Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton
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Edition: Music CDCD Release Date: 2003-10-14
Music Label: Sugarhill [Country]
Soundtracks:
- 9 To 5 - Alison Krauss
- I Will Always Love You - Melissa Etheridge
- The Grass In Blue - Norah Jones
- Do I Ever Cross Your Mind - Joan Osborne
- The Seeker - Shelby Lynne
- Jolene - Mindy Smith
- To Daddy - Emmylou Harris
- Coat of Many Colors - Shania Twain
- Little Sparrow - Kasey Chambers
- Dagger Through The Heart - Sinead O'Connor
- Light Of A Clear Blue Morning - Allison Moorer
- Two Doors Down - Me'Shell N'Degeocello
- Just Because I'm A Woman - Dolly Parton
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Free Music Review: Great driving music
Hit: 4 Stars
We listened to this for the first time on a long drive between Bellingham, WA, and Chewelah, WA, which takes you from rugged seaside mountains to dry rolling hills and canyons on the other side of the state. It was appropriate for the drive. My favorites off this album were the ones by Norah Jones (melancholy and vintage Norah,) Shelby Lynne (toe-tapping low-key revival -- is there such a thing? There is now), Mindy Smith (although the duet with Dolly at the end of her album is 10x better,) but especially Joan Osborne's cover of "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind." Joan, please make a country album. Now.
Some of the other tracks are clunky or disappointing. Alison Krauss didn't really deliver on her version of "9 to 5," but that's a hard song to cover so I'll give her a free pass. Kasey Chambers sets me on edge, and to follow that with Sinead O'Connor was more effective at keeping me awake than gas station coffee, because I kept thinking I was running over a cat. Those two aside, though, it's an ultimately pleasing album that keeps finding its way into my playlist.
Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parton Poster
It's Joan Osborne who sums it up best in the promotional material accompanying this tribute album: " Dolly Parton is a gifted artist cleverly disguised as a media superstar and sex bomb." Osborne's got it right. Beyond and beneath Parton's well-publicized and oft-caricatured curves and angles, lurks the heart and soul of one of modern country music's very best songwriters--the best, perhaps, since the great Loretta Lynn. In fitting celebration of the 35th anniversary of the release of Just Because I'm A Woman, Parton's very first solo album, contemporary leading ladies of country and pop, including Norah Jones, Alison Krauss, Shania Twain, Joan Osborne, Melissa Etheridge, Emmylou Harris, and Sinead O'Connor have offered up worthy new interpretations of some of Parton's classic compositions. That said, some of the highlights here are from lesser-known singers: Mindy Smith's haunting rendition of "Jolene," Kasey Chambers' bitter-sweet take on "Little Sparrow," and Allison Moorer's tender turn on "Light Of A Clear Blue Morning." --Bob AllenAlternative Rock Music CDs
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