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Blame the Vain
by Dwight Yoakam
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Overall Rating:
2.9133
Avg. Critic Score:
3.0280
Blame the Vain Rank 3 Reviews
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Amazon.comWhile the material seems to document the end of a relationship and the hope for romantic renewal, there's a freewheeling playfulness to the arrangements. ...more
PopMattersDespite all the artistic and personal upheaval surrounding it, Blame the Vain doesn't suffer from some kind of transitional crisis -- it's pure, classic Yoakam, and another fine addition to his impressive 20-year catalog. ...more
The Onion (A.V. Club)The slight excursions into new genres don't go very far, and they make some of the straighter music sound rote by comparison, but about the worst that can be said about Blame The Vain is that songs like the jangly country anthem "When I First Came Here" ...more
PopMattersLike fellow country outsiders Steve Earle and Robbie Fulks, Dwight Yoakam doesn't yield to new Nashville's demands of cookie-cutter homogeny, rooting his style in the more traditional soil of Bakersfield, honky-tonk, and '50s rockabilly. ...more
Stylus MagazineDwight Yoakam's been a yeoman performer and a consistently reliable singer and musician for 25 years, inspiring a generation of singer-songwriters, most notably Chris Isaak. That said, the new album does not entertain in the usual ways, and it does ...more
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