Dwight Yoakam - Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90's

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The real question, of course, is whether or not the music is any good. A case in point is Dwight Yoakam, who may be strictly a "country" artist by industry standards, but his intelligence and ever-growing songwriting ability (not to mention his expressive voice) highlight how stylistic delineations fail. Regardless of what section of the music store you find it in, "Last Chance For A Thousand Years" is a showcase for how Yoakam has honed his skills in the past decade and become one of the most consistenly satisfying artists in music today. Whether he's running roughshod over "Suspicious Minds" or writing his own already- sound-like-classics along the lines of "It Only Hurts When I Cry," Dwight's got an infectious knack for what he's doing that doesn't smack of commercial concerns. The fact that he has chart hits is a bonus.

If you still need convincing, just take two songs from this collection and hold them up to close scrutiny. First have a listen to "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere." With some great imagery ("bruises on my memory" for example) and equally memorable guitar electric guitar lines, the song evokes shades of heartache that are familiar to all of us, and does so without being condescending or saccharine. I rest the remainder of my argument on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"; like the Cowboy Junkies' did with the Velvet Underground's "Sweet Jane," Dwight discerns the essence of Queen's song and filters it through his own sensibilities, making the song sound like we always knew it was supposed to.

This collection makes it clear that DY is well on his way to becoming what copywriters like to call a "legend." If the unexpected solo songbook run-through of "dwightyoakamacoustic.net" is any indication, he's also not going to stop taking chances, no matter what his status.

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