Dwight Yoakam - Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Greatest Hits from the 90's

Primary Artist
Dwight Yoakam
Album Title
Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Greatest Hits from the 90's
Release Date
May 18, 1999 
Time
49:45 
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Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine
During the '90s, Dwight Yoakam settled into a weird role. No longer a representative of the cutting edge, the way he was in the '80s, he was nevertheless far too restless and young to become an elder statesman. Instead, he followed his own path, which resulted in a series of albums that were (arguably) every bit as rewarding as his '80s efforts. And, like his '80s recordings, his '90s albums stood as cohesive, individual entities that nevertheless boasted several great singles apiece. Which is a roundabout way of saying that Yoakam was as much a singles artist as he was an album artist, and that's why his second compilation, Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Greatest Hits from the '90s, is every bit as entertaining and revelatory as Just Lookin' For A HitRead More