Hillbilly Deluxe (Dwight Yoakam album)

Hillbilly Deluxe
Studio album by Dwight Yoakam
Released	July 7, 1987
Genre	Country
Length	34:11
Label	Reprise
Producer	Pete Anderson
Dwight Yoakam chronology
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (1986) Hillbilly Deluxe (1987) Buenas Noches from a Lonely Room (1988)

Professional ratings
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Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Hillbilly Deluxe is the second studio 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

1. "Little Ways" (Dwight Yoakam) - 3:18
2. "Smoke Along the Track" (Alan Rose, Don Helms) - 3:13
3. "Johnson's Love" (Dwight Yoakam) - 4:25
4. "Please, Please Baby" (Dwight Yoakam) - 3:36
5. "Readin', Rightin', Rt. 23" (Dwight Yoakam) - 3:32
6. "Always Late with Your Kisses" (Lefty Frizzell, Blackie Crawford) - 2:10
7. "1,000 Miles" (Dwight Yoakam) - 4:10
8. "Throughout All Time" (Dwight Yoakam) - 3:54
9. "Little Sister" (Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman) - 3:01
10. "This Drinkin' Will Kill Me" (Dwight Yoakam) - 2:35

Personnel

• Dwight Yoakam - lead vocals, background vocals, acoustic guitar
• Pete Anderson - electric guitar, 6-string bass guitar, background vocals
• Tom Brumley - pedal steel guitar, background vocals
• Greg Leisz - lap steel guitar
• JD Foster - bass guitar, 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
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
		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

1. Allmusic review