Length 41:55 This Time
(1993) Dwight Live
(1995) Release date 23 March 1993 Genre Country music | Label Reprise Artist Dwight Yoakam Producer Pete Anderson | |
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Released March 23, 1993 (1993-03-23) Nominations Academy of Country Music Award for Album of the Year Similar Dwight Yoakam albums, Country music albums | ||
This Time is the fifth studio album by American country music artist Dwight Yoakam. Three of its tracks barely missed the top spot on the Billboard Hot Country Singles charts, each peaking at No. 2: "Ain't That Lonely Yet," "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere," and "Fast as You." Two other tracks also rose into the charts: "Try Not to Look So Pretty" at No. 14 and "Pocket of a Clown" at No. 22. The album itself peaked at No. 4 on the Top Country Albums chart. Yoakam wrote or co-wrote all except for one of the tracks on this album.
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"A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" was featured as the closing credits music for the film Red Rock West, in which Yoakam also made his film acting debut. "Wild Ride" was later covered by Kenny Chesney as a duet with Joe Walsh on Chesney's 2007 album Just Who I Am: Poets & Pirates.
Track listing
- "Pocket of a Clown" (Dwight Yoakam) – 2:55
- "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" (Yoakam) – 4:27
- "Home for Sale" (Yoakam) – 3:35
- "This Time" (Yoakam, Kostas) – 3:58
- "Two Doors Down" (Yoakam, Kostas) – 3:52
- "Ain't That Lonely Yet" (Kostas, James House) – 3:17
- "King of Fools" (Yoakam, Kostas) – 4:05
- "Fast as You" (Yoakam) – 4:45
- "Try Not to Look So Pretty" (Yoakam, Kostas) – 2:52
- "Wild Ride" (Yoakam) – 4:42
- "Lonesome Roads" (Yoakam) – 3:05
Personnel
Strings conducted and arranged by Paul Buckmaster and contracted by Suzy Katayama.
Songs
1Pocket of a Clown2:58
2A Thousand Miles from Nowhere4:30
3Home for Sale3:39