Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars...
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{{Infobox album
| name = Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars...
| type = studio
| artist = Dwight Yoakam
| cover = Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars...jpg|border=yes
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| released = July 29, 2016
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| genre = Bluegrass
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| label = Sugar Hill Records{{cite journal |last1=Krings |first1=Mike |title=Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars ... |journal=Utne |date=Winter 2016 |issue=193 |page=89}}
| producer = Dwight Yoakam, Gary Paczosa, Jon Randall
| prev_title = Second Hand Heart
| prev_year = 2015
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Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars... is the 20th studio album by the American musician Dwight Yoakam, released in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/dwight-yoakam-mn0000791483/biography|title=Dwight Yoakam Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-country/watch-dwight-yoakams-ferocious-gone-on-colbert-187735/|title=Watch Dwight Yoakam's Ferocious 'Gone' on 'Colbert'|first1=Brittney|last1=McKenna|work=Rolling Stone|date=November 17, 2016}} Yoakam considered it his first bluegrass album.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2016/09/15/493781215/first-listen-dwight-yoakam-swimmin-pools-movie-stars|title=Review: Dwight Yoakam, 'Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars...'|first=Jewly|last=Hight|date=September 15, 2016|via=NPR}} Aside from the cover of "Purple Rain", the album is a collection of bluegrass versions of older Yoakam songs.{{cite news |last1=Caramanica |first1=Jon |title=New Chapters From Our Pop Dreams |work=The New York Times |date=18 Sep 2016 |page=AR109}}
The album peaked at No. 62 on the Billboard 200.{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/dwight-yoakam/|title=Dwight Yoakam|website=Billboard}}
Production
The album was produced by Yoakam, Gary Paczosa, and Jon Randall.{{cite news |last1=Thanki |first1=Juli |title=Back to bluegrass |work=The Tennessean |date=3 Aug 2016 |page=A2}} Yoakam and his band recorded their cover of "Purple Rain" on the day that Prince died—Yoakam saw the news on television as he was leaving for the studio.{{cite news |last1=Devlin |first1=Mike |title=Yoakam's rebellious streak burns bright; Country star to play Manitoulin Country Fest in August |work=The Sudbury Star |date=January 28, 2017 |page=C3}}
Critical reception
{{music ratings
|rev1 = AllMusic
|rev1score = {{rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/swimmin-pools-movie-stars-mw0002974546|title=Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars... - Dwight Yoakam | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
|rev3 = The Sydney Morning Herald
}}
The Sydney Morning Herald called Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars... a "slightly urbanised, perfectly played bluegrass album." The Morning Star thought that the rendition of "Guitars, Cadillacs" "doesn’t have the impact of the original or the twang, but it has the sway of the fiddles that play off Yoakam’s reverb-laden voice sweetly."{{cite news |last1=Gordon-Smith |first1=Dean |title=Street Sounds: Yoakam brings twang to Swimmin’ Pools, Movie Stars |work=The Morning Star |date=October 14, 2016 |page=B2}}
The Knoxville News Sentinel praised the "A-list players," but concluded that "in the end, Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars ... feels more like a lovable novelty than a lasting statement."{{cite news |last1=Bledsoe |first1=Wayne |title=Hancock, Tiersen, Yoakam albums worth hearing |work=Knoxville News Sentinel |date=October 16, 2016 |page=D7}} The Seattle Times determined that "what is clear is the care Yoakam and his cohorts took in translating some fairly deep cuts into satisfying bluegrass tunes."{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Owen R. |title=Dwight Yoakam lets his music speak for him |work=The Seattle Times |date=January 12, 2017 |location=Entertainment}}
AllMusic wrote that "while the notion of Yoakam doing a bluegrass cover of 'Purple Rain' might sound like a high concept hipster joke, he wrings loneliness and loss from that tune with a delivery that's moving without becoming histrionic." The Santa Fe New Mexican also praised the cover, writing: "Without a trace of irony he finds the soul of the song and makes it into the perfect hillbilly tribute to the ascended master from Minneapolis."{{cite news |last1=Terrell |first1=Steve |title=Country boys (and girls) can survive |work=The Santa Fe New Mexican |date=November 11, 2016 |location=Terrells Tuneup}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing =
| title1 = What I Don't Know
| length1 = 2:52
| title2 = Free to Go
| length2 = 3:49
| title3 = Sad, Sad Music
| length3 = 3:16
| title4 = These Arms
| length4 = 3:57
| title5 = I Wouldn't Put It Past Me
| length5 = 3:38
| title6 = Listen
| length6 = 4:25
| title7 = Two Doors Down
| length7 = 4:17
| title8 = Guitars, Cadillacs
| length8 = 3:21
| title9 = Home for Sale
| length9 = 3:07
| title10 = Please, Please Baby
| length10 = 2:43
| title11 = Gone (That'll Be Me)
| length11 = 3:28
| title12 = Purple Rain
| length12 = 4:42
}}
References
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Category:Sugar Hill Records albums