Hot Dog!
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| Hot Dog! | ||||
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| Released | November 16, 1988[1] | |||
| Studio | Maximus | |||
| Genre | Country, rockabilly | |||
| Length | 26:39 | |||
| Label | Capitol[2] | |||
| Producer | Jim Shaw | |||
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Hot Dog! is an album by the American musician Buck Owens, released in 1988.[3] It was Owens's first studio album since deciding in 1979 to quit the music business.[4] The first single was the title track, which Owens had originally recorded under the name Corky Jones.[5] Owens shot a video for the single.[6]
The album peaked at No. 37 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.[7] Owens supported it with a 1989 North American tour.[8]
Partly recorded in Fresno, the album was produced by Jim Shaw.[9][1] "Under Your Spell Again" is performed as a duet with Dwight Yoakam.[9] Hot Dog! contains covers of "Summertime Blues" and "Memphis".[10] "A-11" is a cover of the Hank Cochran song; "The Key's in the Mailbox" was written by Harlan Howard.[11][12] "Second Fiddle" is a version of Owens's first charting single.[13]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [14] |
| Robert Christgau | B+[15] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [16] |
| Houston Chronicle | [17] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [18] |
| Windsor Star | A[11] |
Robert Christgau admired the "emotion and commitment" of some of the songs.[15] USA Today praised the "group of rejuvenated rockabilly classics like 'Summertime Blues', 'Put a Quarter in the Jukebox' and 'Keys in the Mailbox'."[19] The Houston Chronicle wrote that the album "is not without its charms ... Owens is still in fine voice."[17]
The Advocate concluded that Hot Dog! "sounds a bit tentative, but that might be expected after many years of semi-retirement... He can still write good songs, and that voice is unmistakable."[20] The Kingston Whig-Standard noted that Owens "attacks each song with zest but at the same time stays within the parameters of traditional country music."[21] The Los Angeles Times stated that Owens's "off-center phrasing always keeps his structurally simple songs of heartbreak and loss musically fresh."[22]
AllMusic wrote that "this isn't one of Owens' best albums by a long shot, but it is a fun session."[14]