Track Listing

1. Honky Tonk Man
2. Guitars, Cadillacs
3. Little Sister
4. Little Ways
5. Please, Please Baby
6. Streets Of Bakersfield - Buck Owens
7. I Sang Dixie
8. Long White Cadillac
9. Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose
10. You're The One
11. Suspicious Minds
12. It Only Hurts When I Cry
13. Ain't That Lonely Yet
14. A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
15. Fast As You
16. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
17. I Want You To Want Me
18. Things Change
19. The Late Great Golden State
20. The Back Of Your Hand

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2785 in Music
• Released on: 2004-07-27
• Number of discs: 1

Amazon.com
Moving to Los Angeles after an unproductive stint in Nashville, Kentucky-born Dwight Yoakam made a name for himself by reviving the more robust honky-tonk traditions of the Bakersfield Sound--a bold contrast with Music City's assembly-line approach. In 1984, his independently released six-song EP, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., added to the buzz and helped land him on Warner Bros./Reprise. Now, twenty years later comes The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam, a superb single-disc distillation of the four-CD box, Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years. With 20 tracks spanning his recording career and sequenced in chronological order, the set rolls along with gusto and verve. While not covering every one of his releases (the Christmas and covers releases are omitted, for example), there are some singles and soundtrack entries that fall nicely into place. --David Greenberger

Customer Reviews

This is the one I listen too when I'm driving.
Oh yeah...and I sing along. This is sophisticated country. This CD will please your senses and awaken your imagination. If you think you don't like country music...listen to this one and you'll think again.

All his best stuff
Not that much into C&W despite living in Texas for over 30 years. To me, most of these acts all sound (and look) the same. Dwight Yoakam really is different. Good songwriter, unique style and takes his que from performers like Buck Owens who paved the way for him. Lots of good cuts on here: "a Thousand Miles from Nowhere", a great cover of Elvis' "Suspicious Minds" Well worth the money.

Not bad...
This is full of MOST of his greatest hits and some good ones I have never heard before... I listen to it constantly, and now my kids love it as well. The only criticism is that there are a few songs missing... Pocket of a Clown, Claudette, Always Late with your kisses.... where are these songs???? I thought this was a greatest hits CD?