Dolly Parton - Great Balls of Fire/Dolly, Dolly, Dolly
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Music CD Cover Artist: Dolly Parton Edition: Music CD Audio: English (Unknown) Format: Import, Original recording remastered Published: 2007-03-19 CD Release Date: 2007-03-19 Music Label: RCA Victor Europe Soundtracks:
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Free Music Notes for Great Balls of Fire/Dolly, Dolly, Dolly Album
Free Music Review: My Least Favorite And Least Best In This Collection
Hit: 4 Stars
The first half of this collection is "Great Balls Of Fire" which has to be one of Dolly's least best efforts of her whole career. Don't get me wrong it's pretty good, but not for Dolly Parton standards, because she's a great singer/writter & has made much better albums through the years before and after this one. I don't blame her for being sidetracked on this album, because music was going through a change and she was really busy when her career. So I guess to appeal to the new audience that was getting into the new sound (which was pop), she made this album, that features country, disco and pop. The true highlights on this album are "The Star Of The Show" which she sings about being the lead role in a movie, incidentally she didn't get the lead role, but the very next year after this album she filmed her first movie "9 to 5". "Down" is just the plain truth, of how people use people to get what they want, then turn around and forget about the person who helped them. "You're The Only One" which has been on almost every Dolly Parton compilation, has turned somewhat into a Dolly classic. "Do You Think That Time Stands Still" is a traditional Country song, that Dolly's famous for. "Sweet Summer Lovin'" is another song that is found on alot of Dolly Parton compilations, I've grown to love it's layed back sound, because I've heard it before on many other compilations that I own of Dolly's. "Great Balls Of Fire" is not a true highlight, it's just plain silly & bad for Dolly. Overall I like half of the songs on the album. I give "Great Balls Of Fire" a 3 1/2 out of five.
After a pretty disappointing 1979 album, Dolly had to make up for it or at least put a little more effort into this one. "Dolly, Dolly, Dolly" was Dolly's first out of three albums of 1980. The album was her least country-sounding album to that point, with a number of songs bordering on disco and pop. "Dolly, Dolly, Dolly" was generally regarded by critics, as well as Dolly's fans. It was considered at that time one of her worst albums, also it was almost universally panned at the time of it's release. However somethings get better with age and unlike "Great Balls Of Fire", "Dolly, Dolly, Dolly" has held up and has stood the test of time. The album's true highlights are disco diva Donna Summer's "Starting Over Again", which hit #36 on the U.S.A. pop charts and has become a semi classic Dolly Parton song. "Same Old Fool" is full of uplifting pop music, that's fun to dance to. "Old Flames Can't Hold A Candle To You" is yet another song that has become a semi classic Dolly Parton song. "You're The Only One (I Ever Needed)" is another pop song full of uplifting lyrics and music. "Even A Fool Would Let Go" is a traditional sad country song, that Dolly is great at. Overall I like a little over a half of the "Dolly, Dolly, Dolly", I give this half of this collection a four out of five.
Both of these albums include their original artwork from the LPs inside the CD booklet, it also haves linernotes, but no lyrics.