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Dolly Parton had a number of hits in the late '60s as Porter Wagoner's duet partner, yet solo success eluded her until her 1971 album Coat of Many Colors. The title track was a Top Ten single, and it effectively became her signature song, largely because it was a sweetly autobiographical tune about her childhood. That song, along with its two hit predecessors, "Traveling Man" and "My Blue Tears," were evidence that Parton was a strong songwriter, but the full album reveals the true depth of her talents. She wrote seven of the ten songs (Wagoner wrote the other three), none of which is filler. There isn't really a theme behind Coat of Many Colors, even if its title track suggests otherwise. Instead, it's a remarkably consistent album, in terms of songwriting and performances, but also remarkably diverse, revealing that Dolly can handle ballads, country-rockers, tearjerkers, and country-pop with equal aplomb. And while it is very short, clocking in at under a half-hour, there isn't a wasted moment on the album. It's a lean, trim album that impresses because of succinctness -- with its ten songs, it announced Parton as a major talent in her own right, not merely a duet partner.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Dolly Parton, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Bob Ferguson, Producer
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment
Dolly Parton, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Bob Ferguson, Producer
Originally released 1971. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Dolly Parton, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Bob Ferguson, Producer
Originally Recorded 1971. All rights reserved by BMG Music.
Dolly Parton, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Bob Ferguson, Producer - Porter Wagoner, Composer, Lyricist
(P) Originally Recorded Prior to 1972 All Rights Reserved by BMG Music
Dolly Parton, Associated Performer, Main Artist - Bob Ferguson, Producer - Porter Wagoner, Composer, Lyricist
Originally Recorded 1971. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Dolly Parton, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Bob Ferguson, Producer
Originally Recorded 1969. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Dolly Parton, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Bob Ferguson, Producer
Originally recorded 1971. All rights reserved by Sony Music Entertainment
Dolly Parton, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Bob Ferguson, Producer
Originally Recorded 1971. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Dolly Parton, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Bob Ferguson, Producer
Originally Recorded 1971. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Dolly Parton, Associated Performer, Composer, Lyricist, Main Artist - Bob Ferguson, Producer
Originally Recorded 1969. All rights reserved by BMG Music
Album review
Dolly Parton had a number of hits in the late '60s as Porter Wagoner's duet partner, yet solo success eluded her until her 1971 album Coat of Many Colors. The title track was a Top Ten single, and it effectively became her signature song, largely because it was a sweetly autobiographical tune about her childhood. That song, along with its two hit predecessors, "Traveling Man" and "My Blue Tears," were evidence that Parton was a strong songwriter, but the full album reveals the true depth of her talents. She wrote seven of the ten songs (Wagoner wrote the other three), none of which is filler. There isn't really a theme behind Coat of Many Colors, even if its title track suggests otherwise. Instead, it's a remarkably consistent album, in terms of songwriting and performances, but also remarkably diverse, revealing that Dolly can handle ballads, country-rockers, tearjerkers, and country-pop with equal aplomb. And while it is very short, clocking in at under a half-hour, there isn't a wasted moment on the album. It's a lean, trim album that impresses because of succinctness -- with its ten songs, it announced Parton as a major talent in her own right, not merely a duet partner.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:27:28
- Main artists: Dolly Parton
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Buddha Records
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
(P) 1971 Sony Music Entertainment
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