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Country
Release Date: 07/27/2004
Take a look at the title of
Rhino's 2004
Dwight Yoakam collection -- this is
The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam, not
The Greatest Hits, which means that there are several hit singles missing. Actually, there are a grand total of 20 charting singles missing, the exact length of
The Very Best Of and certainly more than can be winnowed down to a single-disc overview of his biggest hits. Inevitably, cuts had to be made, and the decision was made to span his entire career, coming at the expense at some of his earlier, bigger hits, which means this may not appeal as much to listeners who are familiar with
Dwight from the time he had a steady string of singles in the
country Top Ten. Instead, this collection skews toward a crossover audience -- or, to be frank,
rock guys who like
Yoakam. In that regard, it's a success, giving a good idea of the range of his music, offering his biggest hits, along with popular countrified covers of
"Suspicious Minds," "Crazy Little Thing Called Love," and
"I Want You to Want Me." It could be argued convincingly that
Just Lookin' for a Hit gives a better picture of
Yoakam the hitmaker, but this is nevertheless a better portrait of his full career, and a better indication of what he wound up being: every alt-rocker's favorite
neo-traditional country singer.
~Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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