Top 5/Bottom 5: Dwight Yoakam

[Ten Pound Hammer]

TOP
1. Fast as You
2. Suspicious Minds (anyone who can improve on what is already my favorite Elvis song is all right in my book)
3. Sorry You Asked?
4. You're the One (one of the only country songs I can play on the mandolin!)
5. Nothing
6. The Back of Your Hand
7. A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
8. Ain't That Lonely Yet
9. Long White Cadillac
10. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
11. Honky Tonk Man
12. Pocket of a Clown
13. Blame the Vain
14. Intentional Heartache
15. Streets of Bakersfield
16. The Late Great Golden State
17. Guitars, Cadillacs
18. Try Not to Look So Pretty
19. Things Change
20. It Only Hurts Me When I Cry

BOTTOM
1. Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose
2. Always Late with Your Kisses

[Deleted]

Holy crap a 80s/90s act I'm familiar with

TOP:
1. Nothing
2. Fast As You
3. Guitar, Cadillacs
4. Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)
5. A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
6. Ain't That Lonely Yet
7. The Streets Of Bakersfield (w/Buck Owens)
8. Honkytonk Man
9. It Only Hurts When I Cry
10. I Sang Dixie
11. Pocket Of a Clown
12. Suspicious Minds
13. Intentional Heartache
14. Nothings Changed Here
15. It Won't Hurt
16. Always Late With Your Kisses
17. Sorry, You Asked?
18. Things Change
19. The Late Great Golden State
20. You're The One

Bottom:
1. Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose
2. Little Ways (snoozer)
3. Long White Cadillac (a great song for sure but I can't tell a damn word he is singing in the verses)

[kw9461]

Top
1. Things Change
2. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
3. Guitars, Cadillacs
4. Back Of Your Hand
5. Ain't That Lonely Yet
6. Honky Tonk Man
7. Fast As You
8. Streets Of Bakersfield
9. The Heart That You Own
10. A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
11. The Late Great Golden State
12. Blame The Vain

Bottom
1. It Only Hurts When I Cry
2. Nothing
3. Try Not To Look So Pretty
4. Little Sister
5. Pocket Of A Clown

[sabre14]

Top:
1. Fast As You
2. Guitars, Cadillacs
3. You're The One
4. I Sang Dixie
5. Ain't That Lonely Yet
6. Intentional Heartache
7. Suspicious Minds
8. The Late Great Golden State
9. Little Sister
10. A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
11. Blame The Vain
12. Send A Message To My Heart (w/Patty Loveless)
13. It Only Hurts Me When I Cry
14. Nothing's Changed Here
15. Pocket Of A Clown
16. Please, Please Baby
17. Streets Of Bakersfield (w/Buck Owens)
18. What Do You Know About Love
19. Nothing
20. Claudette 

Bottom:
1. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
2. Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose
3. Honky Tonk Man
4. Try Not To Look So Pretty

Can't find a fifth.

Also, I forgot how interesting some of his videos were.

[someguy]

Top:

1. Ain't That Lonely Yet
2. A Thousand Miles From Nowhere
3. Suspicious Minds
4. Fast As You
5. You're The One
6. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
7. Things Change
8. Baby Don't Go
9. Claudette
10. What Do You Know About Love
11. Gone (That'll Be Me)
12. Nothing
13. You're The One
14. Guitars, Cadillacs
15. The Back Of Your Hand


Bottom:

1. Pocket Of A Clown
2. Honky Tonk Man
3. Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose

[Kanenrá:ke]

This is way too hard to do as I grew up with his music and I love basically all of it.

I know my favourite single of his is "I Sang Dixie" and my least favourite is...maybe "What Do You Know About Love" but that's probably just because I never really listened to that one much. and I still like it well enough.

Honestly I don't think I can rank Dwight's songs because of my familiarity of 90% of them (including album tracks). His sound was always consistent but I always felt each album had such a strong feel to them that I can't rank one over the other.

Same goes for his albums honestly. They're all great and are really hard to rank but I'll do them since it's a tad easier than singles.

01. Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room
02. Gone
03. This Time
04. Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.
05. A Long Way Home
06. Blame The Vain
07. Hillbilly Deluxe
08. 3 Pears
09. Tomorrow's Sounds Today
10. Population Me
11. If There Was A Way
12. Dwight Sings Buck

[gonecountry]

I should know more of his stuff. Great voice, great music, not a bad actor either..

1. Fast as You (great, great tune)
2. Suspicious Minds
3. Crazy Little Thing Called Love
4. A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
5. Guitars, Cadillacs
6. A Heart Like Mine

[zebra71]

1. Streets of Bakersfield
2. Honky Tonk Man
3. I Sang Dixie
4. Guitars, Cadillacs
5. Ain't That Lonely Yet
6. A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
7. Fast as You
8. Little Sister
9. Little Ways 10. l

[tim]

It wasn't until Dwight released his live album in the mid 90's that I really became a fan, and to this day Dwight Live remains one of my all time favorite country albums that I still go back and listen to. Therefore, most of my list includes song from his mid to late span of his career versus the beginning. While I've always appreciated his earlier work such as "Streets of Bakersfield" and "Guitars, Cadillacs" I have just really heard those songs so much that I usually skip them.

1. A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
2. Suspicious Minds
3. Honky Tonk Man
4. Fast As You
5. The Back of Your Hand
6. Ain't That Lonely Yet
7. You're the One
8. It Only Hurts When I Cry
9. Things Change
10. Little Sister
11. The Late Great Golden State
12. Claudette
13. Long White Cadillac
14. Nothing
15. The Heart That You Own

Favorite Album Tracks:
This Time - "Two Doors Down," "This Time"

Gone - "Near You," "Never Hold You," "One More Night"

Under The Covers - "Here Comes The Night"

A Long Way Home - "Listen"

Horse Whisperer Soundtrack - "Cattle Call"

the entire South Of Heaven, West of Hell soundtrack album is just amazing and full of some good album tracks

Population Me - "Fair To Midland," "Population Me," "Stayin' Up Late," "I'd Avoid Me To"

Come On Christmas - "Run, Run, Rudolph," "Come On Christmas"

[bjer127]

I've stated on here before, I grew up with alot of Dwight. My dad was/still is big into Bakersfield sound stuff (Merle, Buck, Dwight). Ive seen him in concert twice, and he's incredible live.

TOP
Entire first album Guitars, Cadillacs etc etc. One of the most important albums of late-80's revival
Please, Please Baby
Johnson's Love
Streets of Bakersfield
I Sang Dixie (sang along drunkenly so many times at house parties in High school LOL)
Sin City
Long White Cadillac
You're The One
The Heart That You Own
It Only Hurts When I Cry
Entire THIS TIME album, great album from front to back

Bottom
Blame The Vain era
Gone era

[Andy]

Dwight is one of the most consistently great artists around, but I'm embarrassed to say I only started listening to his music seriously within the past couple of years. I've heard almost all of his albums at one time or another, but haven't listened to most of them enough times to memorize individual track titles and such, so I feel a bit under-familiar with his discography. That being said, here's my best attempt:

TOP
Fast as You
Suspicious Minds
Thinking About Leaving
Ain't that Lonely Let
The Back of Your Hand
Little Sister
Honky Tonk Man
Close Up the Honky Tonks
Blame the Vain

Some of my favorite album cuts I'm familiar with:
Johnson's Love
Population Me
1000 Miles
This Drinkin' Will Kill Me
When I First Came Here
It's Never Alright

[echocountry]

Top:
Trying
A Thousand Miles from Nowhere
Try Not to Look So Pretty
Fast as You
Ain't That Lonely Yet
Suspicious Minds
Little Sister
Things Change
What Do You Know About Love
Blame the Vain
The Back of your Hand
You're the One

Bottom:
Turn it On, Turn it Up, Turn Me Loose
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (too busy)
Crazy Little Thing Called Love
Pocket of a Clown

[ryanroberts]

Don't really have a bottom 5 to tell the truth, but I do have a top 5.

1. Two Doors Down - Best Depressing Song Ever! Has it all
2. A Thousand Miles From Nowhere- Love the imagery in this one.
3. Suspicious Minds
4. Long White Cadillac
5. Buenas Nochas From A Lonely Room

[thy4568]

Top:

1. Pocket of a Clown
2. Ain't That Lonely Yet
3. The Late Great Golden State
4. The Distance Between Me and You
5. A 1000 Miles from Nowhere

Bottom:

1. V's of the Birds
2. Trying
3. Blame the Vain
4. Gone
5. Claudette