Dwight Yoakam - Blame the Vain
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Dwight Yoakam has never strayed from his deep country roots and that’s a great thing. The songs on Blame the Vain are thoughtful, playful and soulful. Girls getting wild with spray paint, heartbreak, drunken reasoning, Elvis impersonations, and denial are all are bathed in twangy, vibrato soaked, guitars and mournful harmonies. Dwight’s time in the spotlight seems to have past, but listening to this disc he seems not to have noticed or to care. She’ll Remember has an unexpected synth and spoken word opening that morphs into a straight country my-baby-broke-my-heart tune that plays with tempos and styles. When I First Came Here is a gritty, pounding tune that embraces the memory of a good woman and is one of the gems on this collection. There are more good songs here than bad and in a time of such disposable music I will return to this disc for years to come.
Chris Brown
Dwight Yoakam has never strayed from his deep country roots and that’s a great thing. The songs on Blame the Vain are thoughtful, playful and soulful. Girls getting wild with spray paint, heartbreak, drunken reasoning, Elvis impersonations, and denial are all are bathed in twangy, vibrato soaked, guitars and mournful harmonies. Dwight’s time in the spotlight seems to have past, but listening to this disc he seems not to have noticed or to care. She’ll Remember has an unexpected synth and spoken word opening that morphs into a straight country my-baby-broke-my-heart tune that plays with tempos and styles. When I First Came Here is a gritty, pounding tune that embraces the memory of a good woman and is one of the gems on this collection. There are more good songs here than bad and in a time of such disposable music I will return to this disc for years to come.
Chris Brown
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