Dwight Yoakam, Blame the Vain - 44m 22s

Tracks & Durations

1. Blame The Vain	3:41
2. Lucky That Way	3:22
3. Intentional Heartache	4:25
4. Does It Show	3:48
5. Three Good Reasons	2:39
6. Just Passin' Time	3:45
7. I'll Pretend	2:21
8. She'll Remember	5:25
9. I Wanna Love Again	2:57
10. When I First Came Here	5:47
11. Watch Out	3:04
12. The Last Heart In Line	2:59

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Review

Dwight Yoakam occupies a singular position in contemporary country. No artist has better balanced mainstream commercial success with artistic, alt-country credibility, while somehow managing to embody both the music's most traditional and its most progressive impulses. Blame the Vain marks a milestone for Yoakam as his first self-produced effort since splitting with producer/guitarist/bandleader Pete Anderson. While the material seems to document the end of a relationship and the hope for romantic renewal, there's a freewheeling playfulness to the arrangements--the bongo-driven, rock & roll urgency of "International Heartache," the faux British accent and synthesizer intro on "She'll Remember," the shifting time signatures of "Watch Out." The tear-in-your-beer balladry of "Lucky That Way" and "Does It Show" should satisfy those who take their honky-tonk straight, no chaser, while the homage paid to timeless Roy Orbison ("Just Passin' Time"), early Johnny Cash ("I'll Pretend") and later Elvis Presley ("When I First Came Here") attests to the range and richness of Yoakam's artistry. He may no longer have the hits like he once did, but he hasn't lost the vision. --Don McLeese

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Blame the Vain

Tracks: 12, Disk length: 44m 37s (+0m 15s)

Blame the Vain

Tracks: 12, Disk length: 1h 6m 15s (+21m 53s)

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