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8.2

Universal acclaim- based on 5 Ratings

  • Summary: The 16th full-length release for the Grammy-winning country singer was self-produced and features two cover songs.
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  • Record Label: Warner Bros.
  • Genre(s): Country, Contemporary Country, New Traditionalist, Neo-Traditionalist Country
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Dreams of Clay
I'd been building hopes so long Honey, I must have lost sight of what went wrong 'Cause in sorrow's blinding light today Baby, it looks like my... See the rest of the song lyrics
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 10
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 10
  3. Negative: 0 out of 10
  1. Apr 17, 2015
    90
    Thirty years later, it's another landmark, his best record in years. Maybe decades.
  2. Apr 14, 2015
    90
    Second Hand Heart is prime Dwight Yoakam: traditional yet modern, flashy yet modest, a record that feels fresh but also like a forgotten classic.
  3. Apr 14, 2015
    89
    Second Hand Heart is put together like a great live set.... The album also realizes that rare goal of gaining steam and strength as it carries forward.
  4. Apr 14, 2015
    80
    The album is a reckoning with grown-up love, a battle against disillusionment and a big brash stomp..... He’s still pushing, still sure of what makes a song alive and durable.
  5. Apr 14, 2015
    80
    Less overtly than elsewhere, perhaps, Second Hand Heart still demonstrates Yoakam’s peerless ability, album after album, to graft new shoots onto classic forms.
  6. Jun 25, 2015
    78
    Guitars, energy, and emotions are dialed up in a manner that's unique to Yoakam.
  7. Apr 14, 2015
    70
    Second Hand Heart is a whisker less awesome, but in the last month only Earl Sweatshirt’s album could match its acerbic brevity.

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Score distribution:
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  2. Mixed: 0 out of 1
  3. Negative: 0 out of 1
  1. Apr 18, 2015
    9
    This is one of my favorite albums of the year, and I don't consider myself a hard-core country fan, Great straight ahead country rock.This is one of my favorite albums of the year, and I don't consider myself a hard-core country fan, Great straight ahead country rock. Soaring guitars and great riffs. Yoakam is an excellent vocalist and sings with feeling. Expand