The Essential Dolly Parton
There have been many, many Dolly Parton compilations over the years, but RCA Legacy s 2005 set The Essential Dolly Parton is one of the handful that gets it right. Spanning two discs and 37 tracks, this set covers her entire career, from her 1967 debut, Hello, I'm Dolly to her 2001 bluegrass comeback album, Little Sparrow but the bulk of this set concentrates on her hitmaking years for RCA in the '70s and '80s. Since Dolly had so many hits, not all of them can be included even on a double-disc collection, but this does a tremendous job of picking the biggest and the best of them. Roughly, the first disc covers her first decade of recording, including a healthy dose of her inventive country-folk material from the early '70s, while the second disc covers her slicker crossover hits from the '80s. Dividing her material in this fashion makes each disc consistent within itself, and helps make this a more listenable set than such similar career-spanning collections as 1993's The RCA Years While Raven s excellent Mission Chapel Memories: 1971-1975 documents her most creative period more effectively, this tells the story of her entire career, and it's the best of its kind of compilation yet assembled. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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The Essential Dolly Parton
- UPC:
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RLG/Legacy
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9/5/2005
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0
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1
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Music
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Preview
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| 1 | Here You Come Again | 2:57 |
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| 2 | Just Because I'm A Woman | 3:04 |
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| 3 | My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy | 3:27 |
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| 4 | Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) | 3:09 |
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| 5 | Joshua | 3:01 |
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| 6 | Starting Over Again | 3:56 |
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| 7 | Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You | 3:25 |
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| 8 | 9 To 5 | 2:58 |
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| 9 | Jolene | 2:38 |
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| 10 | Please Don't Stop Loving Me | 2:48 |
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| 11 | Heartbreak Express | 3:13 |
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| 12 | Love Is Like A Butterfly | 2:20 |
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| 13 | Save The Last Dance For Me | 3:49 |
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| 14 | Tennessee Homesick Blues | 3:20 |
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| 15 | God Won't Get You | 4:12 |
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| 16 | To Know Him Is To Love Him | 3:49 |
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| 17 | Light Of A Clear Blue Morning | 7:36 |
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| 18 | Rockin' Years | 3:25 |
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| 19 | Shine | 5:11 |
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Credits »
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
Albhy Galuten - Producer
Karl Richardson - Producer
Al Quaglieri - Compilation Producer
Holly George-Warren - Liner Notes
Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
Vic Anesini - Mastering
Rob Santos - A&R
Les Leverett - Photography
Raeanne Rubenstein - Cover Photo
Raeanne Rubenstein - Photography
Porter Wagoner - Producer
Porter Wagoner - Arranger
Gregg Perry - Associate Producer
Gregg Perry - Producer
Gregg Perry - Arranger
Dean Parks - Producer
Charles Koppelman - Executive Producer
Gary Klein - Producer
Steve Goldstein - Arranger
Fred Foster - Producer
Bob Ferguson - Producer
Nick DeCaro - Conductor
Nick DeCaro - Arranger
Steve Buckingham - Producer
Barry Gibb - Producer
Mike Post - Producer
Ricky Skaggs - Producer
Lisa Sparagano - Design
Margie Hunt - Executive Producer
Kristin Barlowe - Photography
David Hill - Photography
Liz Reilly - Photo Research
Bill McElhiney - Orchestration
Bill McElhiney - Arranger
George Massenburg - Producer
Val Garay - Producer
John Conroy - Packaging Manager
Jennie Carey - Production Assistant
Jim Parham - Product Manager
Dolly Parton - Executive Producer
Dolly Parton - Producer
Dolly Parton - Arranger
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