The Essential Dolly Parton
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| The Essential Dolly Parton | ||||
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| Released | May 28, 2005 | |||
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| Length | 121:15 | |||
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The Essential Dolly Parton is a greatest hits album by the American country singer-songwriter Dolly Parton as her volume in Sony Legacy's Essential series.
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |  [1] |
| AllMusic (3.0 edition) |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| PopMatters | 7/10[4] |
| Q | [5] |
| Stylus Magazine | B+[6] |
In a review of the album for AllMusic, Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that it "is one of the handful that gets it right" doing "a tremendous job of picking the biggest and the best" of her songs, and concludes by saying "Dividing her material in this fashion makes each disc consistent within itself, and helps make this a more listenable set than such similar career-spanning collections as 1993's The RCA Years".[1] In her review of the album for PopMatters, Maura McAndrew stated that it consists of "twin discs that span her legendary career" while noting that it "makes me feel as though I suddenly understand the cultural fascination with Dolly Parton. She's a queen of contradiction: she may have outlandish style, but she makes honest, pure, American music and has a true American story to tell."[4]
