9 to 5 & Odd Jobs

Dolly Parton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 26, 1994)
• Label: RCA
• ASIN: B000002WFV
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (21 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #409,760 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. 9 to 5

2. Hush-A-Bye Hard Times

3. The House of the Rising Sun

4. Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)

5. Sing for the Common Man

6. Working Girl

7. Detroit City

8. But You Know I Love You

9. Dark as a Dungeon

10. Poor Folks Town

Editorial Reviews

Never having acted in a film before, Dolly Parton was initially reluctant to star in 9 to 5, alongside Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin. Her debut acting experience, though, not only helped the success of the movie, but it created a # 1 hit single for Parton, who wrote the theme song, also called '9 to 5.' The song garnered Parton an Academy Award nomination and four Grammy Award nominations, winning her the awards for 'Best Country Song' and 'Best Country Vocal Performance, Female' and was the centerpiece of Parton's 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs album, originally released in late 1980. The album, containing several Parton originals and a # 1 cover of the First Edition's 'But You Know I Love You,' as well as a version of Woody Guthrie's 'Deportee,' eventually hit #1 on the Billboard country chart. This mid-priced reissue also features 3 bonus tracks, 2 of which have been previously unreleased. Bonus tracks, Everyday People (previously unreleased), 9 To 5 - Love To Infinity Radio Mix 2008 and 9 To 5 - Karaoke Mix 2009 (previously unreleased). Sony. 2009. --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars OK, but stick with Coat for now., October 27, 1999

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This review is from: 9 to 5 & Odd Jobs (Audio CD)

Buddah is to be applauded for finally (if somewhat slowly) reissuing long out of print Dolly Parton albums with a remastered sound. It is especially gratifying that they are giving equal attention to Parton's more creative country period, and not just limiting it to her more pop oriented material. The pattern seems to be reissue one country album and one pop album simultaneously.

While this album is better than average for her pop period, it decidedly takes a back seat to the magnificent "Coat of Many Colors" album that was reissued along with "9 to 5." There really is no comparing the two albums. "Coat" is a masterpiece of early 70's country, and a sad reminder of how Nashville no longer cares about its roots. By contrast, this album is pleasant and enjoyable, but hardly in the same league as the bulk of Parton's work before about 1977.

2 1/2 stars.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Country and pop from Hollywood Dolly, March 31, 2009

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (Audio CD)

In celebration of 9 to 5: The Musical's Broadway debut, RCA/Legacy has reissued Parton's 1980 album with a trio of bonus tracks. Building on the 1977 pop breakthrough, "Here You Come Again," 9 to 5 (as a film, album and single) cemented Parton's draw beyond her core country audience. She'd released Dolly, Dolly, Dolly earlier in the year, and its orchestrated AOL covers freed her to indulge more country sounds here. The 9 to 5 album topped the country chart and the title single topped the country, pop and AC charts. The album's second single, a light-pop cover of the First Edition's "But You Know I Love You" (originally sung by future duet partner Kenny Rogers) also topped the country chart, and a disco cover of "The House of the Rising Sun" made the top twenty.

The hit singles provide a fare representation of the album's variety. Parton's originals include the hopeful, country gospel "Hush-A-Bye Hard Times," the unapologetic portrait "Working Girl," and the homespun values of "Poor Folks Town." The covers are more diverse, including a delicate reading of Woody Guthrie's "Deportee" and a solemn take on Merle Travis' "Dark as a Dungeon." Less successful is the pedestrian Nashville backing given to Mel Tillis' "Detroit City" and Mike Post's badly aging arrangement of "Sing for the Common Man." Yet even when backed by hackneyed keyboards, liquid guitars and by-the-numbers strings, Parton's voice still shines.

The struggles and successes of working people provide the album a theme, but the album never musters the artistic force of Coat of Many Colors, My Tennessee Mountain Home or Jolene. Parton's in excellent voice throughout, but her bid for broader commercial success leaves several tracks uncomfortably laden with pop clichés. Legacy's 2009 reissue adds a previously unreleased session cover of Sly and the Family Stone's "Everyday People," a beat-heavy 2008 house remix of "9 to 5," and a lead vocal-free remix of "9 to 5" that puts you in Dolly's rhinestone-studded high-heeled shoes. Bonuses aside, it's the album's originals and selected covers that make this an essential entry in Parton's catalog. [©2009 hyperbolium dot com]

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Please do not believe the people who give this CD a bad rap, October 23, 1999

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J. Jaeger "jto3rdpwr" (Long Beach, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 9 to 5 & Odd Jobs (Audio CD)

I have loved this album for nearly twenty years and love Dolly...ALL her different types of music! Those who complain it is a commercial sellout, leaving her country roots behind must have had their ears blocked when "Hush-A-Bye-Hardtimes, Poorfolks Town, and Dark as a Dungeon" were playing. How many pop songs begin with: "Come and listen, ye fellows?" This is one of Dolly's best albums, showing a range and diversity with country and pop genres that should be applauded. Just because something is a commercial success doesn't mean it is bad. Sometimes the mass public actually picks a winner, and this winner is the complete album from 1980. Previous CD releases were missing two great tracks! There is not a bad cut on this album!