Ultimate Dolly Parton [1-CD]

• Artist: Dolly Parton
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• Release Date: June 03, 2003
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Country

Review

Dolly Parton has had countless collections, including many billed as either "definitive" or "ultimate," which is the billing given BMG Heritage's 2003 release. Running 20 tracks over the course of a single disc, this Ultimate Dolly Parton keeps its focus on the big hits, including a large stretch of hits from the late '70s and early '80s, including "Here You Come Again," "It's All Wrong, But It's All Right," "Heartbreaker," "9 to 5," and "Islands in the Stream." In addition to this, there are a couple of latter-day tracks, her Trio recording of "To Know Him Is to Love Him" and early hits "Joshua," "Coat of Many Colors," "I Will Always Love You," and "Jolene." So, in short, it's her most familiar material on one disc, something that has certainly been done before in her catalog, but it's done particularly well here. As a roundup of her hits, it works very well and it's also a good introduction, although listeners who are interested in her purer country and more ambitious music are advised to pick up Raven's superb Mission Chapel Memories: 1971-1975 instead. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Joshua	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton	(3:04)
Coat of Many Colors	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton	(3:04)
Jolene	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton	(2:41)
I Will Always Love You	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton	(2:55)
Please Don't Stop Loving Me	Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner	Dolly Parton, Porter Wagoner	(2:47)
Love Is Like a Butterfly	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton	(2:21)
The Bargain Store	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton	(2:42)
Here You Come Again	Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil	Dolly Parton	(2:54)
It's All Wrong, But It's All Right	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton	(3:18)
Heartbreaker	Carole Bayer Sager, David Wolfert	Dolly Parton	(3:30)
I Really Got the Feeling	Billy Vera	Dolly Parton	(3:08)
You're the Only One	Carole Bayer Sager, Bruce Roberts	Dolly Parton	(3:20)
Starting over Again	Donna Summer, Bruce Sudano	Dolly Parton	(3:58)
Old Flames (Can't Hold a Candle to You)	Hugh Moffatt, Pebe Sebert	Dolly Parton	(3:25)
9 to 5	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton	(3:00)
But You Know I Love You	Mike Settle	Dolly Parton	(3:19)
Tennessee Homesick Blues	Dolly Parton	Dolly Parton	(3:23)
Islands in the Stream	Robin Gibb, Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb	Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers	(4:10)
To Know Him Is to Love Him	Phil Spector	Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt	(3:51)
Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That	Bob Carlisle, Randy Thomas	Dolly Parton	(2:32)

Credits

Ricky Skaggs (Producer), Dolly Parton (Producer), Dolly Parton (Executive Producer), Mike Post (Producer), Barry Gibb (Producer), Albhy Galuten (Producer), Nick DeCaro (Arranger), Nick DeCaro (Conductor), Bob Ferguson (Producer), John Hudson (Project Director), Gary Klein (Producer), Charles Koppelman (Executive Producer), George Massenburg (Producer), Dean Parks (Producer), Gregg Perry (Arranger), Gregg Perry (Producer), Gregg Perry (Associate Producer), Karl Richardson (Producer), Porter Wagoner (Producer), Rich Kienzle (Production Assistant), Al Quaglieri (Compilation Producer), Holly George-Warren (Liner Notes), Erwin Gorostiza (Art Direction), Vic Anesini (Mastering), Rob Santos (Compilation), Mathieu Bitton (Art Direction), Mathieu Bitton (Design), Kristin Barlowe (Photography), Gretchen Brennison (Production Assistant)