with real emotional stakes.
This is the most country album I’ve ever listened to. I didn’t hate it but I’m also glad it was relatively short.
I like country, thought this was fun! Don't know if I'm a Dwight Yoakam convert but will see what I come back to.
Not bad, just not my style of music plus I think he has better albums/songs.
Mid 1 I feel a violent lack of interest in this
Country isn't my genre really but this was pretty good music, I think if it was something I'd put on more often it would be a five. I'm at 4.15 now.
Okay so I know we have songs like Earl's Gotta Die and Before He Cheats, but something about this guy saying "If you cheat it might kill you" felt far more ominous than empowering. Anyway, I had never heard of this dude before. Apparently he's known for reintroducing the "Bakersfield sound" into country music, which I guess is more gritty and electronic (I'll get back to this). Overall, I didn't hate this album but I also didn't really love it. The accordion parts were unexpected and made me feel a little like I was in a gondola in Venice (not that I've ever been), which I was iffy about. I did really enjoy some of the bass lines here though, especially in the title track, and focusing on those I understood some more of what was meant by the Bakersfield sound. The downside for me though is that every time it felt like the bass lines were leading to something groovier, it turned out that was as groovy as we were getting and now we're back to generic country. Anyway I wrote way too much about this album but it's a 2-star for me.
Was surprised I enjoyed this album. Stylistically it changed up a bit but kept the dramatically country tune throughout. Will need to revisit this, only had time to listen half-heartedly today.
I don't like american country. It's boring. And my man get some therapy, for god's sake
Dwight has quite the sense of humor, twangin’ and a strummin’ on his guitar and croonin’ them country tunes. Lots of cheating, heartache, morning, and fiddle playing typical of country music. Lead off song I Got You is the top track, followed by Home of the Blues and Streets of Bakersfield. I could miss the rest. (2.2*s) It’s country after all, still amazed that it’s the most popular music genre.
That's some sappy country but expected from an old cowboy named Yoakam. Not my go to ever but I'll take it over Morrissey at this point. The attempts at mixing Spanish culture on the album don't go unnoticed and the use of accordion is welcome. Some alright violin and guitar but lame themes like lost loves, death of southern culture, and God are cliche. 1.49 stars...goodnight Dwight.
Pretty much what I expected from a 70s country album. It might be a little better than some of the others due to the inclusion of more instruments which helped vary it a little bit. It's got the typical twang that you would expect. Better than most from the genre but still nothing special. For my money Dwight Yoakim's best work lies in the movies Crank and Crank 2. Not sure I need much else from his musical career but to each his own. 1.79 stars
This collection could be called "Murderous Cucks," or "Cucks Prone to Domestic Violence." Country music, at its best, is about storytelling, and Yoakam spins some decent stories, even if the murderous cucks need the salvation of Jesus (See "Hold on to God," the last song) in the end. The musicianship is quite good. Overall, not my cup of tea.
Very standard country. Don't love it, don't hate it
Would prefer to be in a lovely room.
Favorite songs: Home of the Blues, Streets of Bakersfield
Klassisk country. Det er mit liv for kort til.
I liked that a Dwight Yoakam album came up here. I'm not usually a big fan of American country, but I enjoyed this enough to grant it a slightly higher score than mediocre. No standout track, they all had a similar vibe, but it was overall a good exposition.
Not unlistenable, but very one note and uninspired.
An excellent example of the genre, but it's not a genre I particularly enjoy
This made the list before 1993’s This Time? This album contains no new ideas and contains every musical cliche that makes country music such a caricature of itself - the same chord structure, same bass line, same fiddles. I was predicting the chord changes and melodies before Yoakam even sang them.
This cemented this genre firmly in the my bottom 3 genres, alongside Jazz and Rap.
If a picture says a thousand words, then please let me upload a selfie taken while listening to this album and save me the bother of typing a review. As I cannot do this, I shall give my candid opinion in typed words instead. Firstly, with a name like that, the listener is fully aware what you are about to receive. For this reason I was not truly grateful to the Lord or the compiler of this list. 'Dwight Yoakam' - the name just reeks of hay and horse shit. It was just by numbers Country and Western, and sounded no different to any other artist of this genre. I do not see the appeal in anything to do with the whole scene. The dancing, the clothes, the hats, nothing. This is before I mention anything to do with the rather generic tropes in the lyrics. My only advice I can give to the whole sorry crowd of musicians and their fans who listen to this is to stop going on about how your gal cheated on ya and how you are gonna shoot her in the tush in revenge. What do you expect from the long suffering lady who is ignored at the expense of your constant polishing of your rhinestones and scrappy boots? Give her some attention, then she might actually want to hang around with you. Trully dreadful.
Not exactly my music but since I bought some cowboy boots yesterday I have to push my eating up by one star.
The least 1988-sounding album of all time
What a misery guts. The first song is saying my life is shit and the only thing good about it is you. Then he's threatening to kill her if she's cheating. And then two songs about death. Now I may secretly have a few country tunes on my Spotify favourites but they are uplifting tunes not this profoundly depressing collection. I may have missed poor lyrics with other artists and just enjoyed the tune but here the lyrics can't be avoided. Somebody get him some Prozac.
I gave the Nitty Gritty band a lot of shit, and good reason, but this Honky Tonk stuff is GOOD. He's not quite got the voice to pull it off sometimes, and I think the lyrics are a bit.... weird, but if this is the kind of country I have to listen to, I'll be much more grateful.
Not for me...
so excited to get this one. 5 stars easily. Shame this is the only Dwight record on the list
I blatantly hate women and Jews. Why did my girl leave me? Wah wah fucking wah. Get in the bin... I mean trash can. Still found myself humming along to some of the melodies though.
just kill me, ok. also i forced myself to go through this album just to seriously test wether i could tolerate country music or not. and when that fucking accordion began playing on the title track i literally died. 2/5
Favourite Songs: Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses) I Hear You Knockin'
Utter trash
Maso
The 80s was not a good time for country music. This isn't bad but it's not great either.
Too country for me
Good ole honky tonk music
No clue on what to expect, but I have a good feeling about this! Ok, so maybe I was naive to look at that title and expect a spanish sad album. Because this is not that! At all! While I'm not usually the biggest fan of country busic, this is not half bad! What i Don't Know tricks you, because what do you mean I've been banging my foot to a song about killing someone who's cheating? I've often heard this about older country songs, that the subject matter does not always match the lyrics, but this is the first encounter with that phenomenon that I've had. Fun! The same thing happens for the title track, but that one didn't impress me as much (or the song before that). I Sang Dixie somehow managed to make its way through my defenses and is now stuck in my head. Damn good song. Yeah same thing for Streets of Bakersfield. Don't have much to say, but this does make me want to speak in a southern accent and learn how to do that dance they do in movies. The rest of the record, while still enjoyable, does not reach the level of those two tracks in a row. Well, this was a very unexpected turn of events. Did I get countrypilled? Of all the things to happen to me in this list, I did not think I'd really like a country record! But yeah, this was enjoyable. Fun. Danceable. Yey!
I like Dwight Yoakam a bit. I like his voice. I like accordions in country music. I didn't like this album at all. He has better albums, and although he has stood the test of time and continues to be popular in 2026, I don't think this album stands strong in comparison with the majority of the albums on this list.
Country twang
so glad that’s over xoxo
Dwight Yoakam – Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (1988) On Day 87, I can sum up this experience in one word: Boring. While the album attempts to blend various regional influences, it completely lacks an immersive soul or any real energy. Despite some technical effort in the production and the musicianship, the project felt like a total flatline that was a struggle to stay engaged with from start to finish. It offered nothing memorable and felt entirely uninspired, earning a definitive 1/5.
I don't know man, this is a weird one. There are good things about older country like this, in general, but it's also on display in this album. Some very nice fiddle playing and other various instruments that don't always get a spotlight in other styles. But this album just isn't that good. The music never really feels great, and the songs are mostly about him complaining about women. It just doesn't really fit in with a lot of the other albums on this list, I think. Not because it's country, but because it just doesn't really have anything that stands out on it, except for maybe the collaboration song? But I don't even think that's the best on the album. I don't hate it, but I didn't need to listen to it before I died. Favorite Song(s): I Sang Dixie
When I say there needs to be more modern country on the list, I think I mean 80s/90s country. Even though I didn’t like it much, it had such a specific sound and vibe. Realizing the 80s were 40 years ago, I guess I can’t call it modern, but whatever era we consider it, it feels underrepresented on a list like this. I’m glad this album is here for that reason, but it was just alright. “Floyd County” was the highlight, and the rest was okay but kind of dragged considering how short the album was. This is a 2/2.5, but I wish there was some Garth Brooks or Toby Keith or Kenny Chesney to compare it to because I feel like I need to round up just so I can be like, “80s/90s country wasn’t all ass, some of it was mid to fine.” So 3 stars I guess.
I don’t hate it but it’s kinda bland. Likes: One More Name, Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room
This album was totally fine. Never cared much for Dwight's voice, but the backing band is pretty fun.
I am entirely not a fan of post 9/11 country and this album was way back in 1988. But this album plays like modern country with pandering lyrics and some fairly uninteresting musicality. Won’t catch me singing Dixie. Not for me.
What have I not yet said about country artists in this challenge? I can get on board with a good rhythm section (Steve Earle), delightful fingerpicking (Marty Robbins), politically aware lyrics (John Prine) and anything with shades of the blues, especially if that comes with harmonica. What annoyed me most about this yokel is the bitterness and jealousy in his lyrics. I appreciate that there's fiction and storytelling, but it taints the vibe of the whole album. I did enjoy the telecaster tones but probably not enough to want to listen to this again.
Typical sad country, but it's decent. better than the pop country stuff we see today.
Good folk album. In particular I enjoyed ‘I got you’ and ‘Streets of Bakersfield’. Rating 3/5- GEMV (9-10.03.2026]
Not really my lane. But a good record nonetheless. Well produced.
Not a country person, could have been worse
This album is as engaging as the name Dwight sounds
At one point I worried this woukd go into achy breaky heart territory but it didn't,that's a good thing.
More 80s country. Please no. First song is actually not too bad, very average but not offensive. The vocal thing they do in country where they kind of yodel the words is very contrived and annoying but lets see if I get used to it. Five songs in and absolutely nothing has grabbed me, it's been very forgetful country-by-numbers. How do people listen to this genre for pleasure? It's so insipid. I'm getting nothing from this. It's so boring. Is that his voice or is he being a character? Final thoughts: very well performed and engineered. I gained nothing from this save from mild irritation and bemusement that this asinine genre is so popular. The album ended and I only realised the album was over and had been playing due to the sudden silence, it was like realising that someone in the adjoining room had finally finished vacuuming the carpet. I had completely zoned out and mentally blocked the album about halfway through.
Just generic country. Inoffensive, but not really our thing and even after reading the Wiki we're not sure we understand why it made it's way on here.
Mhe
Hard no on this one.
"But if I know that you've been cheatin' / What I don't know might get you killed" Thought that's what I heard, looked up the lyrics, yup, I heard right. Hard pass.
Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (1988) is the third studio album by Country music artist Dwight Yoakam. I have to admit I’d never even heard of Dwight Yoakam before listening to this album and I it turns out that I wasn’t missing much. Apparently he was (perhaps still is) an edgy outsider in the Country scene but before writing this review I Googled is Dwight Yoakam a Trump supporter as that was definitely the vibes I was getting. According to the AI summary he’s a libertarian who keeps his political views to himself. All I know is when Johnny Cash sings about shooting a man in reno I enjoy the vivid storytelling, but when Dwight sings about getting his revenge on his cheating ex it just sounds threatening. Couple that with songs about Dixie and God and I’m out. I listened to this a couple of times yesterday but can’t even remember which songs were which. I know ‘Home of the Blues’ is a Johnny Cash number so I assume it was better than the rest but I haven’t bothered individually rating them. I’ll never listen to this again (I hope). Track Listing: 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
Too much twang
I don't hate this because it's country. I hate it because of the awful misogynist lyrics. Go to therapy, dude.
I enjoy me some Dwight. This was great listening and I would do it again, just not that different from his other stuff. 3.
Really not my thing. Not a fan of country. Struggled to listen to all of this one.
Good country music. Heavy and prominent backbeats everywhere. Smoothing. Very good vocals. It was a pleasant listen
decent country album. i think the opening track really set the stage with "I Got You", signalling that this album was going to really be about community and the people that got him to where he is. i'll always appreciate that message i suppose, as opposed to where most "pop country" has gone today
Its not pop country, and I will always appreciate that. Not gonna complain about some classic country/western sounds, even if it isn't my favorite genre. I'd be more than happy to have this album playing in the background around a bonfire or hanging out on the porch during the summer.
This album has that classic country sound and all the issues that come with it. Growing up in the South I was always kind of annoyed by older country; however, after listening to this list, it's interesting to see how unique it actually is.
country. oh boy. my favorite. wikipedia says that the main mood for this one is moody, dark, and as the music goes on, songs about relationships turn from simple heartbreak and jealousy to revenge. i'm sorry, with that description i expect hearing that mood actually present... the music, singing and all is run-of-the-mill country, with nothing really else going for it. you're basically hearing a standard country instrumental but with chris o'neill going "... i'm gonna kill ya!" meh. meh. sorry, i'm not interested. this whole theme falls flat. the only redeeming factor is that the instrumentals are... clean. pleasant to the ears.
I wasn't expecting an 80s country album to sound so 70s, but then again that's literally the point of the album. For crying out loud, this guy was called "too country" in Nashville, Tennessee. That's just impressive. The album itself is also pretty impressive. I like the really clear Mexican influence on a lot of these songs, although the lyrics drift into "please stop talking" territory in a few parts of the album, like in What I Don't Know or I Sang Dixie. Past that, it's a great album. Nice storytelling, really fun instrumentals and instrumentation, and a really genuine country feel. This kind of music, sometimes questionable lyrics and all, is what I think of when I think country. and I can give this album a great deal of respect for it.
Pumpkin spice latte of country albums. Ya basic.
Honky tonk 80s thriller
The sound and production on this is clean as a whistle, all the the instruments sound like they were recorded in hermetically sealed barns. The vocals have an agreeable twang, the uptempo numbers get the tows tapping, and the whole thing is pleasantly cheese laden without toppling into parody. The two songs that are directly and plainspokenly about murdering your intimate partner should she dare leave you definitely sour the experience for me however.
Best Track - "I Got You"
Definitely enjoy this album it picked up around song 3 and ended after song 8 a good time has potential to grow to a 4 but I’m gonna put it at a three definitely will look into this artist more
Oh nah
Surprised this was on the list, but luckily 90s country is right down my alley.
Don’t like the genre
Straight hate. The dinky percussion, the plinky guitars, the yodel-y singing, the stupid ass lyrics,the chugging nature of this. I really am just allergic. When the slide guitar hits with ambition I want to rip my ears off. It is no better when he goes more country rock or whatever the fuck italian restaurant remix vibes come in around halfway through. STOP. At least this album is short
Como siempre digo, me gusta más o menos el country, pero este disco lo he escuchado sin mucho interés nada que me haya interesado. Correcto.
I listened to this so many times to find one song I liked to add to my playlist and it was all just really mid. But I liked the country x Mexican fusion
decent country record, wasn’t too bad, didn’t amaze me
The instrumentation is excellent and would rate very high on its own but his voice is just too twangy for me
infectious tunes with one of his signature songs “streets of bakersfield”. his voice almost sounds like a higher pitched, more nasally merle haggard. good listen.
Yup this was fun. Good old fashioned honky tonk two-stepping music. Nothing fancy but hits a sweet spot.
This is the music that turned Nashville into a powerhouse…before the towers fell and turned the whole genre into Republican pop music
A tier singer, S tier actor. The best.
This album goes crazy at any line dancing bar in the country. Yoakam is a legend.
Just like EVERY OTHER COUNTRY ALBUM
Fuck this shit
Mr Yoakam needs to see a therapist and stop writing such angry country music. I love me some country music but this got to be a hard listen after so many songs about a woman leaving him and him seemingly getting more and more deranged about it. Not an album I would listen to again and I hope his subject matter has evolved as time has passed.
A VERY pleasant surprise. For what I’m assuming is country this was enjoyable and I’ll definitely listen again. 3.5 if i could.
The simple drumming distracted me from everything else. It felt like music from a children's program with threats of gun violence. No and no.
Surprisingly amazing. Pushes all my country buttons. Let's hop in the pickup, down a bud light or 20 and shine some whitetail.
Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room wasn’t really for me, as many of the songs sounded similar to my ears. Interestingly, I learned that Dwight Yoakam appeared in Sling Blade, which actually made me more curious about the film than the album.
This is why people (including myself) don’t like country music.
I liked this more than I expected. I hesitate to give it a four as it wasn't particularly memorable.
He has better but still class
Gary music. No thanks.
Don't like this polished country, give it to us raw and wriggling
Inoffensive but boring NEXT
no thank you!
Radio country from the 80s. Not bad. Not great. His better stuff was on a previous album.
Damn, country is boring.
An alright country album. Just like yesterday’s album. The title track was my favorite
This is the kind of music I mean when I say that I like some country music. Bluesy and catchy old-school stuff like this is great.
It’s sounds like my childhood but I didn’t know a single song.
Country, not my genre
Enjoyable
Not my type of music and not something I would listen to again, but as far as country goes it wasn't bad. Just not for me.
So Honky. Much Tonky. 4/10
the duality of a man, in the lyrics of violence and vengeance against a woman, and the suffering and crying when she lefts with another. Despite that, it's catchy music and soulful. Enjoyable country
The instrumental AND music is great. However the lyrics aren't.
Another fantastic album by Dwight Yoakam. Why this man isn't a superstar is a mystery for the ages. As essential to country music fans as John Coltrane is to jazz music fans. One of the better unexpected albums included on the 1001 list.
Very stereotypical country, but I like it! Doesn't sound like the country-pop-slop that comes out nowadays. I'm not always a huge country fan, so this is only a 3 because I'm not often in the mood for it. But it is objectively a good country album.
You know.... for a country album, I really enjoyed this. It isn't moaning about love and sadness in the way some of the other ones have. This one is different because of the energy and playfulness laced in each song. The accordion was fascinating to me -- that, in addition with some of the instrumentation really reminded me of the Mexican music I grew up listening to.
I Came Here Looking For Something 1001 Albums Generator 219 (2/3/2025) Gosh, old-fashioned country just has such a charm to it, doesn't it? Of course, while this album has the sound of old-fashioned country, it's a bit of a facade, having come out in 1988! But Dwight Yoakam clearly has a deep love and respect for game, covering a Johnny Cash song (Home of the Blues) and featuring fellow Bakersfield legend Buck Owens on the wonderful cover of Streets of Bakersfield. Also, there are absolutely more "modern" elements here, like the recording and production on the drums throughout, but I feel like that distracts pretty minimally from the album overall. I found myself surprised at the constant bits of maximalist orchestration, with constant back-and-forths between Dwight's voice and various fiddles, mandolins, banjos, guitars, and more. It's all really well-composed. Also, the bits of Hispanic-sounding instrumentation (accordions?), like on the title track, are a really nice touch. The way that a lot of traditional Hispanic music and country intertwine is interesting generally. My biggest issue with this album is in the slower songs, like One More Name, that I just don't think are super interesting. Overall, I enjoyed my time with it, but I'm not sure I'd come back to the whole thing. 3.5/5, rounded down to a 3. Favs: I Got You Streets of Bakersfield Hold On To God Least Fav: One More Name
Uff, schon sehr gemächlich das Tempo dieses Albums. Stellenweise etwas zu gemächlich und fast schon einlullend.
ganz nette countrysounds
Chillig
3.5. Quite enjoyable honky tonkin
The classic country instrumentals were amazing, but really this album's only strength. The lyricism can be weak, especially in the songs about murdering women. See a therapist next time. Favorite Tracks: I Got You | Home of the Blues | Streets of Bakersfield
Pretty good, the kind of down-in-the-dumps, traditional country style that I like seeing a lot of '80s artists take on. While the production is a bit more involved and detailed than your typical classic country album, pulling in a slew of different instruments, the overall vibe is the same - super mopey. You get that right from the opening 'I Got You', with the protagonist aiming his grievances at society, or the title track, which is maybe the darkest track here, with the whole thing ending in a homicide of an unfaithful lady, as the protagonist loses his mind in heartbreak. Some other highlights here: I really liked the strings that come in on 'I Sang Dixie,' and the more upbeat accordion-backed 'Streets of Bakersfield' was a nice change of pace, and maybe the catchiest thing here. Overall, though, all the singing of death and heartbreak does get a bit tired by the end, especially over these mostly samey instrumentals and vocal style. Still a pretty solid listen, and not too long.
Абсолютно нічим не виділяється. Кантрі не моя музика
In a nutshell: the twang is strong in this one. Music is a bit meh BUT I applaud Dwight's strategic career moves. Playing gigs at rock and punk bars in California instead of heading straight to Nashville was the best idea. The music doesn't sound overproduced. You can hear the soft rock and rootsy country sound because of it. The kind of music you would hear in a line dancing scene in a movie. Plus points for Dwight working with one of his heroes- Buck Owens. Overall: 4/10
What in the honky tonk hell is this
¡El sonido me parece bueno!
hätt was aber isch jetzt ned das woni wür losa
Yeah I really liked this. I could see where Colter wall got his inspiration from. Would listen again.
Some good classic country. Some weird obsessions with cheating and killing the cheater. Probably some other Yoakam I like better but not bad.
love some honky tonk
I do love a banjo
This doesn't make me feel anything but it's not hard to listen to
I love country music. A lot. And I am constantly upset there isn't more country artists on this list. While I do think Dwight is extremely influential, I can name 100 country artists more influential. And I am not sure this is even his best (or most influential) album - how many times you hear Guitars, Cadillacs?
The best in the country music business at that time. He’s still a strong contender for that title today.
Fantastic honky tonk county. Like a slightly more rocking version of Hank Williams Sr but less yodeling.
Dwight Yoakam - “Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room” - It’s tough to listen with an open mind to an album whose LITERAL FIRST LINE is a very faintly coded bit of anti-Semitism, but I tried. Some of this is clever, all of it is very polished, and much more than just that first line grossed me out a little. Looking past the “problematic” (a 2020s term that WOULD feel unfair to apply to a 1988 album if it weren’t so very apt), this sounds like the mainstream Nashville country of the 80s and 90s that is entirely listenable, occasionally catchy, but still somehow thoroughly boring. If you turned this on and told me it was Brooks & Dunn, Alan Jackson, or George Strait, I wouldn’t know any better. Musically, it’s probably good for what it is, but what it is doesn’t interest me so I’m not the guy to ask. A 2-star album that loses a point for being a little gross.
Fuck do I like country?
1.5 stars Not for me. Sounded like run of the mill, inoffensive, uninteresting country. But it sounded competent and probably right up the alley for someone who wants that. It’s just not me. I wasn’t disgusted but I’ll never think about this album again.
i was 15 or 16 when this came out and hated country music. i was a rock and hip-hop kid. eventually, i learned to love all kinds of country music, dwight included. his mid-to-late 80s stuff is just so damn good.
Mix of older country and modern pop country. Some songs I really enjoyed and some were a little too modern for me.
thought this was a guaranteed 2 star but i actually like a few songs enough to listen to add to the rotation, and even the songs i wasn't crazy about usually had a riff or melody or something i at least found interesting
I bet this made a lot of people wanna say buenas noches to this album and pass out in a lonely room from boredom.
Seems like a good record for country music listeners.
i didn't hate it and in fact my toe tapped at a few places. i'm sure this is the most milquetoast opinion on the face of the earth but country really was so much better in the 80s and 90s before somebody in nashville heard a migos song and said 'what if we just add a trap beat to every truck song?'
i'm seriously going to kms
Not into country so a struggle here.
Not for me
Don't have much to say, just wanna be myself.
6/10
Country, 1988 -> 2
Yeah, look....while the guitar work is really good on this record, I can't say that 'Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room' is my cup of tea. No disrespect to Dwight Yoakam, I'm sure he's a decent bloke and all, but this is the sort of country music that doesn't really do it for me. Y'know, the kind with almost yodelled vocals, fiddles and slide guitars. His big hit on this record, 'Streets of Bakersfield', is a duet with Buck Owens, who originally popularised the song. I've previously drawn a Buck Owens record in this project and I called it "generic country for people who aren't really paying attention." Well, same goes for Dwight Yoakam. Similarly with Buck Owens though, if 'the Bakersfield Sound' is your thing, definitely check out Dwight Yoakam. This is just the sort of music I can't really do. Outlaw country (Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Kris Kristofferson) I can dig because the lyrics are interesting and dark, but not this sort of "pickup truck, luurv" stuff. Best songs: Nil
leek me een country plaat van dertien in een dozijn te worden... helaas had ik gelijk
I appreciate this style of country much more than the current pop drivel that country has become. I see why the genre changed to appeal to the masses and to changing tastes, but it wasn’t a change for the betterment of the music.
The inclusion of this album is really unfortunate. I'm a life-long fan of country music and I absolutely love Dwight's Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. By this point in his career, though, he and the band are just phoning it in; creating a lifeless, tedious album. It's like telling someone who's naive but curious about hard rock that they MUST hear Zeppelin's In Through the Out Door. Which brings up a bigger point. 550 albums in, it is clear that Dimery is rather disinterested in American roots music. Which is kind of astonishing for a person who holds himself out as an historian of 20th Century music, and touts this list as music people SHOULD hear. Those two boasts strongly infer an authority over the subject matter. Any such authority comes with a responsibility to at least attempt to objectively curate the list based on historical relevance/importance. The complete lack of American blues masters, and the haphazard selection of country and jazz albums, paired with the inclusion of scores of truly mediocre albums from the 80s and 90s reflects an abdication of that responsibility, undermining his claim that he is acting, not as simply a fan, but as an historian. I love this list, and this project. I'm really glad he's done it, and I've been exposed to albums that I adore. But let's be honest: it appears to be nothing more than a list of music that Dimery has fallen in love with over his life time, with albums he doesn't understand by artists he's been told, or read, are important. I take issue with his boasts because they will result in a lot of people remaining convinced that a lot of great music is not worth listening to. (Country sucks!) EVERYTHING we are listening to traces back to the vein of music that flowed out of Appalachia in the 1900s and 1910s with the advent of phonographic recording. Bluegrass, Country, and Blues are the original three forks off of that vein. While all are represented on this list, they are represented incredibly poorly; as though no effort has been made to understand the history or explore each fork's deep and magnificent legacy. It makes me sad because a lot of curious people will take away (or have reinforced) a sense that these styles must be inherently lifeless, tedious, quaint, and insignificant based on these poorly-curated representations; or worse, believe that their lasting value is the influence they had on popular recordings from 1964-1990.
They distilled the exact kind of country I would hate and served it up in this album. No thanks.
I enjoyed the songs that blended mariachi music, however some songs definitely follow the typical country formula that we see today, along with some gospel and confederate apologist sentiments.
I dig this kind of country but thought the album was just okay.
Well, he’s consistent in his murderous ways, singing multiple times about killing his woman including shooting her in the head. Things lighten up later in the album but I missed the killing.
la vdd me pareció súper horrible al principio pero creo que solo estaba de re mal humor pero pues es como un álbum bastante x, medio country iguana dont fw that pero tampoco pues re maluco
This was great, I wish country music was still like this instead of the america loving pop garbage it is now
First half was pretty good, especially title track. Bible thumping second half was boring
A hard listen for me. Just not a fan of this type of music. Lacks energy for me.
So weird hearing a gated snare on a country record, it just jars and it's all I can think about listening to 'What I Don't Know'. It gives it this propelling big stage sound that it just doesn't need, like the rhythm section has been ripped from a different album. Not my thing, felt like it would never end.
Country
mi abuela es una puta
Pretty decent country but it sort of felt like it was going through the motions a bit. What I Don’t Know was good. High 3.
Pretty traditional sounding country music. Not special or different.
I liked the buck Owen’s duet but overall the 80s production hasn’t aged too well. Low 4. Would do a 3.5 if possible.
Not a country fan
A good country album, maybe it was more influential back in the day? Not sure at 100% how long is on the list, but it’s really quality stuff. It starts.
Can't complain about bonus nachos
This is the most country country music I've ever heard. I'll keep this one queued because the singer is very talented and the songs are good, but I am not a country enthusiast.
This just really isn't my vibe or my jam. I'm not a country fan so I went into this telling myself to listen for technical precision and great lyrics and strong music. Sure, I got a good deal of all of that but it still just doesn't trip my trigger and this is not anything that I will return to. By the way, a couple of tracks made me feel like I should be sipping a margarita and eating chips and guac at the local Mexican place so maybe that's why I felt hungry after listening?
Yikes these lyrics. 2.
An album i do not recognize for once, and its country so im actually excited to listen to it. The album cover brought me in, it’s so cool. I will admit that country isn’t really something i sit down and listen to that often but this album is actually good. This album reminds me of mexico and the midwest for some reason. If you listened to it before then i hope you know what im talking about. Some songs remind me of mexican songs with the some of the instruments that come up in songs. I’ve never heard of this album or guy ever and i would actually like to listen to more of this type of country. The lyrics are really good, the way he sings it makes it sound like we are in our front porch with a beer or two looking out in the distance (not a bad thing). For some reason i want to hear more of it because i just think of summer or spring after school at 3pm in the country side, just warm with the sun in your face while walking home from school exhausted from the day but the spring/summer breeze settling in as you walk through the countryside. I’ll give this a good 9/10
Very solid country
Another one of those confusing picks because out of his whole discography, this is certainly not his best. Despite that, it's still a great country album. This sound is so similar to the type of country music I grew listening to in the early 2000s, and now I see how that sound was pioneered long before. His voice is smooth and effortless, the band is rock solid and adds a lot of flavor to each track.
There's a fullness to the sound of this that's pretty great to listen to. I think the fiddle shows up perfectly each time. Good voice, good vibe, good country. Glad to have heard it and better than at least half of the list. I believe this guy has emotions in him
I have historically stayed away from country music made after the 1970s. This surprised me. Still has it's feet in the classic country sound. Honky Tonk. Do yourself a favor and check him out in the movies Crank from 2006 and Crank: High Voltage from 2009. Okay, and Logan Lucky too.
Buenas notches from a lonely room parece bué uma versão americana do zé amaro
2,7*
Coldplay left me well, cold
Can't go wrong with this one for a solid country album. Make sure to be on a 10 hour roadtrip and put on endless.
dudes will kill their ex rather than go to therapy I had an Eminem album earlier this week and I thought he had problematic views on women but jfc Dwight you got him lapped also this is just a completely indescript country album, get outta here
Country is a vibe at the best of times. Today wasn't a country vibe for me, so instead I had to listen to an uncomfortable amount of songs that were about how much the singer hates lying women. I can recognize that it is good country, but this is definitely "turn your brain off and don't listen too deeply"-music, which kinda sucks. Might've given this a higher rating if I was traveling somewhere.
Mindnumbing
A couple surprises for me: 1. I enjoyed this much more than I thought I would 2. Dwight Yoakam will murder you if you cheat on him
i dont like...
This motherfucker really wants to shoot the lady that betrayed him.
Very average
Yoakam is one of the few bright spots in modern country music. Always nice to see a country album where the artist wrote most of the songs. Streets of Bakersfield obviously wasn't his but it is a signature song for him along with a few other classics.
Not what I anticipated at all. A good listen, but not a ton of diversity in the songs making it feel less cohesive and more stale. The touches of inspiration were really good.
Solid
While not really being that impressive, it's a decent album from an era where country went really pop. It's halfway between Vince Gill and Willie Nelson, just polished and pop enough to fit in the 80's, but lacking the rougher edge I like in a country album. The Buck Owens duet was pretty nice and I dug every song on here to some extent. All his other albums from the era are a much better showcase of his compositional talents though.
It was country music, not my preference, but I did not turn it off.
I don’t know enough about the genre to understand why this was chosen over any other album, but I think it represents the genre adequately.
Nope
Not that familiar with country although I do appreciate classic country and Townes van Zandt. This album is not bad, but it does get a bit boring and repetitive after a while.
Good stuff from Dwight. Not a country fan but I appreciate what he's done with this LP and his entire career.
Country really isen't my genre. But this was pretty ok. Some nice ballads in here.
Kuntry
Did not expect a country album. Was good, a little one dimensional by the end but was a great vibe.
There are way too many country albums on this list if you look at the popularity of this genre outside America. This is quite OK as a country album, but I wouldn't listen to it again voluntarily
FFS.
Waarom moet ik dit horen? Een zwik belegen countrydeuntjes die in 1988 al zwaar over de datum waren. Inclusief 'Ik lig op mijn kussen stil te dromen' van Hepie en Hepie! Prima voor als het je dingetje is, vast goed uitgevoerd, maar waarom moeten Hepie en Hepie in het 1001-boek? Hier had ook iets nuttigs kunnen staan, die ene plaat van Massive Attack of zo.
Door de albumtitel verheug ik me op zuidelijke klanken. De eerste seconden maken me nog nieuwsgieriger. Maar nee hoor, dan loop ik vol tegen dat stereotype noord-amerikaanse country-accent aan. Bam! Zo overdreven dat het zelfs in de 1001 opvalt... Het concept komt vaker terug. Een paar seconden de suggestie van een andere, vaak iets moderne, muziekstijl. En dan terug naar de country-standaard. Saaaaaaaaiiii. Dit album mag blij zijn dat anderhalve ster wordt afgerond naar 2 sterren.
Klaarblijkelijk is dit een soort terugkeer naar de originele country, voor zover ik met mijn ongeoefende oor dat zou moeten kunnen horen. Voor mij klinkt het allemaal wel hetzelfde, het is gewoon de palingsound van Murica. En in dit geval gecombineerd met 80s, oftewel strakke drumcomputers en een ietwat zeurderige zang. Het gaat vaker richting ballad dan een lekker potje uptempo countryrock. Schijnbaar geen 13 in een dozijn dit, maar zo klinkt het wel gewoon. Zeker als op de tranentrekkende titeltrack een trekzak en een blik violen uit de kast worden gehaald, wanen we ons gewoon in Volendam naast Piet Veerman. De traagheid is tergend, meer dan een 2 kan ik hier niet van maken.
Big fan of the Latin influences, not a big fan of the songs about murdering an ex-lover or cheating partner. Sad cowboys need break-up songs too I suppose.
I was shocked when i saw this guys photo. The ultimate "that guy" from a movie. Even after this listen I still won't know his name. Music is fine but not for me.
I generally think social progressivism and the me too movement has been a net negative for artistic quality. But then you hear a once wildly popular album like this in which a plurality of seemingly innocuous country songs are about murdering your girlfriend for cheating on you and you just have to nod and say ‘fair enough’
Hoo boy. Not for me
Somehow I find him more charismatic as the villain in Sling Blade.
Not my vibe per se but I enjoyed a couple of the tracks, did not like the most popular one or the namesake track :3
If you like this type of music, you probably love this guy. Easy and effortless sounding. I just do not dig it.
Great rock/country vibe, loved the harmonica as I do
Banger, straight banger
This was great! Dwight's bluegrass/Bakersfield sound is not really my genre, but this was performed, arranged and recorded so well, I really didn't mind. I listened to it twice and enjoyed every minute of it. Four stars.
159/1089 i’m already biased against this kind of country and here he goes threatening to kill his SO oof 8/100
This is Dwight Yoakam at his most focused and quietly devastating. Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room strips away any lingering novelty around his Bakersfield revivalism and delivers a tight, nocturnal country record obsessed with heartbreak, pride, and emotional stalemates. It’s lean, reverb-soaked, and emotionally adult. The production is crisp but never glossy—twangy guitars snap, drums stay restrained, and Yoakam’s voice sits front and centre, equal parts ache and restraint. Songs don’t sprawl; they brood. Even the up-tempo tracks feel tense rather than celebratory, like motion used to outrun regret. Lyrically, this is classic Yoakam territory: dignity eroding in real time, relationships ending not with explosions but with resignation. There’s a cinematic quality to it—late-night kitchens, empty highways, motel-room clarity. You can hear the West Coast honky-tonk lineage, but it never feels like cosplay; it feels lived-in. Why not a 5? It’s emotionally consistent to the point of monochrome. If you’re not in the mood for melancholy with discipline, it can feel emotionally narrow. But judged on its own terms, it’s one of the strongest statements of late-’80s country—traditional without being backward-looking, polished without losing its soul. If you want proof that country can be cool, spare, and unsentimental, this is one of the records people point to for a reason.
I was hoping to like this more. It created the Bakersfield country sub-genre.
Competent country and solid performance. Has all the elements of a country album from that era: guitar, fiddle, southern twang? Check, check, check. Lyrics about how broke he is, but everything is alright because of his love who cheats on him in a different track? Big check right out the gate (tracks 1 and 2/3). I won’t disparage someone for enjoying him, but I find it all too cliche in a way that I just don’t appreciate. I mean, he mentions his truck in the first track. Again, clearly talented and good at making music, but I’m just not a fan of pop country as anything other than background music. Also, can we just acknowledge that I Sang Dixie did not age well. The phrase “Rebel Pride” in particular means the same as it did then, we’re just willing to admit it now.
A country album in which Dwight Yoakam shoots his cheating lover, that’ll teach her! Interestingly, when Dwight Yorke expressed his desire to leave, Aston Villa manager of the time, John Gregory, said if he’d had a gun he would have shot him. Those things aren’t connected but it interests me more than this album. If you’re not Johnny Cash, then in all probability, I don’t want to hear your country album, thanks.
Damn, I need to listen to this some more
This type of country music really isn't for me.
This was never going to be for me. I feel less intelligent for listening to it
Buenos Noches almost sent me to sleep. A conservative revival of a conservative strain of a conservative genre. Some nice fiddle playing here and there.
If you enthusiastically enjoy the first couple of tracks then it’ll likely be a very warm listen. If you find them pleasing but not particularly engaging, then it is likely the rest will flow by without too much note. Charming and completely inoffensive. I prefer country with a bit more bite.
Today’s album gets a low 3 from me, I actually quite like the honky tonk sound but there wasn’t much special about this record and some of it was not to my taste, I also agree with some of the other reviewers re: the lyrics
Started out okay enough, ended on a really boring note. Safe and generic country sounding that is fine but boring and not really my speed. Also not a huge fan of anything dixie. Top tracks: I Got You, Buenas Novhes From a Lonely Room
A solid country album in the classic style.
Dog water
Like a lot of country music, the slow songs are at a level that's so awful it's difficult to qualify just how bad they are. However, some of the tracks that are a little faster do have some great instrumentals. As for Dwight's voice, it's a quintessential country whine to the point of sounding like a parody. 2.0/5.0: Disappointing
its hard for me not to smile listening to this.
ok western fare
Not my style and didnt listen the whole way through, but had some cool instrumentation and good writing from what I did listen to.
I kinda like some of the instrumentation. But, Hendrix was admonishing Joe for killing his wife, Yoakam was telling it in first person. That ain’t too cool Dwight.
Twang a ding dong dang, not very distinctive
Country album - hard for me to distinguish this from any other country artist.
This album is like a speed boat trying to go fast with the anchor down. In this metaphor, Dwight's voice is the anchor and everything else is the speed boat. If you can somehow tune the vocals out, it's quite enjoyable. But that's a BIG "if".
Enjoyable. I miss this kind of country music.
Well that's just generic 80s-90s country.
3.5 - I can appreciate that musically this is a good album but country just isn’t my thing…
Que deux choses à dire : - Yaaaaahouuuuuu -hiiiiiiiihaaaaaa
I am not a country fan, for now, but strangely this help me focus
Sounds like the music that'd be playing in the background of some Southern themed chain of restaurants called 'Ole' Bob's Smokehouse' or something.
That's not my taste in music - But ok
Here's the thing, I remember seeing a performance by DY and thinking this was one of the last bastions of actual Country music. I didn't actively dislike this album until the misogyny and bible thumping. It's a shame because I think he is trying to hew to what Country should be and resisting New Country as much as possible, but lyrically, yuck.
Country
My first country album from this list! And it’s a good one. This feels MILES away from modern country to me. Dwight sings with a twang. There are only a few instruments on each track- including fiddle, pedal steel, and accordion. There are no hip hop beats or Power Choruses. The songs tell stories. While this isn’t really my type of music it is well made, and I find it hard not to like. THREE STARS
I hated this less than I expected to.
Teška dosada od albuma. Kao nije mi nužno toliko loš, samo u komadu ovo slušati je baš muka. 2/5, 3.5/10
Pretty good, worth sitting through
Production is very dated. Hyper clean, and the guitar sounds are thin and brittle. I know there are great players on this, but they seem to be holding back. Seems to be trying to hearken back to an earlier style of country music, but is let down by the stilted tempos and the crystalline sonic palette.
The way I enjoy music, which is basically all the "Music" and not the lyrics, defies me here. The composition, classical country, and smoothness makes me enjoy this album as long as I don't really listen to the lyrics. This album also fails me in the "I'm a hardworkin' American man" from a dude who flies private.
Was good, country music not being my thing but was enjoyable
Intussen is het één van mijn favoriete genres, maar muziek als dit weerhield mij er jaren van om country te ontdekken. Ik dacht dat alles zo stereotypisch en corny zou klinken als dit.
Damn, wat is dit corny zeg. Afgehaakt bij Chevrolet-ey-ey in de tweede zin van het album. Nog paar nummertjes doorgelusiterd maar Dwight Yoakam (wat een naam ook) kan dat niet meer rechtbreien. Wat doet dit hier? 2/10
Divorced Dad-Core: Country Edition There's definitely a sexist double standard when I sit here and praise/sing along with country songs by women who talk about killing their exes, but then recoil at Dwight here doing the same, but the recognition of that double standard does not make it better for me. Bro, she cheated on you. Just cut her loose and move on. You don't need to kill her execution style, you fucking psycho. But yeah, on top of the awful, misogynistic lyrics, you got bog-standard, stereotypical country music with the twangiest of the twanged out vocals. I've heard the music from this album a billion times before. About the only redeeming thing on this is the slight Mexican influences in the instrumentation, but thats not enough to save it from getting the 1 for me.
I like this! This is my favorite type of country music. 4/5
No thank you 80s country
It was only a matter of time before I got served up yet another Country album, and once again I have to ask, is this really a must hear album before you die? If you ask me that answer is no, because this album feels like what you'd hear after walking into a Country bar. The music here is painfully simple, surface level, and solid in being consistent but this is nowhere near a must hear. This is probably someone who isn't very into music's favorite album because it does everything they want all in a short 36 minute runtime. I by no means hated this project, in fact I actually like a decent amount of the songs here, but this is just so plain and unseasoned that I can't give it anything higher than the score I have listed. This album feels like eating rice and nothing more, sure it fills you up but there is no flavor to make it enjoyable. Nuff said.
Suena bien, muy bien. ¿Un cruce entre Chris Isaak y Gram Parsons? Es country de la costa oeste. Streets of Bakersfield resucitando al mítico Buck Owens, con un alegre acordeón que le da un lustre encantador, y sobre todo I sang Dixie arrasaron. Abre con I Got You, el tercer sencillo del disco. Un tema honky-tonk trotón, que entra a la primera, como Home of the blues, otra versión en este caso de J. Cash con aires texanos. One more name podría estar en cualquier disco de Gram. What I Don't Know es una joya. Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses) no tuvo el mismo éxito en las listas pero es de lo mejor del lote sobre todo con esos aires latinos que le dan el acordeón de Flaco. Un cierre magistral para la cara A. La B abre con otro ritmo bluesero como es I Hear You Knockin. Hold on to god es la otra joya del disco. Magistral.
A decent country album. Lots of guitar twang. Highlights: "I Hear You Knockin'" and "Floyd County"
I don't know what to make of it. It's country. It does what country does
Alright for country
Nao é o estilo de musica que escuto, mais é bem calma e parece trazer historia consigo Gostei, mais nao é o tipo que escuto
This is probably a 3.5 stars for me, but I have no issue giving it 4 stars, because I do think the music is great, and while I believe it is too polished and too close to "Nashville Country," it does have a lot of the roots and Appalachian feel. It's not nearly as good as a lot of other stuff out there that completely shirks Nashville, but it is in between and does have soul that modern Nashville Country doesn't.
My woman left me and I'm sad My woman left me and I'm going to murder her My woman cheated on me and I'm going to murder her Everywhere else sucks. Send Me the Pillow shows up and offers a glimmer of hope only to be snuffed out by Hold on to God. 1.5
Poppy country. Seems like it would be a good live show but not my genre
I don't know, I feel like it's slightly formulaic for an inclusion on this list. There's some moments, the accordion on the title track makes a ton of sense. There's some good pop-country songwriting on the two songs that follow, "I Sang Dixie" has a simple but beautiful chorus that wraps itself up quite nicely. I do hear the charm in Dwight's simple, straightforward delivery. And I'm not questioning his gangster, he seems like a true Kentucky fella. But This didn't move the needle much for me. Maybe I'm not the most qualified for this record, but I do like me a good country record. This one just wasn't it. Speaking on country (kinda) music, it's a DAMN shame there's no Jimmy Buffet on this list. I know he can be a bit campy/hackish, but he's gotta have a case for a spot on here
Y’all complain about Dwight Yoakam’s vocals but give Thom Yorke a 5 every time he whines over monotone guitar riffs. This at least has a variety of instruments that don’t all sound the same. It’s a 5 to make up for the haters.
I like the instrumentals quite a bit as it is very similar to old style country but more poppy and catchy. I really don’t like the vocals much, they’ve got that overly-emotional voice-cracky tinge to them which a lot of country artists seem to do. It’s not unbearable or anything but it’s just kind of annoying, it worked for like 2 songs which I’ll mention later. The lyrics were also pretty awful as a lot of them seemed to focus on him being annoyed at his partner cheating and him being way too aggressive about it and threatening murder which is a bit extreme. I much prefer the lyrical focus on old-style country themes in here like Floyd County snd streets of Bakersfield. It was a decent album but nothing I’m dying to go back to barr like 2 songs I liked. Favourites: Floyd County and Streets of Bakersfield. Overall, 5/10.
I hate this shit, man. Like, I'm sure he's a talented artist, and this seems competently made. And maybe he's a great guy, I don't know. And this definitely could've been worse! But, man, I fucking hate modern popular country music.
This is a seriously overrepresented genre
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