With utter assurance and several shots of sly humor, Dwight Yoakam moved into his second decade of recording with Gone, his most daring album to date. Displaying a full command of styles as far afield as Al Green-style soul (Nothing), straight-up honky-tonk (Don't Be Sad), Tex-Mex polka (Sorry You Asked?), and classic Nashville Sound balladry (Heart of Stone), Yoakam also reaches the heart of his songs: this isn't a showoff genre-hopping move. It's more like the peak point of his catalog.