Reviews (page 5 of 8)
I'm sorry this was unlistenable!!! I just struggled to even get through any of it. This aint it for me sorry
If I was to listen to country music it’d be stuff like this. Traditional-sounding, crisply performed and produced. But ultimately I can’t really be bothered with country music. The novelty wears off too quickly for me and then it all just sounds formulaic.
5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background
I don't like country music.
An album about killing your girl when you find out she's cheating, but trust The Lord. Honestly pretty decent.
If I WAS a fan of country this guy would probably be my jam. He's got that old "i lost my wife and truck" sound, but I'm not really a fan of country. Unless your Hank Williams because everyone gets a pass in the Hank Williams family.
They tease you with a great blues riff and then you're stuck with a whiny country album...
This just isn't my style. I can see how someone would think this is good, but I am not that person. I just can only take so much country. Least this was fast. It did what it wanted to do well tho. Liked Songs: "I Got You" , "Home of the Blues" , "I Hear You Knockin' " , "Streets of Bakersfield"
These songs are just too simple and plain. I could be charitable and say it helps show off Dwight’s voice (which is great), but in the end it’s just boring.
I enjoyed the title track to this album a lot but the rest of this album was a bit meh. 2 stars only.
Well. I liked the fiddle and mandolin.
I didn't dislike it as much as I expected from the genre, nonetheless, it is country.
Country has never been my thing but I must be mellowing because this was tolerable.
This genre is a very hard sell for me.
Not my genre.
I remember seeing Yoakam live about 25 years ago. It is good. This album is ok. I don't think it's really special or particularly interesting. Songs I enjoyed: "What I don't know" (music, not lyrics), "Buenas Noches...", "I Sang Dixie", or "Send me the Pillow",... overall, not a great fan (and don't really like the lyrics). It's between 2 and 3 stars for me.
pls no more country i can't take it
Muy country para mi
I don't remember the last album that I felt really introduced me to a new artist that I enjoyed or was a review of an album I felt truly deserved a spot in the Top 1001. This one doesn't change that one bit. I'm not into his sound, it's just another country album with better guitar and less slide than most. Way too much violin. I was bored 3 songs in. What makes this stand out from any other I-lost-my-dog-my-girl-left-me-my-truck-won't-start country album? Dude has like 9 Grammy's so you gotta respect that. I'll give the album props for listener counts, couple song with 19M and 49M respectively and a few more at 1.4M, 1.2M and 4.7M. Someone listens to this drivel. 2 stars, I honestly hate country music but this was slightly better.
Played it through twice nothing registered.
Very generic country. Like pre-stadium style. 3/10
Traditional country. Can’t see how this would even make a 1000 best country music list. Not for me. 2.
Yodelay hee hooooooo. Lo único q se me quedó fue que a este chaval probablemente le pusieron los cuernos.
el country no es lo mío
I'm not too familiar with Mr. Yoakam, but that 80s honkey tonk stirs something in me for some reason. But this one is pretty corny in hindsight, particularly I Sang Dixie. It doesn't seem like the entire Country music scene really moved on from themes like this. His story telling saves the album for me slightly, though there are better country artists in that regard imo. I did enjoy the tejano fusions on Bakersfield and Buenas Noches From A Lonely Heart. Unfortunately as much as I wanted to enjoy it, the themes really just killed me (like Dwight would apparently have done to his partner if they cheated). The more I think about it, the more I don't understand the inclusion of this album on the list. 2/5
Almost gave this a 1 star because 1) it’s country music, and 2) Dude needs therapy. The only reason I’m upping it to a 2 is the incorporation of Mexican styles, especially songs reminding me of Tejano music.
Not listened to much country music until I started this project. Had a few albums since starting and so far they all contain at least one song about killing your wifey after she cheats on you
Sorry, I'm not into that country twang voice.
Not a bad album, but nothing spectacular. Definitely giving my grandma's CD collection. I was already having a bad day and listening to the yeehaw of this album didn't help.
308/1001 Dwight Yoakam - Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room Heard before? ❎ Revisit? ❎ Twingy twangy country album? Yeah... Nah
I was surprised how much this album sounded like Chris Isaak. Overall it was fine.
Suuuper twangy. Not really my scene and also sounds like it’s a good thing for this album that I generally don’t pay super close attention to lyrics. (2)
A bloody ordeal.
S'alright
Te veel rockabilly voor mij
country is ni mn ding
ni slecht, ma ook ni goe ofzo… 2,5
I Got You - 3/5 One More Name - 2/5 What I Don't Know - 2/5 Home of the Blues - 3.5/5 Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses) - 2/5 I Hear You Knockin' - 2/5 I Sang Dixie - 3/5 Streets of Bakersfield - 2/5 Floyd County - 4/5 Send Me the Pillow - 2/5 Hold on to God - 1/5
This is the kind of country I don't like
Musically? Yes. Lyrically, this was such a cliche about country music as to almost be a parody of itself. His voice is nice to listen to, but his little yodel drove me up the freaking wall. Just stop already.
I injured my hand while listening to this album so now I think I should make an entire album about how my hand hates me and cheated on me Also I put full blame on Dwight Yoakam for said injury it's his fault I got hurt 💅💅
Just a name I know, but nothing else. Eh, I guess this is good 80s country, but doesn't sound so different from bad 80s country. I just can't get into it. There is a sameness to it all. 2 Heard before? No Owned: No: 72/291 (24%) Will I get: No
i never heard of this guy before but i sure know the sound. this is some real stereotype yeehaww ass shit. acoustic beats to tell your little dogies to git along to. piss-taking aside, im having a lot of trouble forming an opinion on this besides "yeah thats some country and western music". like i guess musically its fine but whatever it's doing to have earned a place on this list is going totally over my head, assuming there even is a reason beyond "one of the list contributors heard one of the singles on the radio and kinda liked it". the inclusion of "i sang dixie" doesn't do this album any favours either. "rebel pride", huh? and what exactly were the south rebelling against, mr yoakam?? gimme a break..... at least its only 35 minutes long, i guess.
I can't really stomach this nonsense.
Perfectly pleasant instrumentals. I think I would have liked this a whole lot more if his voice wasn’t quite so plain. Likes it’s serviceable but I forgot the vocal performances about as quick as they left my ears. Favorite song was I Hear You Knockin’.
its really not that bad
Very serviceable classic country songs. However it’s killed by the late eighties production. Everything is so gated and compressed, whereas the records that this is modelled on were just instrument to tape with tracks bleeding across and mistakes and so forth. It just makes it all too clean
More than a little creepy, with revenge fantasies and desires for used pillows. The music was standard country to my ears, in other words awful. I was holding out for the track with the most listens, but that wasn't great either. It wasn't quite bad enough for one star, but it's a low two.
Not a country western fan at all and this album held true to that.
Basically yeehaw But quite a bit too bland for me
Great instrumentals, annoying country voice. Real sad boy country this one and it’s okay.
Not into it. There are aspects of this music that I like, e.g. the slide guitar. But I dislike the yodel-like country vocal inflection. And the songs as a whole sound dated. It's a 1988 album but if you told me it was released a few decades earlier I wouldn't be that surprised.
I don’t really mind many of the songs, but the production and performance is just so «nice». There’s no edge to it at all, and the only time I take notice is during the harmonies on the last two tracks. At least it’s a million times better than what goes for country nowadays. 4/10
I know, I know, country is a valid genre of music but god does it make me laugh at how unserious it sounds! I can't imagine someone sitting down and putting headphones on to listen to this unironically or not out of obligation let alone someone deciding to write and record this. I don't mean to be discriminatory (I do) but ALL COUNTRY MUSIC SOUNDS THE SAME and to grossly generalise, all country music is pretty atrocious to my ears.
Putting buenas noches on the whitest album ever made is a wild choice
Nice pants, bro. Not much to this except death threats to women.
honey tonk country with misogyny and elements for the good old south . Interesting use of Mexican flavors and sounds so it’s not a 1
Some of these songs sound like those pre-programmed songs on cheap yamaha keyboards
Covering both types of music: country and western...
After being pleasantly surprised by some country albums on this list, I finally hit one I didn't care for at all. Which is a shame, because I think Dwight Yoakum is a great actor, and he has an outstanding cover of "Suspicious Minds" out there, but I cannot deal with his nasal twang for an entire album. Just a swing and a miss on this one.
Didn’t need this and didn’t finish it. RYM: N Saved a song: N
Unfortunately country music like this leaves me cold. And worse still, it feels like someone scraping their nails down a blackboard. At least it's only 38 minutes long. This album seems to me to be well executed and recorded, it's just that I really dislike the genre.
What can I say?... a pretty monotonous album, good country music.
It was only a matter of time before this thing fed me a country record. I tried to listen with an open mind. Still didn’t like it, but not the worst thing this site had me listen to.
Genuinely shocked that the top rated reviewer criticizes toxic masculinity in country music. Ha ha, what a woke dumbass.
Countryzinho básico com as letras mais ridículas imagináveis. Gosto de um country honky-tonk, nesse estilo clássico, raíz, mas esse disco não conseguiu me agradar. Tudo me pareceu muito superficial, falso, plástico, sem alma e sem juízo. Não me parecia algo verdadeiro e orgânico. Pode ser só impressão minha, mas foi o que senti! Ao menos, é um disco curto, e essa pegada meio chicana é interessante. Não é horrível, direi isso. Ainda assim, não gostei de verdade e não ouviria novamente. 2/5
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
Acceptable
Music is solid but the lyrics and vocals are so cliche they almost feel like parody
2.5
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.
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.
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.
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
Favorite songs: Home of the Blues, Streets of Bakersfield
Not unlistenable, but very one note and uninspired.
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.
Not for me...
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
Maso
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
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
I don’t hate it but it’s kinda bland. Likes: One More Name, Buenos Noches from a Lonely Room
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.
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.
Mhe
Too much twang
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.
Pumpkin spice latte of country albums. Ya basic.
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.
Oh nah
Don’t like the genre
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
Just like EVERY OTHER COUNTRY ALBUM
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.
Inoffensive but boring NEXT
no thank you!
Damn, country is boring.
So Honky. Much Tonky. 4/10
The instrumental AND music is great. However the lyrics aren't.
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
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
hätt was aber isch jetzt ned das woni wür losa
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.
Seems like a good record for country music listeners.
Not into country so a struggle here.
Not for me
Don't have much to say, just wanna be myself.
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
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.
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
Not a country fan
Yikes these lyrics. 2.
Buenas notches from a lonely room parece bué uma versão americana do zé amaro
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
This type of country music really isn't for me.
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.
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
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
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.
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".
Well that's just generic 80s-90s country.
Que deux choses à dire : - Yaaaaahouuuuuu -hiiiiiiiihaaaaaa
Country
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
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.
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.
I don't know what to make of it. It's country. It does what country does
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
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
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.
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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3/10
Honky tonk. Not terrible, but also not that enjoyable. This gets more grating the more you listen.
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!
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.
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.
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.
Affirms my prejudiced ideas that country has never been good, to the chagrin of the "country ain't good these days" types
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)
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.
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
An assault on my ears
With a name like that you can only be a country singer, so I don't blame you, Dwight, I blame your parents.
Good country that somehow feels disingenuous in its heart? I know nothing of him.
Meh.
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.
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
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.
I'll take this over modern day bro country crap like Morgan Wallan, but with some notable exceptions, country is just not my thing.
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.
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...
I dunno I guess if you like it it's fine, not for me Will I listen to again: 0%
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.
Worse than Coldplay
Erkenntnis, dass Country auch nur Schlager ist
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.
I'm thankful this was a short album because the boredom was hard to overcome in parts.
Just an unremarkable country album with a voice that I personally really cannot stand. Just way too nasal. 2/5
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.
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
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)
I am not averse to a bit of country music but this was a bit too confederate for my liking.
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.
Not really my kinda country.
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
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.
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.
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.
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 listened to half of this album before realizing that it wasn’t a single song. 3/10
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.
Not a fan of this type of country music. Feels like music-by-numbers.
eh
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.
Better than expected but that’s about all. Just not my scene
2/5
Not a big fan of country music and this doesn’t persuade me otherwise
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.
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.
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.
No wonder that room is lonely with music like this
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Pretty much the most generic sounding classic country imaginable
ok overally but i really liked I Sang Dixie
Not for me, but not bad musically
Ugh country. It wasn't bad, but it's just not my thing.
Boring and forgettable. Maybe a bit catchy.
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
Country - ok and like it for a bit but not my thing. Felt very generic
Mid country
Both a bit uninteresting and weird
Boring country music.
2.5/5
Not really into this.
NPC country album. Actually good instrumental, but still completely generic. Vocals are annoying and just feel like they are trying way too hard to sound southern American.
Not really my speed, probably wouldn’t re-listen.
I didn't like country as a youth but have grown to respect, nay even quite like some of the more modern stuff. (I admit Shania Twain also changed my outlook a lot too!). But this is the old school twangy honky tonk, shoot my woman tripe that made me dislike it in the first place. The squeaky thing he does with the vocal is annoying and if I'm going to call out the 'rape my hoe' lyrics of gangster rap then I have to call out shooting his girlfriend in the head as she's sleeping just because she shagged his mate. What is the beef Americans seem to have with women? Music for good ol' MAGA boys.
Not a fan of country
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Hmm. Honky tonk, plus 80s. Not a winning combination for me. Strangely I most enjoyed What I Don't Know despite that empty 80s drum sound feeling the most inappropriate here. I see plenty of reviewers have never heard of the tradition of murder ballads in country. I mean obviously it's not cool, but it's hardly shocking. Anyway I just liked the melody. Pretty much everything else here just slipped by unnoticed, it's ok. It's not my thing. He has a nice voice.
I've heard of Dwight Yoakam but never really heard anything by Dwight Yoakam... Country music is a hit or miss genre, this feels more like the stereotypical pure twangy country, all songs about a lonely man, who's woman done him wrong and/or up and left him because of all his drinking and partying at the honkytonk. So he sets about drinking and partying his problems away at the aforementioned honkytonk, but on the way his truck breaks down and his dog up and dies so he decides to maybe do a little murderin' on the side... Therapy wasn't invented yet in 1988 apparently.
It's country. I don't like country. But at least it's not the absolute worst kind of country. 2/5
Oulàlà, ça me casse les burnes, gringolo
Very very country. Old school country. But too country for me.
I've never been a big country music fan, and 80s country usually sounds to me like the most generic, cliched version of the genre. I'm glad Buck Owens got another hit with his duet with Dwight on "Streets of Bakersfield," but this version is almost laughable if listened to back-to-back with Buck's original. Just not much here for me, I'm afraid.
80s country has gotta be one of least favorite eras/genres. This is maybe better than most? At least it’s short.
The top review makes it sound much more interesting than it is
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Oh boy
Yeehaw
hmm hans glosst und isch eich easy gsi. Eigentli hätis scho knapp es 3 verdient, glaubs, aber irgendwie hani au nöd so bock uf es 3 und wett vlt mal wieder e chline usriser nach obe oder abe. Darum de köntry guy Yoakam, au wenni zerst ghofft han das er irgendwelche 1970 japanische Sounde dropt. Naja noope. Also hani mich halt churz id Prärie Gedächnisteleportiert, han es Pferd under mir gha und bin im feinste galopp dur d Ebeni grite. hie und da bar Spöitz uf de bode, hi und da es "Wehaa", hie und da e Kaktus am verbi gah. Hie und da "dos puntos" - mini letste Zwei Bleikugle im mim .45 Kalbier Revolver - für das Album, vlt na chli meh mexican desert vibes und es wür uf es 4i cho. Aber so doch chli too american.
howdy dudes and dudettes ihr sind mir sicher nöd bös weni das gedönse nach 2 tracks han müesse abbräche… & ich glaub ich lehn mich au nöd allzu wiit usm fenster wenn ich behaupte, dass es bi de restliche 9 tracks au nöd allzu vill z'hueste gid & kei bahnbrechendi meisterleistige vollbracht werded drum säg ich buenas noches am 6i und gib dem brunz grosszügigi 2 sternförmigi ufsätz für mini imaginäre cowboy boots
Talented but I was so happy when this was over
I feel like this is a good album for those getting into country music, can’t say it’s an incredible album but it’s enjoyable. One of those “listening in the background while doing something else” type of albums
Uno de esos álbumes que está ya pasado en melodías, letras y entretenimiento. No he podido sacar mucho de aquí que quiera recordar, pese a que no lo considere infumable. Es un disco totalmente mediocre. Canción destacada: Streets of Bakerfield
Better than I expected it to be from how it started out. Pretty colofly country and folksy mix. However, I could have made this album, and that isn’t a compliment. Stand outs: I sang Dixie (heart wrenching) Hold on to God
Dude has an incredible voice. I just don't like this kind of music. I'm sure it's a great example of honky-tonk or whatever this is but I couldn't deal with it. 2.5 stars
We mogen weer country luisteren. Yes, yes, yes. 36 minuten aan Murikaanse smartlappen. Ideale muziek als je moeder terwijl ze zwanger van je was gewoon negen maanden stug heeft doorgezopen. In de derde zin van het album wordt z'n automerk benoemd, al vrij snel gaat het erover dat z'n partner vreemdgaat en twee tracks later gaat ze bij hem weg, wat hij ondanks het vreemdgaan toch nog wel klote vindt, en dan is het eigenlijk wachten op iets van een whisky-referentie. En die blijft voor zover ik ben nagegaan, bizar genoeg, uit. Na track 7 à 8 ben ik qua tekst ook weer even afgehaakt. Is het allemaal om aan te horen? Ja, in principe wel. En toch bekruipt me het gevoel van Bassie en Adriaan op reis door Amerika. Dit niveau werd in de jaren '90 tijdens het lokale Country en Westernweekend ook makkelijk aangetikt door lokale acts. Ik ken de beste man niet en ik ken het genre waarin hij zich begeeft ook niet super goed, maar ik kan me niet voorstellen dat dit de Champions League van de country is. Een schilderen op nummer country tafereeltje. Ik hou het op 2 sterren. Ook al kom je er in principe eenvoudig doorheen.
1.6 The harshest thing I can say about this is that I'd rather relisten to the Sheryl Crow album I just got 3 times over than replay this one again. The kindest thing I can say this is it's somehow not in the worst 10 country albums this list has thrown up.
I’m not a huge traditional country person, but this album gave me pause. At first, it was pleasant with songs like “I Got You,” but then most of the songs, including that one, had darker undertones of jealousy, revenge, hard times, all wrapped up in a lively country bow. But then ended with a random god oriented song that didn’t really match the rest of the tone od the album, which feels like a producer or agent led decision. It certainly held my interest more than most in this genre.
When I say I don't like Country this is what I mean Best Song: Streets of Bakersfield Rating: 4.5/10 2 Stars
Kind of boring.
lowk boooring
Really bland and forgettable. Doesn’t deserve a spot on the list
Not really a country fan... But this is still lightyears ahead of whatever that garbage is they're playing on modern country stations nowadays.
The band is fine, but the songwriting feels hackneyed and reactionary. I mean I couldn't write these songs, but that's only because mediocrity is matter of the heart, and therefore difficult to imitate.
Had a few good moments I guess.
I usually like country but thought this was weak
I'm not massively into country so maybe I'm missing something about why this made the book. It seems pretty standard.. guitars, fiddles, twangy vocals about heartbreak and loneliness. There is some nice guitar playing for sure, but I doubt I'll remember this tomorrow
Somewhere between Johnny Cash’s sincerity and modern pop-country pandering lies Dwight Yoakam.
Guitar is ok. Loves himself too much.
Yee to the haw
Wiejskie przyspiewki, ale milo sie slucha.
This one isn’t for me, there’s a handful of good songs here & I can appreciate some of the more bluesy tones & riffs to it. Streets of Bakersfield is cool, as a Spanish fusion song, very Latin vibe to the accordion there, in concept. One more name starts strong - give me more of the Buster Scruggs singing cowboy type noise. Maybe I’d like this more if I got drunk, watched crazy heart & wrote a country song again.
On one hand I didn't hate it, but it also sounds like a number of other country western albums
Probably a generous 2.
Entirely too much croon for me
Had it only included one song about shooting his cheating woman in the head, this would have been a solid three stars, but no! There's more than one! It's super gross! There's, admittedly, a pretty clear thematic narrative running through the entire first side of the album that actually does justify it somewhat, going from love, to adultery, to paranoia, to abandonment, to murder, but still. Ugh. Total vibe ruiner. Because the vibes are otherwise impeccable! Pure country from an era where that had largely stopped being a thing, hell yeah. Though honestly, the title and overall presentation of the album deserved something sadder and hornier than ol' Dwight is capable of. I loved you in Crank and Crank: High Voltage, sir.