Dolly Parton- White Limozeen
July 3rd 2009 08:20
Dolly Parton-White Limozeen
Record Label: Columbia
Year: 1989
Track Listing:
01. Time For Me To Fly
02. Yellow Roses
03. Why’d You Come In Here Lookin Like That
04. Slow Healing Heart
05. What Is It My Love
06. White Limozeen
07. Wait Til I Get You Home
08. Take Me Back To The Country
09. The Moon, The Stars, And Me
10. He’s Alive
White Limozeen was released in 1989, and saw Dolly Parton return to the country fold after the commercial failure of her previous album, 1987’s Rainbows. Produced by Rickyy Scaggs, it featured a duet with Mac Davis along with a REO Speedwagon’s ‘Time For Me To Fly’.
After the crap that Parton produced as mediocre country, White Limozeen was definitely a fresh start for Parton and with tracks such as ‘Yellow Roses’ and ‘Why’d You Come In Here Lookin Like That’ it’s very, very impressive.
Parton put everything into this album, resulting in the sometimes cheeky tunes (‘Why’d You Come In Here’), to the gospel-tinged (‘He’s Alive’) to the heart-broken (‘Yellow Roses’ and ‘The Moon, The Stars and Me’)
Dolly is as country as anyone, and nobody does betrayal, humour and heartbreak laments better than her.
While Parton only wrote four of the ten songs, each song on this album is spectacular and allowed to her to shine in a way she hadn’t in a while. Her previous solo efforts had been mediocre, and the only time she had really stood out during this time was on 1987’s ‘Trio’, which saw her team up with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.
Her Duet with Mac Davis is worth the album alone, and shows that Parton can perform just as well in a Duet as she does by herself. Definitely a great track, and one of the best on the album.
There’s only one song on this album I find myself cringing over and it’s her cover of REO Speedwagon’s ‘Time For Me To Fly’. I’m still not sure whether it’s Parton herself, or that the song just sucks but it’s not her best effort.
However the same can’t be said for her cover of Don Francisco’s ‘He’s Alive’, which has a strong gospel feel to it, something Parton is very, very comfortable and talented with.
‘Take Me Back To Country’ is quite symbolic, as it is almost an indication that Dolly got the point of her fans to sing just country after the massive success of the traditional country ‘Trio’ and the commercial failure of ‘Rainbows’.
This is probably one of Dolly Parton’s more solid albums, and certainly the comeback album that allowed her a chance to step out of the shadows of emerging country stars, and shine again.
Songs not to miss: ‘Why You’d Come In Here Lookin Like That’, ‘Yellow Roses’, ‘White Limozeen’, ‘The Moon, The Stars and Me’ and ‘He’s Alive’.
Rating: I give it 4 out of 5
Record Label: Columbia
Year: 1989
Track Listing:
01. Time For Me To Fly
02. Yellow Roses
03. Why’d You Come In Here Lookin Like That
04. Slow Healing Heart
05. What Is It My Love
06. White Limozeen
07. Wait Til I Get You Home
08. Take Me Back To The Country
09. The Moon, The Stars, And Me
10. He’s Alive
White Limozeen was released in 1989, and saw Dolly Parton return to the country fold after the commercial failure of her previous album, 1987’s Rainbows. Produced by Rickyy Scaggs, it featured a duet with Mac Davis along with a REO Speedwagon’s ‘Time For Me To Fly’.
After the crap that Parton produced as mediocre country, White Limozeen was definitely a fresh start for Parton and with tracks such as ‘Yellow Roses’ and ‘Why’d You Come In Here Lookin Like That’ it’s very, very impressive.
Parton put everything into this album, resulting in the sometimes cheeky tunes (‘Why’d You Come In Here’), to the gospel-tinged (‘He’s Alive’) to the heart-broken (‘Yellow Roses’ and ‘The Moon, The Stars and Me’)
Dolly is as country as anyone, and nobody does betrayal, humour and heartbreak laments better than her.
While Parton only wrote four of the ten songs, each song on this album is spectacular and allowed to her to shine in a way she hadn’t in a while. Her previous solo efforts had been mediocre, and the only time she had really stood out during this time was on 1987’s ‘Trio’, which saw her team up with Linda Ronstadt and Emmylou Harris.
Her Duet with Mac Davis is worth the album alone, and shows that Parton can perform just as well in a Duet as she does by herself. Definitely a great track, and one of the best on the album.
There’s only one song on this album I find myself cringing over and it’s her cover of REO Speedwagon’s ‘Time For Me To Fly’. I’m still not sure whether it’s Parton herself, or that the song just sucks but it’s not her best effort.
However the same can’t be said for her cover of Don Francisco’s ‘He’s Alive’, which has a strong gospel feel to it, something Parton is very, very comfortable and talented with.
‘Take Me Back To Country’ is quite symbolic, as it is almost an indication that Dolly got the point of her fans to sing just country after the massive success of the traditional country ‘Trio’ and the commercial failure of ‘Rainbows’.
This is probably one of Dolly Parton’s more solid albums, and certainly the comeback album that allowed her a chance to step out of the shadows of emerging country stars, and shine again.
Songs not to miss: ‘Why You’d Come In Here Lookin Like That’, ‘Yellow Roses’, ‘White Limozeen’, ‘The Moon, The Stars and Me’ and ‘He’s Alive’.
Rating: I give it 4 out of 5
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