Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90's
Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90's [sic] is the second greatest hits compilation album released by American country music singer Dwight Yoakam. It includes 11 of his hit singles from the 1990s, as well as three new recordings. These new songs are a cover of Queen's "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", as well as an adapted rendition of Rodney Crowell's "Thinking About Leaving" and "I'll Go Back to Her", originally by Waylon Jennings. “Crazy Little Thing Called Love,” which hit #12 on the country singles chart and rose to #64 on Billboard’s Hot 100, was Yoakam's biggest hit single since 1993's "Fast as You." Last Chance for a Thousand Years has been certified gold by the RIAA.
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| Released | May 18, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1990–1999 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 49:41 | |||
| Label | Reprise | |||
| Producer | Pete Anderson | |||
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| Singles from Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90s | ||||
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Track listing
- "Turn It On, Turn It Up, Turn Me Loose" (Kostas, Wayland Patton) – 3:24
- "You're the One" (Dwight Yoakam) – 4:01
- "It Only Hurts When I Cry" (Yoakam, Roger Miller) – 2:35
- "The Heart That You Own" (Yoakam) – 3:11
- "Suspicious Minds" (Mark James) – 3:53
- "Thinking About Leaving" (Yoakam, Rodney Crowell) – 3:56
- "A Thousand Miles from Nowhere" (Yoakam) – 4:29
- "Ain't That Lonely Yet" (Yoakam, James House) – 3:21
- "Fast as You" (Yoakam) – 4:47
- "Pocket of a Clown" (Yoakam) – 2:57
- "Sorry You Asked?" (Yoakam) – 3:25
- "Nothing" (Yoakam, Kostas) – 3:53
- "I'll Go Back to Her" (Waylon Jennings) – 3:32
- "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Freddie Mercury) – 2:21
Personnel
- Beth Anderson – background vocals
- Maxi Anderson – background vocals
- Pete Anderson – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, hand claps
- Tom Brumley – steel guitar, lap steel guitar
- Lenny Castro – percussion
- Jim Christie – drums
- Jonathan Clark – background vocals
- Chuck Domanico – upright bass
- Jeff Donavan – drums
- Skip Edwards – accordion, keyboards, organ, piano
- Tommy Funderburk – background vocals
- Jim Haas – background vocals
- Scott Humphrey – drum programming
- Carl Jackson – background vocals
- Scott Joss – fiddle, mandolin
- Jim Lauderdale – background vocals
- Roger Miller – background vocals
- Gary Morse – steel guitar
- Tim O'Brien – mandolin, background vocals
- Dean Parks – acoustic guitar
- Taras Prodaniuk – six-string bass guitar, bass guitar
- Amy Ray – background vocals
- Don Reed – fiddle
- Emily Saliers – background vocals
- Greg Smith – baritone saxophone
- Lee Thornburg – trombone, trumpet
- Carmen Twilley – background vocals
- Dusty Wakeman – six-string bass guitar, hand claps
- Gary White – hand claps
- Dwight Yoakam – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, hand claps, lead vocals, background vocals
Chart performance
Album
| Chart (1999) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums | 10 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 80 |
| Canadian RPM Country Albums | 5 |
Singles
| Year | Single | Chart positions | |||||||
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| US Country | US | CAN Country | CAN AC | ||||||
| 1999 | "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" | 12 | 64 | 1 | 19 | ||||
| "Thinking About Leaving" | 54 | — | 59 | — | |||||
| "—" denotes releases that did not chart | |||||||||
References
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