Dwight Yoakam albums discography

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Dwight Yoakam discography
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Dwight Yoakam at San Diego County Fair
Studio albums17
Live albums2
Compilation albums9

Dwight Yoakam is an American country music singer-songwriter. Since his debut in 1984, Yoakam has released 17 studio albums. His debut album, Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. , was certified double-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America, while This Time is certified triple-platinum by the same organization. Yoakam achieved the greatest success of his career in the 1980s and 1990s, however, in the 2000s, he left Reprise Records/Warner Bros. Nashville for an independent record label Audium/Koch Records in 2003 and released Population Me . In 2005, he released Blame the Vain on New West Records. The album was a commercial success on the charts, however, no singles that were released cracked the Top 40 of the Hot Country Songs chart.

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In addition to releasing his studio albums, Yoakam has also released numerous compilation albums on various record labels, with a vast majority of them reaching success on the charts. His 1989 album Just Lookin' for a Hit is his best-selling compilation album.

Studio albums

1980s

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
CAN Country
[3]
CAN
[4]
AUS [5] NZ
[6]
SWE
[7]
UK
[8]
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. [A] 16189
Hillbilly Deluxe
  • Release date: July 7, 1987
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
1552755173351
Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room
  • Release date: August 2, 1988
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
1681747373787
  • US: Platinum [9]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

1990s

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions Certifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
CAN Country
[3]
CAN
[4]
AUS
[12]
If There Was a Way
  • Release date: October 30, 1990
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
796
This Time
  • Release date: March 23, 1993
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
425119
  • CAN: 2× Platinum [13]
  • US: 3× Platinum [9]
Gone
  • Release date: October 31, 1995
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
53054217
Under the Covers
  • Release date: July 15, 1997
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
892874
Come On Christmas
  • Release date: August 26, 1997
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
32
A Long Way Home
  • Release date: June 9, 1998
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
11601267
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2000s

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
US Indie
[14]
SWE
[7]
Tomorrow's Sounds Today [B]
  • Release date: October 31, 2000
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
768
South of Heaven, West of Hell 59
Population Me 8753
Blame the Vain 854347
Dwight Sings Buck
  • Release date: October 23, 2007
  • Label: New West Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
1142111
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

2010s

TitleDetailsPeak chart positions
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
AUS
[12]
3 Pears
  • Release date: September 18, 2012
  • Label: Warner Bros. Nashville
  • Formats: CD, LP, music download
318
Second Hand Heart
  • Release date: April 14, 2015
  • Label: Warner Bros. Nashville
  • Formats: CD, LP, music download
21846
Swimmin' Pools, Movie Stars... [15] 662
"—" denotes releases that did not chart

Compilation albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
CAN Country
[3]
CAN
[4]
NOR
[16]
Just Lookin' for a Hit
  • Release date: September 20, 1989
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette, LP
36864
  • US: Platinum [9]
This Is Dwight Yoakam
  • Release date: 1990
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
La Croix D'Amour
  • Release date: September 28, 1992
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
Last Chance for a Thousand Years:
Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90's
  • Release date: May 18, 1999
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
10805
Reprise Please Baby: The Warner Bros. Years
  • Release date: November 19, 2002
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: 4-CD Box set
In Others' Words
  • Released: September 23, 2003
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
59
Dwight's Used Records
  • Release date: June 29, 2004
  • Label: Koch-Audium Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
5743
The Very Best of Dwight Yoakam
  • Release date: July 27, 2004
  • Label: Rhino Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
108714
  • US: Platinum [9]
The Platinum Collection
  • Release date: 2006 (UK and Australia)
  • Label: Warner Platinum
  • Formats: CD
21st Century Hits: Best of 2000–2012
  • Release date: October 1, 2013
  • Label: New West Records
  • Formats: CD, music download
59
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country

Live albums

TitleDetailsPeak chart positionsCertifications
(sales threshold)
US Country
[1]
US
[2]
CAN Country
[3]
Dwight Live
  • Release date: May 23, 1995
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
8564
dwightyoakamacoustic.net
  • Release date: May 30, 2000
  • Label: Reprise Records
  • Formats: CD, cassette
241956
Live from Austin, TX
  • Release date: November 1, 2005
  • Label: New West Records
  • Formats: CD, LP

Extended plays

TitleDetails
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.
  • Release date: 1984
  • Label: Oak
  • Formats: LP, cassette
Bring Home the Holidays
  • Release date: November 2003
  • Label: Koch-Audium Records/Mervyn's
  • Formats: CD

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