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| | The Essential Dolly Parton | | | Music Artist : | | Dolly Parton | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | RCA | | Release Date : | | 2005-06-28 | | Discs : | | 2 | | Store Price : | | $15.93 | | Artistopia's Price: $15.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Dumb Blonde
2. Just Because I'm a Woman
3. My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy
4. Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)
5. Joshua
6. Coat of Many Colors
7. Touch Your Woman
8. My Tennessee Mountain Home
9. Jolene
10. Please Don't Stop Loving Me - Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner
11. I Will Always Love You
12. Love Is Like a Butterfly
13. Bargain Store
14. Seeker
15. We Used To
16. All I Can Do
17. Light of a Clear Blue Morning
18. It's All Wrong, But It's All Right
Disc 21. Here You Come Again
2. Two Doors Down
3. Heartbreaker
4. I Really Got the Feeling
5. You're the Only One
6. Starting Over Again
7. Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You
8. 9 to 5 [From 9 to 5]
9. But You Know I Love You
10. Single Women
11. Heartbreak Express
12. Islands in the Stream - Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers
13. Save the Last Dance for Me
14. Tennessee Homesick Blues [From Rhinestone]
15. God Won't Get You [From Rhinestone]
16. To Know Him Is to Love Him - Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt
17. Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That
18. Rockin' Years - Dolly Parton, , Ricky Van Shelton
19. Shine
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 A good retrospective, but the Columbia years are underrepresented
Submitted on: 2008-07-06 |
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In the mid-90s, RCA finally began treating the back catalogs of its legendary artist with respect, with their Essential series, which included two volumes focusing on Dolly Parton's work during her 19-year stint with the label.
This new two-disc Essential collection from Sony BMG replaces the earlier RCA volumes. When RCA's parent company BMG merged with Sony, and the bulk of Dolly's catalog was controlled by one company, many fans, myself included, were excited at the prospect of finally getting an anthology that included hits from her Monument days through her 1987-1995 association with Columbia Records. It was inevitable that the RCA material would dominate, given Parton's long association with that label (1967-1986); however it is disappointing that her Columbia work remains under-anthologized. Only two of her Columbia hits - 1989's "Why'd You Come In Here Looking Like That" and her 1991 duet with Ricky Van Shelton, "Rockin' Years" are represented here. At the very least, "Yellow Roses", "He's Alive", "Eagle When She Flies", and "Silver And Gold", deserved inclusion in this collection. Instead, we get a single track from the Trio albums -- "To Know Him Is To Love Him" with Emmylou Harris on lead vocals, and a duet with Porter Wagoner, "Please Don't Stop Loving Me", which, though excellent, probably should have been excluded in favor of some of Dolly's solo work.
On the bright side, this collection does include a pair of brilliant early tracks that failed to catch on commercially at the time. It's nice to see that "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy" and "Dumb Blonde", her first (modest) hit for Monument Records, each earned a slot here. I'd have preferred more selections from these early years, instead of some of the later crossover hits which are widely available on other collections, but at least this was a step in the right direction.
The remaining tracks on this collection, are by and large, a rehash of the earlier RCA Essential volumes. It's impossible to do justice to such a long and successful career as Dolly Parton's with a two-disc set. It's also impossible to please everyone - I'd have made some different choices if I were the one compiling this collection - but overall, it is a good introduction to Dolly's work and the best retrospective of her career currently available, despite its shortcomings.
Diehard Parton fans might consider purchasing "The Tour Collection", a 4 CD boxed set recently released by Sony BMG in the UK that contains a handful of Dolly's hits, along with a generous sampling of rare tracks, several of which are making their first appearance on CD. There is some duplication with the Essential discs, but the two collections combined will provide a comprehensive look at this amazing singer-songwriter's entire career.
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 Let Your Fingers do the Walking
Submitted on: 2007-12-28 |
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 The Essential Dolly Parton
Submitted on: 2007-04-06 |
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| Pleased with the purchase. It was what I was looking for, arrived on time and in good shape. It was cheaper than if I had purchased it at a local store. |
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THE BEST
Submitted on: 2007-01-20 |
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| I bought this item for my brother as he couldn't find it anywhere in stores. He loved it and plays it in his truck constantly. |
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A must have
Submitted on: 2006-11-29 |
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| If you're a Dolly Parton fan (even somewhat of a fan), this is a must have for your collection. It will NOT disappoint!! |
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