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
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Dwight Yoakam chronology
Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc. (1986) Hillbilly Deluxe (1987) Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room (1988)

Hillbilly Deluxe is the second album by country music singer/songwriter Dwight Yoakam.

The second consecutive No. 1 Billboard album by Yoakam, four of its tracks would find their way into the Top 40 of the Hot Country Singles chart in 1987 and 1988, all topping out in the lower half of the Top Ten. Chronologically, they were "Little Sister" at No. 7, "Little Ways" at No. 8, "Please, Please Baby" at No. 6, and "Always Late with Your Kisses" at No. 9.

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 – vocals, guitar
• Pete Anderson– guitar, 6-string bass, background vocals
• Tom Brumley – pedal steel guitar
• Greg Leisz – lap steel guitar
• JD Foster – bass, 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, Mix Assistant
• Michael Dumas: Assistant Producer
• Dusty Wakeman: Engineer, Mixing
• Eddy Schreyer: 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

Preceded by Trio by Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmylou Harris

Top Country Albums number-one album June 6–20, 1987

Succeeded by Always & Forever by Randy Travis