Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Overhovedet ikke mit shit! Der var engang hvor jeg troede at jeg ikke kunne lide country, og det var fordi jeg troede det alt sammen lød sådan her

White ass music

I barely made it through this. 80s and 90s country is one of my least favorite genres. I hate the twangy (mostly) put on accents, the stupid lyrics, the bass lines that are basically just root notes, the steel guitar. And what the hell is with the vocals sounding like a pubescent boy whose voice is cracking all the time - like he randomly goes into a falsetto in the middle of every other word. Is he trying to sound like he's yodeling? What the hell? A terrible album (for me) although I did appreciate some of the guitar parts. That's the dumb thing about country music - the vocals and most of the music is awful but you have some monster guitar players in there. 1.5/5 and will round up for some great guitar playing.

I am very late to the Dwight Yoakam game, but better late than never. He’s in my top 5 of country artists, this is not his best album but it is still great. I’ll come back to it.

As country album’s go, it’s fine. I’ll never fully connect with country as a genre, and it’s rare that any country singles or albums stand out to me. The musicianship and vocals here are genuinely good, and there are a couple of interesting stand-out songs. But no matter the positives I can find, it’s country, and I’ll never like it that much. 5/10.

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Timeless

3/10

Good country singer. Definite country voice. Good music.

Honky tonk. Not terrible, but also not that enjoyable. This gets more grating the more you listen.

Twangy redneck shit.

I don’t love twangy old country. I don’t like this guys voice. Combined with the not great songwriting and the multiple songs about killing his ex, I am very happy to be done with this and not revisit

I’ve gotten a little more lenient for C&W as I get older but this album isn’t for me. I’d much rather listen to Drive By Truckers and Dwight any day.

"Buenas Noches" is a country album?! No way!

Not a fan of country.

Didn’t mind it, the first authentic country album I’ve listened to

I don’t know enough the genre to know if this is any good or whether it was particularly ground breaking. Nothing really my thing. I didn’t find it offensive but it seemed a bit one dimensional to me. Certainly there is more interesting music that I’d say should be added to this list.

Honestly was kinda nice for country. 4 stars

This is just awful

Better than average country

Instrumentation is very nice but the lyrics were so bad. Just whiny revenge fantasy after whiny revenge fantasy. Then it ends with a Christian tune? It's bordering on parody.

Maybe some nuance is lost on me here, but this just felt like average country to me.

Day 87 Wasn’t feeling this one at all, is that his real voice? Almost sounded like weird Al doing a parody of country but that would have at least been funny. 2/10 Highlight I sang Dixie

Such a cliche, honky tonk country album. The music isn’t half bad: the acoustic guitars, violins, banjos are all a nice touch. If this genre is your style, you can’t go wrong here.

Trad’ 80s country. The instruments all sound plastic and hollow, and the songs plod along at a regular pace. Still, some toes were tapped during the listening of this album.

I love the Bakersfield sound and country music in general, so I was pretty excited to get this album. It was honestly a little disappointing. The writing and instrumentation were a little underwhelming. I enjoyed the listen, but I would have expected an album in this genre to move me more. The songs never seemed to go anywhere energy-wise, even when the lyrics tried to point to a climax of a song. Overall, it’s decent, but there are significantly better examples of this genre and sound out there.

Typical whiney country crap with no redeeming features.

Affirms my prejudiced ideas that country has never been good, to the chagrin of the "country ain't good these days" types

Æ tror æ har hørt på det her albumet før, eller så har æ i det minste hørt en del på mange av sangan tidligere, men det e nok Hillbilly Deluxe og Guitar, Cadillacs, Etc, Etc som e mine favorittalbum av Dwight Yoakam – likevel seile det her også opp som en foreløpig favoritt av alle albuman æ har hørt i prosjektet så langt. Det handle selvfølgelig mye om stemmen til Yoakam, og det karakteristiske gitarspillet, og, åpenbart, min svakhet for akkurat den stilen med sein 80/tidlig 90-tallscountry. Men det e en fryd, og etter ganske mange uker med kjedelige album av kjedelige menn va det her balsam for øran.

I used to think I was country adjacent. Some forms of country-esque music I liked, some less so. But this album is so very country. So pure. And I'm not sure I can deal with this much true country at once. Some of these are fun. Like "I hear you knocking". Really feels like Stevie Ray Vaughn. But ohers are so musically naive (Streets of Bakersville) or lyrically problematic (Buenos Noches...) that they are laughable. Many of these songs feel like they could be country pastiche in a Mitchell and Webb sketch. So overall there are glimmers of listenability, but I'm not going to be getting Dwight on the jukebox again any time soon.

Honky-tonkin' country that is just a bit too cleanly produced for my, and its own, tastes. The songs are dark and are pretty good! This production just ruins it for me though - I want songs about fightin', fuckin' and murder sound like they've been through the ringer; here it makes it all sounds too much like posing... and no one likes posers. Best Tracks: One More Name; What I Don't Know; Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (She Wore Red Shoes)

Nice familiar country

Reminds me of the country music I would listen to with my dad as a kid, during the heyday of Garth Brooks and Alan Jackson. I don't remember the name Dwight Yoakam, but I'm sure I heard some of his songs on country radio then, too. Even though I don't recognize any songs on this album, it induces a sort of nostalgia in me. I enjoyed the album. The first track, "I Got You," feels the most like a standard country radio hit, a love song layered with wry humor. The album gets darker until it hits Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room, a murder ballad. It's a good song. I liked the sound of I Sang Dixie even if I don't think it holds up quite as well as a social commentary anymore. Generally positive on this album.

Not really my kind of thing, so not sure how to write a fair review. I can tell there’s good musicianship. Some of the songs have some melodies that are alright. I’ll just give it three stars. 3/5

Quite a good country album.

Your standard melancholy country and western. The vocals are good and the guitar diddys are nice.

Nice. A bit contrived and repressed. The music sounds super trad and so smooth the beauty becomes dull at some points but this is a country thing

3.5 Not bad - I didn't really know any of these songs and I do like some of Dwight's radio hits but it was a solid 'full album' that plays out loosely as a concept album

Classic tapedeck country music. I’m sure a lot of these lyrics don’t age all that well, but I can’t be bothered to listen that closely. I don't need the specifics to know Dwight is vaguely sad and that's really all I need from my country music. Dwight Yoakam was a borderline-unfortunate looking guy in 1988, and time hasn’t blessed him in that respect. Fortunately, he can sing and play enough guitar to support himself. I trust that he’s experienced with heartbreak and things not going his way, so these songs sound genuinely autobiographical to me.

Oikein mukava ja lepposa country levy jossa haisee Amerikka. Ei tätä montaa tuntia pitempää jaksaisi luukuttaa mutta ihan positiivinen lopputulema

Countrya..

Miksköhän kuuntelin koko levyn kun eka biisi ois riittänyt, meno ei muuttunut siitä mihinkään. Livenä vois toimia mutta muuten ei.

Ehhhh päästiin vihdoin kantrijyrin pariin. Karmeeta raakana. No ol siinä pari kohtaa kun melkein viihty. Ei siis ihan ygöstä.

No nyt on niin countrya. Liian hidasta ja laahaavaa, jotta jaksaisi alkaa etsimään syvempää merkitystä sanoista.

Oispa 16 wheeler -rekka jolla ajella pitkin Arkansasia tätä kuunnellen. Menisi kyllä aika rattoisasti. Oikeasti tykkäsin! Tosi ajatonta musaa, joskin soundit kyllä vähän kasaria, mutta sillain hyvällä tavalla. Hienoja stemmoja, viulua ja kantrimelodioita. Välillä soi vähän haitarikin, siitä aina plussaa. Ihan liian vähän käytetty hieno instrumentti populaarimusiikissa. Laulajan äänestä en kauheasti pitänyt, mutta toisaalta ihan kanrrimieheltä se kuulosti. En tiedä tuleeko koskaan enää tätä kuunneltua, mutta olen iloinen että edes kerran elämässäni kuuntelin tämän levyn :) Ei kyllä kehtaa neljää tähteä antaa, kun Rush sai vaan kolme, niin mennään kolmella.

A country album that feels right on the border of the more old-school style and the modern pop country. While the tex-mex flavor was kind of nice, as was the Buck Owens duet (“Streets of Bakersfield”), I didn’t enjoy this much. 2.5

The good thing about this list is that it doesn't really celebrate pop country music. This is more like a modern take on traditional country, and it is tolerable.

classic country as performed by a cheap karaoke machine with I'm-so-sad-and-misunderstood-I-had-to-murder-my-wife to rival Eminem thrown in music: hated. (⌐■_■)

This kinda stinks, right? Shiny late 80s production makes it hard to buy as Country Music, and man oh man is it ever important to properly come off as Country Music if you’re gonna sing songs about shooting your wife and whatnot. Like it has to be grounded in Country Music kayfabe. This is not.

Not the worst country i’ve listened to. A lot of blues influence in this.

Like I’m at a quinceanera in Orange County

An assault on my ears

Didn’t hate, didn’t love. 2.5/5

I think I’m a cowboy, now.

Yoakam?! I hardly know ‘em! Good album, just wasn’t in the mood for it.

If only I could give 0.

Not really feeling the country that I've had lately. 2.6/5

With a name like that you can only be a country singer, so I don't blame you, Dwight, I blame your parents.

I feel sometimes a person's off stage life gets in the way of the performance... Here's one proof of that. Just play and sing, that's what you do best.

Good country that somehow feels disingenuous in its heart? I know nothing of him.

Great musicianship and surprising lyrics

One foot in old good country and one in the new garbage that is modern country

A great sounding and well sung bunch of perfectly fine, unmemorable country tunes. Cool title though.

Meh.

An exquisite blend of 80's pop rock and twangy country.

The songs don't overcome the cringe of honky-tonk music. The Johnny Cash one is pretty good but overall I don't find much here.

no mariachi embellishments? i guess it was early radio country, and that's kinda...interesting but no. This made me frown.

Country

i love country music. this feels warm, sweet, intimate and ultimately just makes me feel good. got this reccomended to me on a nice autumn day, cant complain!

I don't think country is for me; at least not much of the country on this list. This is probably one of the less boring country albums I've heard so far: the songwriting is better and Dwight Yoakam's voice is more than just country twang, but it is still a country record, which typically means not much variety.

Standard C+W... what's so special? Streets of Bakersfield has some Mariachi/folk in there. Best track - Streets of Bakersfield 2 stars

pass

A lot of songs about hurting/killing unfaithful lovers. Suprisingly he's never been arrested for domestic abuse. And one last song abour being a good Christian. Ugh. Nice harmonies though, despite the twangy stuff.

Lovely for the old country twang it is, which is just not my style

I'll take this over modern day bro country crap like Morgan Wallan, but with some notable exceptions, country is just not my thing.

A classic for sure.

This shit sucked balls

Nope...packaging domestic violence and a love for good ole Dixie in a pretty country package doesn't make it okay. It wasn't a one off...he threatens violence multiple times and then actually murders her. I don't care if this is a performance piece or a parody but the level of domestic violence he sings about with such a beautiful melody is just more psychotic. No thank you can't get past that

Country is mostly a hard pass for me. At least this isn’t as mind numbingly awful as more modern country.

There were several eye roll moments in this album. More than one song that threatens killing his woman/ex-woman because of her transgressions against him makes him seem like kind of a psychopath. I guess it's a "concept" album, but ok. And are we still romanticizing the rebel south in the late 80s with I Sang Dixie? Maybe I'm reading too much into that one. The last song could've come straight out of the Righteous Gemstones, except that it wasn't a parody. I guess it's sweet that he wrote it for his mom after she passed. The musicianship was good, but I got too hung up on the themes of the songs to actually enjoy this.

This must be one of the lower rated albums from this list over on rateyourmusic but I love the man’s first two albums and have always wanted to check out more of his music. I rate Dwight Yoakam’s performance in Panic Room a 5/5 and this album a 3/5. Not sure why this one of Yoakam’s made the cut to be honest.

I like this album. 4 out of 5 stars. Favorite Tracks: What I Don't Know; Send Me a Pillow; Home of the Blues; Streets of Bakersfield

Standard country fare. I don't know why it's on the list, it's not original, ground breaking or impactful in any way. I only recognized the artist's name due to its uniqueness. Otherwise this album was forgettable

Very very country. Too much for my taste but not without merit.

Een paar nummertjes kan ik nog wel hebben, maar country echt niet mijn cup of tea en dan is het ook nog best wel gedateerd...

80s country blues picks: I sang dixie, I got you, streets of Bakersfield

3.25

The new Bakersfield sound gets a little old after a while but solid album

I like country in general, but I could taste the hay and cow patties, and that ain’t a compliment.

This is very country. And somehow most of the songs sound very similar. But I suppose if you're a country fan, you like it that way. Not that it is bad and Yoakam seems to be very popular, but it's not really my music.

Ok. Nothing special.

I dunno I guess if you like it it's fine, not for me Will I listen to again: 0%

Incredible. I hadn't heard this album before. It just happened to be recommended on a hot summer day and I enjoyed this, windows down driving through the country. It was perfection.

Reminds me of Hymns sung in an old Baptist Church. The writing on this was impeccable! Dwight Yoakam has amazing tone and I understand why this made the book.

One of the reviews of this album said "Dwight sounds like he was born and always lived in comfort" ... so he never got the raspy voice of Cash or Jennings or Kristofferson. But I think that's exactly the point. Yoakam's "clean" vocals and generally upbeat music (I'm a sucker for tejano accordion) juxtaposed with the lyrics about jealousy, murder, stealing, and drinking yourself death, is a winner in my book! Why did I write so much about this album? Anyway, 3.75 stars

Moving to TN as an 11 year old and living here now for 37 years. I still have a hard time grasping/accepting/liking country music. I do remember the song with Buck Owens.

First song was OK. On the whole, nothing as good as All My Exes Live in Texas, let's be honest.

I like it. The title track is excellent.

old twangy country. its ok but not a regular

I was born and raised in Bakersfield, and somehow, I’ve never heard this version of “Streets of Bakersfield” until now. I’m not a country guy, but I’m giving it a pass for that.

Worse than Coldplay

I like the Bakersfield Sound Dwight has.

Yes, nice. Love the older country (newer country not so much).

io grande fan del country non cantato e lui canta sempre e non mi piace

The production, engineering, and mixing of this album is very impressive.

Not my vibe

Nice one

Country automatic no stars.

Such a great record. The songs and the vocals are excellent, but it’s really the guitar playing of Pete Anderson that keeps me coming back to these early Dwight records.

Erkenntnis, dass Country auch nur Schlager ist

3.7 3x liked this more than i expected.. good country album

Not really my stuff

It's so funny that someone recommended this album to me and listened to it after I got a George Jones' album. Now I get it with the generator, incredible timing. Now do I like it? Eh, unlike George Jones' brand of pop country which was more alike baroque pop than much other country, this album is pure country and... it's well made, I don't deny Dwight's abilities as a good musician but do I like it as music? Not really, it's simply not for me and that's fine. I think my gauge on country is still very much aligned towards fusions with more familiar genres.

Apparently the Bakersfield Sound is not for me. Don't mind country music as a general rule but Yoakam's style leaves me a bit cold.

Honky tonk country

I'm thankful this was a short album because the boredom was hard to overcome in parts.

Nope.

Meh it was fine.

country is not really my kind of music but i enjoyed listening to this album ONCE

Just an unremarkable country album with a voice that I personally really cannot stand. Just way too nasal. 2/5

Competent country music.

p602. 1988. 3 stars. Mid 80s yeehaw. Well done but outstays its welcome after about 10 mins. Probably best listened to when shit faced in a mid-West bar.

Dwight is one of the few country artists today that I can appreciate. He definitely stays true to country’s roots.

Had to set aside my prejudice against country music, and was rewarded. Great stuff this is.

HELK YES I grew up on 80’s/90’s country and this is THE seminal album from Dwight Yoakam.

Send Me the Pillow so I can nod off to these tunes.

Yeehaw let's wave that confederate flag, shoot dead some unfaithful women, and thank the good lord for leading us down the path of true salvation.

Overall: 4/10 Not for me. I don't consider myself a country hater (anymore) but it's funny for me to imagine someone listening to this and going "No waaaaaaay, this is cool!" He has a nice voice but it feels formulaic to me. Fav Song: Streets of Bakersfield

I feel like we’ve been getting fed a lot of country lately, which I appreciate because my feelings on the genre are starting to crystallize. I like how a lot of pop country really hits the “setup-punchline” structure between the verses and choruses. the title always clicks on the first or last line of the chorus and it’s usually funny or at least clever. I dislike the hyper produced country like this where the bass sounds synthesized and compressed to hell. You can also totally hear the auxiliary players like mandolin and fiddle waiting to play in between each verse line. This specific record was whatever until he got to talking about Dixie. Fuck that so hard.

Ew country

Not a fan, the accordion pisses me off 2 stars Date listened: 03/09/25 Favourite tracks: Home of the Blues (Cash original)

this sounds so much better than other acclaimed country records that I was surprised it has such a low score here. I guess I don’t know much about this genre. I had a lot of fun!

There's a lot of fun to be had here in simple admiration of how dated this album is. I could say the same thing about any number of late 80s-early 90s Country albums. I've grown to really love the personality embedded in the genre at the time. It's interesting, because I used to drive around with grandfather, who listened to a ton of Country, and as a kid, I hated it. Of course now, I look back on this distinct sound with nostalgia, only realizing as an adult how good those times actually were. Do the lyrics hold up? Not particularly, but neither does 90% of mainstream media from decades past. Does that mean they're not worth listening to, or watching, or trying to understand?

Tex-Mex murder ballads for the nihilistic romantic.

Extra point for having a cool name.

If it didn't have any lyrics it'd be at least a 4, but killing an ex for breaking up with him felt unsettling to listen to.

Not sure I needed to listen to this before I died, but I did like it.

The worst aspects of country all concentrated and distilled into one great big barf fest. Murder ballad about shooting his ex as she slept for the offense of leaving him as the title track was the peak puke fest. But "I Sang Dixie," a cover celebrating all that's wrong with confederate pride, was part of the slow decent from that prior pinnacle. The best thing about this album was that it was mercifully only 37 minutes, although it felt much longer. Hokey music, crappy lyrics that drifted from borderline offensive to outright offensive, but generally good recording, except for a few tracks where they put a single acoustic guitar on both sides of the stage which made no sense. He ends with "Hold On To God" after writing a song where he murders an ex for dumping him?!? Without irony? Dear me, if there is a god, I sure hope it's not his.

I can understand the low ratings, but I enjoyed this. It got better and better as it went! I was entertained the whole way through and I got introduced to a new artist. Win win.

Great example of the Bakersfield sound.

I am not averse to a bit of country music but this was a bit too confederate for my liking.

Absolutely horrendous. The affectation in the singing to add the western drawl, singing about heartbreak in a major key, surprise fiddle in pretty much every song. The whole thing grated on me and I couldn’t wait for it to finish. Not sure if this is a milestone album in country and western but please, no more of it.

This was so fine. Nothing too distinctive though - when it started autoplaying stuff after the album finished I probably didn’t notice for a good 15 minutes. Country music like this is never going to be my favourite thing ever but it wasn’t egregiously bad.

This was pretty horrible. Disliked the vocals and lyrics. The music itself might be okay but isn't to my taste - the wrong side of country. Not for the first time, I found myself saying 'finally a decent song' then checking Spotify to see it has moved on to autoplay a different artist. Says it all. 1/10

Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room by Dwight Yoakam is very much 80s country—and for me, that made it a tough listen. At least it only runs 37 minutes. I didn’t enjoy this album at all. The music felt dated, and the lyrics didn’t connect with me in any meaningful way. This was easily a 1/5 listen. Favourite track: None stood out. Least favourite track: Honestly, every track. Album artwork: Nothing special.

Easy and digestible. Great vocals and instrumentals Captures the heart of country and blues

Really enjoyable!

I am not a country fan, I am however a fan of Dwight Yoakam. 'What I don't know' is fantastic. Its too bad country and western music these days is just 80's butt rock cosplaying as cowboys.

3.5

Nope, no thank you.

This type of country music is some of the most boring and unimaginative music I've listened to. It's music that usually plays on american tv shows when a scene is set in a bar full of cowboys. It's not unpleasant to the ear. The playing is good for what it needs to be and Dwight can definitely sing, but listening to this was a chore. I couldn't wait for it to end. A painfully "meh" experience. 2.5/5

Not my cup of tea but not bad

All the handwringing over Yoakam's poser-ness feels downright quaint at this point, in the Year of Our Lord Thirty-Six A.G. (After Garth). Which means we can talk about how this album puts the "western" back in what used to be called country-and-western music; one can picture Dwight as Henry Fonda, threatening Claudia Cardinale to the tune of "What I Don't Know." He's Nick Cave with a twang, which suits the darkly funny, morbid, self-effacing persona he adopts throughout. And the sweet, misguided attempt to reclaim "Dixie" for some non-toxic purpose is offset by the pretty damn convincing White Boy Tejano (tejano gringo?) on "Streets of Bakersfield" and the title track.

not bad, not great

Not really my kinda country.

Well produced and great songwriting for the genre, cohesive, just not my cup of tea in terms of lyrics and tones.

Not really my jam. But I listened to this while in a lonely room in Guatemala, and for this it gets a 3.

'Haunted and tortured by / The rumors about you / Listening in silence / To whispers of truth.' Some cheatin' chick has wound up on his bad side, but instead of merely allowing his jealousy get to him, tho he doesn't exactly monitor his outrage, Yoakam decides to sob some pretty effective poetry: 'I searched til' I found them, / then I cursed at the sight / Of their sleeping shadows / In the cold neon light.' But what makes this such a successful record is that, released in '88 and heard for the first time 2025, it doesn't collapse into a pointless throwback. Instead, the Bakersfield sound, inured by Buck Owens himself, is shown to have more stamina and relevance than I would've guessed. Even the Jesus-dyed conclusion has me cooperating.

Buenas NO Sounds like a drunk guy trying to keep up with a very good guitarist. And a bass player trying desperately to play nothing but the root and fifth.

Middle of the road

There's a reason the room is lonely.

It's funny how everything today pointed in the direction of Country Music. I went to work today (even though it was Sunday), and Spotify's recommendations suggested "Amarillo By Morning." When I got home, a Sunday celebrity dance show had a country music theme. I opened YouTube just before opening the day's album, and the site recommended a Gabriel Iglesias stand-up comedy sketch where he talks about Country Music... Did I slept with Willie Nelson and not remember it? Well, anyway, great Country Music album. Never heard of Dwight Yoakam before, but he's good. I'm too lazy to say more about it. I worked on a Sunday for god sake.

I love country and honky-tonk music but overall this just doesn't hit for me. I like Streets of Bakersfield. that's a good one. otherwise it's a pass from me. not bad just not something I want to listen to again

Pretty sure this is how the Good ol' Boys would sound like.

Honestly perfect for country ambiance

Just not a country fan

- The first couple songs were alright. It was an okay album, I didn't get the whole way through it but the first couple songs were pretty good.

Oh no country music ahhhhhhh

I used to listen to a bit more Dwight when I was little thanks to my parents; compared to the other 80s/90s country singers we listened to, I really didn't like Dwight. Definitely not a kid friendly sound and that distaste has really stuck with me other than a couple of his songs (none of which are on this album). Though listening to this in its entirety and being a bit more removed from old country these days, it brought back a bit of nostalgia and I do seem to appreciate his voice and the style of his music. I don't think I'll go back to this and listen but I am glad I heard it through.

Ok, who hurt Dwight Yoakam? What an album, never thought I'd be into this! So much nice twangy guitar and smooth vocals. You got your fun songs (I Got You), your sad and sweet songs (Home Of The Blues, I Sang Dixie, Floyd County), a ton of songs about cheating, both sad (One More Name and Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room) and funny (What I Don't Know and I Hear You Knockin'). And a random song about Jesus at the end (Hold On To God). Overall, each song is more or less a 3, but I had so much fun listening along, I'll bump the album up to a 4. Best song: Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

Never heard of this artist before, will likely soon forget them.

1 Foot tapping country 2 i really like the singing 3 entertaining 4 didn’t notice a change in song 5 harmonica thing 🔥 6 feels very dated (neutral) 7 the name scared me but I liked the song 8 nothing notable but still fun 9 a good listen! Good story telling 10 like the duet, Spanish balled sound to it 11 fun, it really establishes his style of story telling in an average preacher song, good ending to an album! I like more political country but that’s just my mood rn, I like his story telling in Dixie and overall how his lyrics flow and his voice. Given his established name in the country genre and it seems he’s influenced by a lot of Hispanic sounds. I like the cover too it’s really sick those pants???? Overall enjoyment: 2.5/5 I don’t have much of an affinity to true country and blue grass sounds but despite that the album was an enjoyable listen with a few songs that I genuinely liked! Foot note: this is my first review and I might change the format into sections of grading?

I don’t expect to listen to this again but it’s ok. Very country, not what I expected from the cover or the title. Speaking of, title track is best song.

I listened to half of this album before realizing that it wasn’t a single song. 3/10

Lol. Fuck off.

Multiple songs on the album revolve around the theme of infidelity. At least two of the songs (“Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room” and “What I don’t know”) actually go so far to suggest murder / violence against women for infidelity, which I hated. The guitar instrumentals across the album are really enjoyable. Stand out tracks for me were “I Got You” and “Floyd County”. “I Sang Dixie” seems to promote Confederacy (old times in cotton country) over “the streets in L.A.). “Hold on to God” is quite literally a gospel song. So lyrically nothing aged well on this record - confederacy, violence against women, and holding onto Christ.

Please, no more country, I'm begging you! I know, I understand, I respect the big names on this genre: Dolly Parton, Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson... I mean, I can and will listen to those, they're amazing, almighty talented people! This was just unbearable to me; call it cultural differences, whatever, I couldn't go over the entire album, skipped past the 3rd or 4th track! Who knows, can't remember a thing but the whining, a solid 0 from me (oh, wait, can't give 0!!!)

Un álbum ciertamente extraño que combina elementos del country tradicional con el tex mex. Personalmente me inclino más por los momentos más tradicionales pero esos toques con instrumentos de viento le dan algo de personalidad. No está mal. 3/5

Not generally a fan of country, but I did like this album

Not a fan of this type of country music. Feels like music-by-numbers.

eh

Did everyone forget that country music has roots in murder ballads and gospel music? This is peak 80's country and it's good. -1 point for the confederate nonsense. 4/5

Sturdy late-80s country fare that isn’t too dated. Makes me want a light beer at a small town bar after fishing at the cabin. Not sure if I’ll revisit, but I enjoyed it fine. He has a rich voice, the guitar work is classic and unfussy, and the writing is mostly* pretty good. (*Hearing anyone wax poetic about "Rebel pride” is weird and off-putting to me.)

Is Dwight ok?

Wil dit niet luisteren

Quintessentially country, but somehow feels like the cleaner, less rough version (in production and lyrics). Very middle of the road, depressingly steady and unchangeable drum beat and hardly any depth (in every sense of the word). Almost sounds like those cheap backing tracks you get at a pub karaoke. Could skip tracks and they would sound exactly the same at whatever point it was in the song. Boring, tinny, and terrible backing. Hard to choose a fav track and ironically ended up being the last one. Good riddance.

Boring generic country sound, combined with awful lyrics. Not for me.

If I were a cowboy in the 1800s maybe this would fly. But its just preachy nonsense.

Parece más antiguo que el 88, pero muy guay.

Didn't like this one.

This album entirely fits in the ‘music I imagine people from Tremors’ category. Pretty perfect representation of this kind of country - I’d probably listen again too

Not my genre. Good vibes though

Liked his debut a lot better.

Better than expected but that’s about all. Just not my scene

Basic and I don’t appreciate him benefiting from Mexican music style

2/5

it was not easy to come to this conclusion

Can be rather samey, but it's not terrible country music.

Not a big fan of country music and this doesn’t persuade me otherwise

tío que pesados con el country dios mio que alguien me dé algo de new wave o rock no se.. 😭 como te pusiste esos jeaness?? menuda placentada dios mio 1/5

i liked it. Not a huge country fan, but i liked it. Felt very old school. They would play this when they go jiving.

Sometimes, really only sometimes, I like listening to country music. With this album, too, I thought I could give it a listen. Halfway through the album, the nagging wailing got on my nerves. This is exactly the soundtrack to boring, bourgeois street parties in oppressive heat where I wish I was somewhere else. Fortunately, I don't have to take part in anything like that. 2/5

2 stars. Not much of country enjoyed but it was nice overall.

Nice music

Some nice tracks, but overall not my thiny

I love the music of this kind of album - the instruments are all right up my alley. The lyrics turned me off, though, and I found his voice annoying.

Enjoyed this album, country music isn't usually my jam, but apparently a lot these albums are really my jam, so this was a nice change of pace and well done album.

You shut your mouth when you are talking to me. Classic.

Fine. Kinda generic country.

Pre 1989 country music! Great sound and album

For a man that's compared to Merle Haggard, I think this falls short. He's a good honky tonk player, but not my first choice.

Some great guitar work. A little too twangy for me.

Not too bad actually for newer country.

No wonder that room is lonely with music like this

This was not the vibe I was expecting based on his name and album name. I feel like once you’ve listened to one country album like this you’ve heard them all. Simpsons: No

This was better than I was expecting from the album title. This is better than some of the other country albums that we have had, and it was nice and short.

Schysst country, kanske inte min bag men ... Trea

awkwardly this album made me feel a bit rageful sorry some parts were smiles and pleasant but overall it made me mad

I loved every track on this album. Brilliant singing, brilliant tunes, and brilliant storytelling, regardless of the nature of the story.

80s real country

The Good: We are wished a good night! The Bad: The room is lonely… The Ugly: Realizing Dwight’s real name is Akam… Having lived in Texas in the ‘90s, I am more than familiar with Dwight’s work. Not from a fan standpoint, but more a “you live in a zoo, you’re going to know some animals…” I’m not a big fan of C&W, and this here album, being so similar to ranchera music, as far as I’m concerned, is not my cup of tea. However, I do prefer to listen to this than many other shit albums on this list… so I will shoot down the ally and hope I don’t hit Dwight off of his horse… 3*

56/1001. The story so far: we need more hip-hop and less country.

This is what I picture when I think of classic country, and it was pretty well performed, good songs and also blissfully brief. High 3/Low 4

It’s not bad country by any means, but it honestly just sounds like something you’d hear on any random country station in the late ’80s. There’s nothing particularly unique or memorable that sets it apart, and it doesn’t really offer anything that sticks with you after it’s over.

Pretty approachable modern hockey tonk. Guitar fiddle drums and vocals. Interesting and sad stories. I dig it

Some classic twang. I’m all about it!

the album cover goes so hard

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Very very nice Mr. Yolkem. Amazing to see how this egg of an idea hatched and came to life. I was all scrambled up when it comes to giving this a 3 or a 4, but now that it's OVER it's EASY to settle on a 3. Omelette. Fav song: One More Name

This doesn’t sound true, fatal in a genre where an illusion of authenticity is paramount.

Initially I was mildly impressed, a classic country sound and some amusing couplets. Unfortunately this plummeted into cliche rapidly, killing his cheating girlfriend in various ways, goddam Dixie and (eventually and inevitably) fucking Jesus. Yawn

I don't really have the context to appreciate this album. To me it sounds like good country music but that's all I can get out of it.

Yikes! At least it is short... This has the same production level as a karaoke cover song. Not the worst country I've heard, but I can't stand country. Low 2.

Ok but nothing special

High 3, not a huge country fan but this is nice

Don't know whether yoakam is a voyeur or recently caught his spouse cheating but either way his fascination with the topic throughout the album creeps me out. Bland rather surface level country but without any texture to the music either??? Atleast Morgan wallen manages to add some pizazz to his music. I cant speak on the context behind this album so I have no clue on the impact thr album has had on the industry otherwise seems a rather poor choice for this list.

I really do not like country music. This album wasn't completely unlistenable but pretty boring in my eyes.

An interesting approach to country music.

Apparently I listened to this album 2 days ago and forgot to review. Double checked my listening history, and there it was. I have zero recollection of a note. Felt obligated to listen to again.another 37mins later I’m no better off.

Not for me

Yee-Haw….more like Yee-Naw 😒 Bailed half way through the second song. Country & Western just isn’t for me.

Dwight Yoakam? The actor from Sling Blade? Pleasantly surprised with this one. I always lumped him in with Travis Tritt and Brooks & Dunn and Alan Jackson - all that early 90s country that my grandma loved, but I absolutely hated. This is legit country though. Definitely gonna dig into more of his catalog. Thanks random generator. 4.5 stars.

Pretty generic country album with generic okayish tracks. Didn't care for a second listen.

country. stereotypically so.

I do not really not know much about country music - but I know I do not like this. I think the pacing is too jaunty and the voice lacks character for me. Not bad just not for me.

Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room I’m not totally sure of all the subgenres of Country, despite having a general liking for it as a whole. And I had a general liking for this, on the whole. He has a nice, gentle voice without too much country over enunciation, and I like the relatively stripped back production and instrumentation. Even if it has a little 80s sheen on the sound of the vocals, drums and bass, it has a nice sense of the sparseness of the Memphis Three and some of the 50s country stars. It doesn’t sound particularly rockabilly however, the slide, lap steel and fiddle giving it a more rounded country flavour. I like the slight bluesyness of I Got You with the walking bass and guitar and fiddle, and it continues to roll along pleasantly with One More Name and I like the snare shot drum sound and guitars of What I Don’t Know, a great slightly more uptempo track. I like the accordion on the title track and Streets of Bakersfield as well, another little instrumental texture, and I really like the little descent into the verses on Floyd County Overall, it’s a very pleasant listen that I would come back to. I like his voice and the bluesy, stripped back sound, and that it skips by in an unhurried, mid tempo 30 minutes. Not sure how long it stays in the memory though, so I think that makes it a 3. 🤠🤠🤠 Playlist submission: What I Don’t Know

Dwight Yoakam. How many egg references does one man need in his name? I suspect his middle name is Shelly, just to cover off the third part of the egg. I preferred Steve Earle's Guitar Town which has more of a heartland rock influence mixed in with its country. 'Lonely Room' is more backward looking to classic country, and mixes in a fair share of covers (nearly half in fact), such as the traditional sounding 'Send Me the Pillow'. I'm caught between two and three. I think it's a high two.

liked it more than “Trio”, but country is still isn’t my thing

Just not my kind of music. Really boring uninspiring country. 2/5 Won’t listen again

A country album! I'm not usually a country fan, but I don't dislike country either. Pretty whiny 80s country here I think. Not my favorite. Not loving it. The title track is kind of nice though. Not something I'd choose to listen to though I think. It's very stereotypical country. Maybe there's some "Seinfeld isn't funny" going on here but it's really not that interesting to me.

Helt grei country plate uten at den gir noe fot.

Seems pretty generic country to me, from what I've heard so far on this list. Why do so many country musicians feel the need to slip a bit of domestic violence into their songs about being heartbroken and drunk? As a genre it seems as misogynistic as hip hop.

I’ve heard good Dwight Yoakam. This isn’t it.

Music was fine. Lyrics etc. not my cup of tea.

Shite Hokum.

Lots to loathe with this one even if you like/tolerate this style of country unlike myself. There's the multi-song narrative arc of killing his lover because she cheated on him, the ode to "rebel pride" in I Sang Dixie, and the closing song about how he found religion. Hated so much about this even though the instrumentals weren't necessarily bad. 1 star.

Let me start by saying I do not think this is bad music, its just not for me. His vocals are solid for the genre and there is some solid guitar playing throughout. But I got tired of this pretty quickly and find it hard to really appreciate this rather than imagine it as some generic filler music. Like I think the individual songs can be fun (like Streets of Bakersfield) but its nothing I would ever go out of my way for. For that this earns a 3 in my book.

We are on a country run. Another solid one with few notes. Not something I'm putting on for myself, but still enjoyable enough of a listen.

Pretty much the most generic sounding classic country imaginable

Immediately hating this type of country sound but we still have 36+ minutes left. Worse cover of Home of the Blues. Cash's version is superior to this. God 80's country is the worst combo. And then add in some bible shit and it's pretty rough on the ears. This was probably a 2 until that Christian country song to end it. Terrible.

Crap music performed at an average level Crap

solid

This sound of country is just not my cup of tea. Interesting sounds, however!

Nice, calm background music.

Country calmest me down. Buenas noches is beautiful

2.8

ok overally but i really liked I Sang Dixie

Country, especially modern country pop is shit music devoid of anything but, perhaps, an artistic expression of the obsession with fame and greed that is US culture. So when I saw the genre and date, I was concerned. Fortunately, this is not that. The album was a mix of various old time country sounds with a modern, decidedly non-Nashville, twist. I liked it more than I thought I would, but it still isn't my jam.

I liked this album. Not a country person but it flowed, and was an easy listen

The misogyny and subtle bigotry are of a time and make me feel uncomfortable in the same way I did with 50 Cent's first album, in part because they're also just so good. 3.5/5

Never listened to this album before today. I enjoyed the listen. Not alway a huge fan of the vocals.

Twangy honky-tonk. Sounds fine for what it is.

Pretty good country.

Honky tonk country with great instrumentation. The subject matter in the lyrics are quite trad romance. But damn, there's accordions in the title track. Honky tonk aside, Dwight has a velvety voice. Hold On to God is a great sing-a-long track.

Not for me, but not bad musically

Not something I ever would have listened to, but it was more enjoyable than expected. Even with the dated misogyny.

I liked it. Good mix of modern and old country music. I know there is a lot of negativity about this album. Some of it is because people immediately dismiss all country music, which I find ridiculous. While there are certain genres that I tend not to like as much as others to completely throw away one entirely is ridiculous, especially something as broad as Country music. Is the vast majority of modern county music pumped out my Nashville bad? Yes but honestly I would say the same thing about modern mainstream rock. But look at the past and on the edges in both genres and there is still some great stuff to find. I also see a-lot about the subject matter of this album. I get that half an album of buildup to a man murdering his cheating wife isn't everyone's cup of tea and would be disturbing to some but I see it as a concept album and a character, not Yoakam being the one to do these actions. Also murder ballads are a big thing in country, from it's early days even to more modern acts like Colter Wall. Honestly if there is a song where the subject matter gives me the ick it's "I Sang Dixie" because any mention of the Confederacy is gross, even if that's not the point of the song. Overall while I wouldn't say this is the best country album of all time I overall enjoyed it. 8/10

Loved this Honky Tonk album, great for getting in your feels. I can imagine myself drinking a cold one and belting these songs out in a crowded room.

country da melhor qualidade! absurdo!

Not Hillbilly Deluxe, but it's still Dwight Yoakam.

I don’t think I had ever heard one song on the album. And I’ve listened to country at times. This was not the album for me, but if you like grassroots, twangy country it’s probably 5 stars for you. So I give it a 3 and found the middle ground.

Although I am not typically a big fan of this genre I will gueb credit where credit is due. Almost every song had me wanting to line dance a little bit. His vocals and musical approach to some of these standards seemed fresh and more exciting then the somewhat monotonous sound rockabilly and honky tonk typically have. Highlights include "what I don't know" and "I sang dixie". 3.5🌟

Country schmountry

Ugh country. It wasn't bad, but it's just not my thing.

Love. Pure country voice and vibe.

Boring and forgettable. Maybe a bit catchy.

I typically hate country, so this review is going to be coloured by that. The first track has a nice jangle to it at least though, it isn't as soulless as most of the genre. I don't mind the slide guitar here and there, and the guitar work in general elevates this above your average country rock album though. 3/5

pure country. a bit boring but not that bad. I would say a 2.5/5

Old country

Don’t hate it at all, but don’t care much for it.

Not my thing

During one of the songs Spotify glitched and played the intro to BUSSIT by Joey Valance and Brae over the song and that was the most enjoyable part

Country - ok and like it for a bit but not my thing. Felt very generic

Yikes

While I don’t mind country, this was a little too contemporary sad sack country for me.

I got a deep love of classic country. But this was unique and different, not really my taste. But I enjoyed the world music influence of the Mexican themes. Still in the context of what constitutes "good" country this is poor, kinda stadium country precursor vibes.

Mid country

If I’m listening to songs about murder, much prefer Nick cave. Music was great tho.

Country.

Both a bit uninteresting and weird