Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room

Dwight Yoakam | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: August 2, 1988
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Reprise / Wea
• ASIN: B000002LEY
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #118,516 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of Dwight's early classics, January 17, 2004

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room (Audio CD)

This is an album of mostly sad songs, but they are all excellent. This was recorded at a time when Dwight was at his commercial peak. His more recent albums are just as good but radio stations are interested in other singers these days so hits are harder to come by.

This album yielded three major country hits - I got you, I sang Dixie and the duet with Buck Owens, Streets of Bakersfield, which Buck originally recorded in the mid-seventies. The title track is outstanding, while the other original songs here (One more name, What I don't know, Floyd county and Hold on to God) are all brilliant, as are the covers of Home of the blues (Johnny Cash) and Send me the pillow (Hank Locklin).

I hear you knocking, although a cover of a fifties song, is not the famous one that was an American hit for Gale Storm in the fifties and an international hit for Dave Edmunds in 1971. This is a different song although there are some similarities.

This is one of many great Dwight Yoakam albums.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Early Dwight, July 13, 2003

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T. Thompson (Wales, ME) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room (Audio CD)

This album is worth the effort based on the Buck Owens duet, "Streets of Bakersfield". Dwight singing with his idol is cool stuff.
I have always had an affinity for the sad country boy song, "I Sang Dixie". Dwight's wailing vocals bring this song to it's saddest best.
Dwight Yoakam is a true original!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dwight is a legend!!, December 24, 2005

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Rizzo (Nowhere) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room (Audio CD)

A far departure from today's country, Dwight Yoakam never lets his fans down. He remains true to old country/rockabilly, the sound and musicians who inspired him, like the duet with Buck Owens in "Bakersfield" or the classic Hank Locklin "Send Me The Pillow".

This CD radiates that sound of lonliness, whether it's livin' lovin' and leavin' songs or just plain down and out and broke like "I Got You". Dwight's voice is so original, never can anyone sound like him. The music is toe-tappin that always features great guitar sounds! And, the "I Hear You Knockin'" is a a different song than the popular one known by Dave Edmunds; this is excellent too.

Every song here is a gem; it's that Dwight Yoakam sound!

With the rash of maufactured country singers today...please INTRODUCE SOMEONE to Dwight Yoakam .....Rizzo