Comments on: Album Review: Dolly Parton – Dolly

By: luckyoldsun

luckyoldsun — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:16:46 +0000

The reviewer has his head up his keister when he attacks “In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)” and “Coat of Many Colors” for having some of the sappiest cliches of country music.

Actually, Dolly’s early songs are so good because they AVOIDED the standard cliches. The typical country song (from Jimmie Dickens to Alan Jackson)talks about how unstintingly wonderful poor, rural life is. Dolly’s songs like “Good Old Days” are much more nuanced. And “Coat of Many Colors” is an obvious fable–a retelling of the biblical fable with a twist–that works remarkably well.

By: merlefan49

merlefan49 — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 14:03:44 +0000

I’m gonna put this one on my wish list!

By: Paul W Dennis

Paul W Dennis — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:22:41 +0000

Interesting review, although I think Dolly’s artist peak ended (or at least adjourned for many years) when she left Porter Wagoner. Porter may have been a control freak but at least he reined in her leanings toward kitsch

By: Leeann Ward

Leeann Ward — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:22:37 +0000

I agree with Razor. And I agree with Jon’s first observation.:)

By: BRETT ROBERTS

BRETT ROBERTS — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:13:47 +0000

i would buy it just for down from dover

By: Razor X

Razor X — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:01:45 +0000

My copy arrived today and I’m listening to it now. I could have done without the recordings she did as a pre-teen and the bubble-gum pop records she made for Monument before they would let her record country. The first 9 tracks are throwaways; interesting only as historical footnotes. I wish they had devoted this disk space to some previously-unreleased-on-CD album cuts from her early RCA LPs. Like most Parton anthologies, the Columbia years are glossed over; there are some worthwhile album cuts from that period that could have been included.

Overall, this is a decent compilation and an excellent starting point for those who don’t have any of Dolly’s music in their collections. For die-hards who already have the big hits andare looking for rare tracks, last year’s Tour Collection , which was released in the UK offers a more interesting selection.

By: Jon

Jon — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 03:33:46 +0000

Hard to trust a man who disses “Coat Of Many Colors.” Although I did get a kick out of the phrase “considerable Americana audience.”

By: Jim Malec

Jim Malec — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:03:59 +0000

Thanks for the correction–I don’t know how both a writer and his editor missed that one!

By: Cakiea

Cakiea — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:25:17 +0000

Uhh Dolly grew up in the Smokey Mountains which are in East Tennessee not West.

I lurk for years and this is the first thing that drives me to comment. LOL

By: Scott Peterson

Scott Peterson — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:36:58 +0000

Great finish on the article – as you said – Dolly is her own genre and most of her fans like me – base her on that – and in my opinion – she has fewer peers with each album she creates for us. Got the box set – awesome !