Dwight Yoakam returns on a new label with his first album proper in three years-the soundtrack to his directorial film debut South Of Heaven, West Of Hell is just that, not an album of songs. And while one might wonder if this is more of the same brand of Bakersfield-styled honky tonk blues from Yoakam and be right, there are two arguments as to why it's a necessary purchase: First and foremost the quality of Yoakam's material is the most consistent in country music the outlaws in the mid-seventies-while kings Haggard and Jones released great records consistently in the 70s and 80s, neither streak was as long as Yoakam's who arguably has never released a shoddy one. This one is no exception. Most importantly are the surprises of which there are plenty. On the opener, "The Late Great Golden...