Dolly Parton, Jolene - 25m 7s

Tracks & Durations

1. Jolene	2:41
2. When someone wants to leave	2:07
3. River of happiness	2:20
4. Earley Morning Breeze	2:47
5. Highlight Of My Life	2:18
6. I Will Always Love You	2:57
7. Randy	1:53
8. Living On Memories Of You	2:48
9. Lonely Coming' Down	3:16
10. It Must Be You	1:52

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Review

When 28-year-old Dolly Parton summoned the courage to leave The Porter Wagoner Show in 1974, she knew she needed a dynamic solo album to pave the way. The No. 1 single "Jolene" was a fine place to start, with its instantly recognized guitar intro and its minor-key structure that suggested the murder ballads and wronged-woman folk songs of Parton's mountain heritage. But Dolly had bigger, mainstream success in mind, and used her difficult and prolonged parting with Wagoner as inspiration for "I Will Always Love You," a goose-bumpy consolation prize that must have broken Porter's old heart in two. While Parton would have other fine country moments before surrendering to the glitz and glamour of pop pursuit three years later, never again would her gossamer soprano sound as eerily timeless or innocent as it does on the bulk of these tracks. And although "I Will Always Love You" would become a blue-chip stock, with several other incarnations, including a caterwauled hit for Whitney Houston in 1992, Parton's version here--vulnerable yet resolute, and understated compared to future efforts--would represent her at her best, confessing to the tempo of tears. --Alanna Nash

Other Versions

Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.

Jolene

Tracks: 8 (-2 tracks), Disk length: 20m 9s (-5m 2s)

Jolene

Tracks: 16 (+6 tracks), Disk length: 46m 5s (+20m 58s)

Jolene

Tracks: 16 (+6 tracks), Disk length: 46m 6s (+20m 59s)

Jolene

Tracks: 22 (+12 tracks), Disk length: 59m 37s (+34m 30s)

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