Her 49th album.

I only have done a real quick scan of it, I love her but IMO perhaps she should have stayed in her own lane... but then I'm not a big rock fan to start with.

Over 20 of the 30 tracks are covers.

Any one bought or sampled it?

Opinions?

LINK

A lot of the tracks are ballads, not rock and roll IMHO.

Been over promised.

They shouldn’t have been advertising it until its release.

Oh, and does Dolly do anything but ballads, regardless of the genre?

quote:

Originally posted by Pyker:
A lot of the tracks are ballads, not rock and roll IMHO.

Listened to a bunch of it on Spotify just now.

The softer stuff is still rock, as in rock ballads. Very 70s and 80s vibe represented in this collection. Seems like a very different take on a tail-end-of-a-career duets album, doing someone else's music rather than her own.

This performing with a bunch of 70s and 80s rock gray hairs was at times kind of cringe-worthy though; lots of card-carrying seniors in this collection that was often easy to hear and pick up on in their singing. Ironic that I think Dolly did the harder stuff far better than the softer songs; probably because I don't notice nearly so much the years and wear in her singing voice when she's virtually screaming the lyrics. For instance her duet with Pat Benatar on 'Heartbreaker' wasn't bad at all, or so I thought. Or 'Freebird', once Lynryd Skynyrd kicked it into high gear.

Overall it's not the worst I've ever heard. But it definitely could've been better.

Geeze folks she is 77, give the lady a break. Lucky she is still singing and not shitting the bed in a nursing home.

I've stopped going to Z Z Top concerts.
I saw them at their peak ,for ten years.

I don't want to remember them from the shows they put on these days.

I admire Dolly, a lot.
Always liked her in song or on tv.I find her delightful.

I can't begin to imagine her singing R&r at this time in her spectacular life.

Am afraid to go listen.

I will submit a few thoughts.

quote:

Originally posted by monoblok:
when she's virtually screaming the lyrics

Yea noticed that. Kind of like Carrie Underwood... in many of hers she just ends up screaming because that style served her well early in her career but it gets old real quick.

The album will do well... because Dolly... not necessarily because it is good.

Bless her for still putting it out there! She has written ~450 songs that have actually been recorded and released!

A couple of the tracks she could have killed... if she had done them in a county style and made them her own.

I met her in Park City, Utah when I was a young teenage boy. I was truly a fan of her music before that. I was also a young teenage boy who had always been drawn to blonde haired females. I also had always thought she was beautiful.

My mother told me to go over and ask for her autograph. As I crossed over to her and her companion, I could not help noticing that she was much more beautiful in person. My legs felt heavier with each step, and when I got close enough to say hello, I found that I had lost the ability to think. I could not even remember how to speak.

She smiled her wonderful smile and after an eternity, I managed to mumble something coherent enough to get the point across to her. She smiled again and graciously agreed. After a whole body tic, or flinch, I was able to hold out my hand and grasp the proffered item. Some other random movements must have conveyed my appreciation, and after another massive smile from her, I was able to turn around and float about 2 feet off the ground as I walked back to my mother.

I have not heard her latest music, but I will always remember her kindness to an extremely awkward boy.

Dolly during Half time Detroit vs Redskins - OMG stop it Dolly.

Good, bad or otherwise, I just see it as her continuing to do what she loves. She’s such a wonderful person that, even if I’m not buying it, I support her drive to keep going.

Several years ago, my brother played in a band that backed her at a charity event.

He asked for a photo with her, and she happily obliged. Standing beside him she took hold of his arm and pressed it firmly against her breast as they posed for the photo.

I asked him how it felt?
"Bigger than my wife's ass cheek!"

She's a little bitty thing otherwise and at 6'4" he towered over her.

Since that time, she has actually downsized them a little due to some discomfort she was having... accord to an interview I saw.

quote:

Originally posted by Ace31:
Geeze folks she is 77, give the lady a break. Lucky she is still singing and not shitting the bed in a nursing home.

Amen Ace31!

Purple rain and I dreamt of Elvis are the highlights for me

quote:

Originally posted by RGRacing:
Dolly during Half time Detroit vs Redskins - OMG stop it Dolly.

OH! I could NOT agree more, RG!! But I think you meant Dallas v Redskins.

In an EXTREMELY…EXTREMELY…rare moment that NFL football was broadcasting on my TV, I saw her half-time show during that game. When she started “We are the Champions”, I just CRINGED. There is only ONE human being that existed on this planet that should EVER sing that song, and he’s already dead.

There are some songs that are just too ICONIC to be sung by someone else…I don’t care HOW famous or good they are as a vocalist. For example, I about put my fist through my radio one day when I first heard Guns ‘n Roses singing “Live and Let Die”. NO! Just HELL NO!!! That is PAUL MCCARTNEY’s song!!!
[/rant]

Dolly Parton’s Rockstar has topped six different Billboard charts in its debut week.

* Top Album Sales chart with 118,500 copies sold1
* Top Country Albums chart with 128,000 equivalent album units2
* Top Rock & Alternative Albums chart with 128,000 equivalent album units2
* Top Rock Albums chart with 128,000 equivalent album units2
* Top Album Sales (dated Dec. 2) chart with 118,500 copies sold1
* Official Albums Chart in the UK with 64 points3

quote:

I've stopped going to Z Z Top concerts.
I saw them at their peak ,for ten years.

I don't want to remember them from the shows they put on these days.

bendable - I should have stopped seeing them before I saw them last summer. It did ruin them somewhat for me.

Would never listen to it myself, but Dolly is a legend and at her age she's put her time in and can do whatever the F she wants IMHO. I'm sure she's having fun.