Jolene

by Dolly Parton

Jolene cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: February 1974
  • Label: RCA
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 25:00
  • Community rating: 4.17/5 from 6 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Boasting two of the most iconic, enduringly perfect singles in the history of country music ('Jolene' and 'I Will Always Love You'), Dolly Parton's thirteenth solo album is a flawless masterpiece. The record is wonderfully warm and deeply melodic, utilizing the highly polished Nashville Sound to deliver intensely passionate, beautifully bittersweet anthems of romantic longing and heartbreak.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, female-vocals, acoustic, ballad, traditional

Tracklist

  1. Jolene (2:43)
  2. When Someone Wants to Leave (2:07)
  3. River of Happiness (2:20)
  4. Early Morning Breeze (2:47)
  5. Highlight of My Life (2:19)
  6. I Will Always Love You (2:57)
  7. Randy (1:53)
  8. Living On Memories of You (2:47)
  9. Lonely Comin' Down (3:14)
  10. It Must Be You (1:50)

Credits

  • Dolly Parton - primary artist, written-by
  • Herb Burnette - art direction [art director]
  • Tom Pick - engineer [recording]
  • Randy Kling - lacquer cut by
  • Hope Powell - photography [cover]
  • Bob Ferguson - producer
  • Roy Shockley - technician [recording]
  • The Nashville Edition - backing vocals [vocal accompaniment]
  • Porter Wagoner - written-by
  • Blaise Tosti - written-by

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