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Blame the Vain

by Dwight Yoakam

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2005

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Overall Rating: 2.9133 Blame the Vain is ranked overall as 2.9133 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.0280 Blame the Vain has an avg. critic score of 3.0280 out of 4 stars

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All Music Guide

This is inspired stuff from a rebel who still has plenty to offer. ...more

Entertainment Weekly

For his first self-produced album, Blame the Vain , Dwight Yoakam trots out all his hallmarks — the Buck Owens/Bakersfield beat, the Elvis vocal snarl and sneer, the out-on-the-ledge laments of love gone cold. ...more

Entertainment Weekly

Yoakam trots out all his hallmarks--the Buck Owens/Bakersfield beat, the Elvis vocal snarl and sneer, the out-on-the-ledge laments of love gone cold

PopMatters

Despite 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

PopMatters

Like 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

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Slant Magazine

Two decades into a career that has balanced fully-deserved critical acclaim with a long run of commercial success, Dwight Yoakam has, like so many other veterans of country music pushed aside in favor of newer products, made the transition from...read the complete review at Slant Magazine

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Amazon.com

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....read the complete review at Amazon.com

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Mojo

Not that much has changed...read the complete review at Mojo

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The A.V. Club

Michelle ShockedDon't Ask Don't Tell[Buy It!] (Mighty Sound)Michelle ShockedGot No Strings[Buy It!] (Mighty Sound)Dwight YoakamBlame The Vain[Buy It!] (New West)Michelle ShockedMexican Standoff[Buy It!] (Mighty Sound)Caitlin Cary/Thad...read the complete review at The A.V. Club

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