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 | Two Doors Down | 3:02 |
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| 3 | My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy | 5:27 |
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| 4 | I Really Got The Feeling | 3:08 |
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| 5 | Joshua Single (2002 Remaster) | 5:01 |
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| 6 | Coat Of Many Colors | 5:02 |
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| 7 | Touch Your Woman | 3:58 |
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| 8 | My Tennessee Mountain Home | 5:04 |
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| 9 | But You Know I Love You | 3:17 |
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| 10 | Single Women | 3:43 |
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| 11 | I Will Always Love You | 2:54 |
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| 12 | Islands In The Stream | 4:09 |
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| 13 | The Bargain Store | 4:01 |
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| 14 | The Seeker (New Edit) | 5:14 |
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| 15 | God Won't Get You | 4:12 |
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| 16 | All I Can Do | 2:23 |
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| 17 | Light Of A Clear Blue Morning | 4:56 |
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| 18 | It's All Wrong, But It's All Right | 5:16 |
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| 19 | Shine | 5:11 |
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Credits »
Ricky Skaggs - Producer
Dolly Parton - Arranger
Dolly Parton - Producer
Dolly Parton - Executive Producer
Mike Post - Producer
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
Barry Gibb - Producer
Albhy Galuten - Producer
Steve Buckingham - Producer
John Conroy - Packaging Manager
Nick DeCaro - Arranger
Nick DeCaro - Conductor
Bob Ferguson - Producer
Fred Foster - Producer
Val Garay - Producer
Gary Klein - Producer
Charles Koppelman - Executive Producer
George Massenburg - Producer
Dean Parks - Producer
Karl Richardson - Producer
Porter Wagoner - Arranger
Porter Wagoner - Producer
Al Quaglieri - Compilation Producer
Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
Vic Anesini - Mastering
Raeanne Rubenstein - Photography
Raeanne Rubenstein - Cover Photo
Les Leverett - Photography
Rob Santos - A&R
Lisa Sparagano - Design
Margie Hunt - Executive Producer
Jennie Carey - Production Assistant
Kristin Barlowe - Photography
Liz Reilly - Photo Research
Jim Parham - Product Manager
David Hill - Photography
Holly George-Warren - Liner Notes
Steve Goldstein - Arranger
Gregg Perry - Associate Producer
Gregg Perry - Producer
Gregg Perry - Arranger
Bill McElhiney - Orchestration
Bill McElhiney - Arranger
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