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- Date Released: March 9, 1974
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Label: RLG/Legacy
- Copyright: (P) 1973, 1974, 2007 BMG Music
Big-voiced two-steps and lonely minor-key folk gloom surround these country classics
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We Say...
Dolly Parton's Jolene inevitably revolves around the matched pair "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You." The former, covered by renegades from the Geraldine Fibbers to White Stripes, ranks with the most devastating country songs ever written — a plain Jane intensely pleading with an auburn-haired jezebel not to steal her man. By "I Will Always Love You," later transformed into one of history's longest-running pop hits by Whitney Houston, the man is gone, but the woman pledges eternal devotion regardless. The decidedly unplain Dolly surrounds these classics with both big-voiced two-steps and lonely minor-key folk gloom that carries you back to her Tennessee mountain home. And the expanded reissue of Jolene adds four new tracks, including one where Dolly sings with unironic innocence about her dog, one where her man mutters another woman's name in his sleep just like in "Jolene," and one where Dolly convincingly plays the other-woman role herself.
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They Say...
Of the three 2007 Dolly Parton reissues from Sony, Jolene is the most absorbing musically and the most problematic lyrically. A sparkling production creates a rich backdrop for both "Jolene" and "When Someone Wants to Leave" (both Parton originals), mixing acoustic guitar, country instruments (steel guitar, dobro), and light percussion. This tasteful mix, nicely spread across the stereo spectrum with Parton front and center, is a joy to listen to. Lyrically, however, these songs are a long way from Loretta Lynn's "You Ain't Woman Enough to Take My Man." Parton's female protagonists are downright pitiful, adrift in a world where a more attractive woman might take their man, where a woman cannot let go of a man who no longer loves her, and where a man is the "highlight" of her life ("Highlight of My Life.") Jolene, originally released in 1974, feels like a shot across the bow of the feminist movement, a reaffirmation that many women still liked the men to wear the pants (women, presumably, who listened to old-fashioned country music). This seems somewhat peculiar now, in that no one -- looking at her long, distinguished career and commanding stage presence -- would accuse Parton of being a weak-kneed songbird. Still, the music and Parton's vocal prowess are in top form on Jolene, and "I Will Always Love You" is one of her best performances (which is saying a lot). Like it or loath it, Jolene offers a fascinating snapshot of an era in transition, and captures Parton at the top of her game. [The 2007 reissue of the album adds four previously unreleased bonus tracks.]
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Jolene |
2:40 |
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| 02. | |
When Someone Wants To Leave |
2:03 |
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| 03. | |
River Of Happiness |
2:17 |
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| 04. | |
Early Morning Breeze |
2:47 |
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| 05. | |
Highlight Of My Life |
2:15 |
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| 06. | |
I Will Always Love You |
2:54 |
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| 07. | |
Randy |
1:53 |
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| 08. | |
Living On Memories Of You |
2:42 |
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| 09. | |
Lonely Comin' Down |
3:11 |
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| 10. | |
It Must Be You |
1:50 |
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| 11. | |
Cracker Jack |
3:13 |
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| 12. | |
Another Woman's Man |
2:58 |
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| 13. | |
Barbara On Your Mind |
3:12 |
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| 14. | |
Last Night's Lovin' |
2:26 |
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14 Total Tracks, 36:21 Total Length
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Credits
- John Jackson - Project Director // Johnny Gimble - Fiddle // Dolly Parton - Guitar // Dolly Parton - Guitar // Dolly Parton - Vocals // Dolly Parton - Vocals // Onie Wheeler - Harmonica // Pete Drake - Guitar (Steel) // Buck Trent - Banjo // Steven Berkowitz - A&R // Joe Babcock - Vocals // Stuart Basore - Guitar (Steel) // Jerry Carrigan - Drums // Chip Young - Dobro // Jim Colvard - Guitar // Bobby Dyson - Bass // Dolores Edgin - Vocals // Bob Ferguson - Producer // Bob Ferguson - Original Recording Producer // Ralph Gallant - Drums // Dave Kirby - Guitar // Dave Kirby - Guitar (Rhythm) // Kenny Malone - Drums // June Page - Vocals // Gregg Perry - Arranger // Tom Pick - Engineer // Hargus "Pig" Robbins - Piano // Bobby Thompson - Banjo // Bobby Thompson - Guitar // Hurshel Wiginton - Vocals // Jimmy Colvard - Guitar // Jimmy Colvard - Guitar (Electric) // Chet Flippo - Liner Notes // Larrie Londin - Drums // Howard Fritzson - Art Direction // David Gahr - Photography // Vic Anesini - Mastering // Les Leverett - Photography // Rob Santos - Reissue Producer // Randall Martin - Design // Hope Powell - Cover Photo // Mack Magaha - Fiddle // Herb Burnette - Art Direction // Roy Shockley - Recording Technician // David Paul Briggs - Piano
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Other Details
- Instruments:
- Guitar (Acoustic) //
- Piano //
- Guitar (Electric) //
- Vocals //
- Slide Guitar
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