Hillbilly Deluxe (Dwight Yoakam album)
Hillbilly Deluxe | ||||
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Studio album by Dwight Yoakam | ||||
Released | July 7, 1987 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 34:11 | |||
Label | Reprise | |||
Producer | Pete Anderson | |||
Dwight Yoakam chronology | ||||
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Allmusic | [1] |
Hillbilly Deluxe is the second album by country music singer-songwriter, Dwight Yoakam. Released in 1987, it was Yoakam's second consecutive #1 album on the Billboard Country Albums chart. Four tracks were released as singles with each becoming Top 10 hits on the Hot Country Singles chart in 1987 and 1988.
Track listing
- "Little Ways" (Dwight Yoakam) - 3:18
- "Smoke Along the Track" (Alan Rose/Don Helms) - 3:13
- "Johnson's Love" (Dwight Yoakam) - 4:25
- "Please, Please Baby" (Dwight Yoakam) - 3:36
- "Readin', Rightin', Rt. 23" (Dwight Yoakam) - 3:32
- "Always Late with Your Kisses" (Lefty Frizzell/Blackie Crawford) - 2:10
- "1,000 Miles" (Dwight Yoakam) - 4:10
- "Throughout All Time" (Dwight Yoakam) - 3:54
- "Little Sister" (Doc Pomus/Mort Shuman) - 3:01
- "This Drinkin' Will Kill Me" (Dwight Yoakam) - 2:35
Personnel
- Dwight Yoakam - lead vocals, background vocals, guitar
- Pete Anderson - guitar, 6-string bass, background vocals
- Tom Brumley - pedal steel guitar
- Greg Leisz - lap steel guitar
- JD Foster - bass, background vocals
- Jeff Donavan - drums
- Brantley Kearns - fiddle, background vocals
- Skip Edwards - piano
- Herb Pedersen - background vocals
- Dusty Wakeman - background vocals
Production
- Pete Anderson - producer
- Judy Clapp - assistant engineer, mixing assistant
- Michael Dumas - assistant producer
- Dusty Wakeman - engineer, mixer
- Eddy Schreyer - audio mastering
Chart performance
Album
Chart (1987) | Peak position |
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U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 1 |
U.S. Billboard 200 | 55 |
Canadian Albums Chart | 27 |
RIANZ New Zealand Albums Chart | 17 |
Swedish Albums Chart | 33 |
Singles
Year | Single | Chart positions | |||||||
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US Country | CAN Country | NZ | |||||||
1987 | "Little Sister" | 7 | 3 | 35 | |||||
"Little Ways" | 8 | 1 | — | ||||||
"Please, Please Baby" | 6 | 2 | — | ||||||
1988 | "Always Late with Your Kisses" | 9 | 5 | — | |||||
"—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
References
Preceded by Trio by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris |
Top Country Albums number-one album June 6–20, 1987 |
Succeeded by Always & Forever by Randy Travis |
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