Dwight Yoakam - A Long Way Home
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Free Music Notes for A Long Way Home
Free Music Review: Good Stuff.
Hit: 5 Stars
Why do people try to find God in an album review? This is a great piece of work.Nuff said.Free Music Review: Dwight returns home to find more guitars and cadillacs.
Hit: 4 Stars
"Baby, things change." The warning was given. Dwight Yoakam has been preparing country music programmers for months that his new album would mark a return to his old style. With today's country music on a hell bound train to mediocity, one of it's new-frontier heroes of ten years past has heard enough. Once proclaimed along with Randy Travis and George Strait as the "big three" country artists to carry America's art form to a brighter day, Dwight is the first of the triumvirate to step back to the future with an album that will bring some distinction to the airwaves.
Supported by producer Pete Anderson's best work to date, Dwight delivers a totally satisfying package with conviction of the heart. Dwight knows he's recorded a winner, you can hear the confidence in every take. The new material is so good, it's even able to elevate his old, tired catalogue to a new enjoyment level.
No doubt, the lure of plentiful bounty that can be made in country-western music has produced a generation of far too many sound-alike, sing-alikes. Today, it isn't hard finding lyrics less memorable than an instruction manual on how to clean your Harvester combine.
Enter Dwight Yoakam, a cowboy from rural Los Angeles, with a self-determined passion not to let a good thing die. Just as it was a decade ago, it's not going to be easy convincing country radio that their playlist is "a long way (from) home." Although the new album may bring brief flashbacks to a bygone George Jones era, in a short while you'll be turning up the volume and reveling in the rebirth of country music for the New Millenium.
The music and the vintage Yoakam lyrical phrasing are there for the taking. These are the type of country songs that showcase a driving instrumentation and a revealing of sorrow with an attitude.
Free Music Review: Dwight's best new songs and studio work in years
Hit: 4 Stars
The release of "A Long Way Home" marks Dwight Yoakam's return to greatness after two less-than-impressive studio releases, 1995's "Gone" and 1997's "Under the Covers." Those two disappointments featured only a handful of Yoakam-quality work and barely enough good material for one album release, let alone two. But "A Long Way Home" is a worthy comeback for one of country music's most unique and talented singer/songwriters. Eight of the disc's 13 new cuts are impressive and engaging, equal to the stellar work done earlier in his career. "These Arms," "That's Okay," and "Only Want You More" are instantly likable toe-tapping honky-tonkers. The disc's title track -- a pleasant, upbeat number in its own right -- offers a riveting (though not easily classifiable) sense of urgency, both lyrically and melodically. Such urgency is also evident on "I'll Just Take These," a ballad that is short on words but long on emotion. Yoakam's forte has always been his ability to pack emotional depth into a tune, given the right material, and, at last, the material is with him again. The result is engrossing.Free Music Review: "One of Dwight's Best"
Hit: 4 Stars
Dwight Yoakam is back with a vengeance after a bout with mediocrity in the album "Under the Covers. This album contains 12 original tracks by one of the best and most original writer in country music today. His lyrics are brilliant, yet simplistic. After listening to this album you will find yourself humming many of the songs to yourself. Yoakam's writing and vocals have both matured and it shows in this album. He went back to his roots with this recording, but still manages to not loose his creative edge. I would've given this album 5 stars if it were not for the final cut on the album. The song entitled "Maybe you like it maybe you don't" is an Elvised up version of one of the other cuts on the album "Only want you more. This final track adds absolutely nothing to this project. Other than the last track it is a great album. Dwight's fans will not be disappointed.Free Music Review: Gets better with each listen....
Hit: 4 Stars
Being sort of a Country "purist", I like Dwight best when he sticks to traditional CW sounds, be it "Bakersfield" or in the Merle-type tradition ("Try Not To Look So Pretty", "Heart that You Own", etc.). But there is no denying that part of what makes Yoakam such a talent is his ability to mingle genres that then seem to perfectly suit his writing abilities (which are second-to-none). This CD (like "Gone") is another prime example of this.While not my favorite Yoakam CD, this one still shines with outstanding cuts like "I'll Just Take These" and "Yet To Succeed". If you like Dwight, you'll be safe with this one.