Acoustic Collection: 1999-2002 [Box set]

Dolly Parton | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 10, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Sugarhill
• ASIN: B000HKDE92
• Also Available in: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #59,379 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Travelin' Prayer

2. Cash on the Barrelhead

3. Cash On the Barrelhead

4. A Few Old Memories

5. I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open

6. Steady As the Rain

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Little Sparrow

2. Shine

3. I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby

4. My Blue Tears

5. Seven Bridges Read

6. Bluer Pastures

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Halos and Horns

2. Sugar Hill

3. Not for Me

4. Hello God

5. If

6. Shattered Image

See all 14 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

Like other country mainstays (Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, et al.), Dolly Parton found creative emancipation in freedom from the commercial airwaves, once the younger generation of artists began dominating country radio. The crossover slickness and calculation of some of her later country hits is nowhere in evidence on this trio of albums that marked her belated return to acoustic bluegrass and mountain music. 1999's Grammy-winning The Grass Is Blue launched the back-to-roots trilogy (also including Little Sparrow and Halos & Horns), with a bonus DVD completing the bargain-priced, four-disc box. Among its highlights are five new song mixes that spotlight the vocal or instrumental work, tribute covers by Kasey Chambers and Sinead O'Connor, a video of Parton and Norah Jones performing "The Grass Is Blue," and extensive notes on the making of these albums. Producer Steve Buckingham and Parton enlisted top musicians (like Jerry Douglas and Stuart Duncan) and harmonizers (like Alison Krauss and Patty Loveless) on material that ranges from the original to the traditional (the Louvins' "Cash on the Barrelhead," Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone") to the out-of-left-field (Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," Cole Porter's "I Get a Kick Out of You"). For those who love the purity of her songbird trill, this is a return to the early form of "Jolene." --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "Masterpiece" box set, Dolly at her finest!!!, October 10, 2006

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chad bruce (georgetown , ohio) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Acoustic Collection: 1999-2002 (Audio CD)

This box set is truly a Masterpiece! It includes dollys triolgy of bluegrass/mountain folk records "The grass is blue","Little sparrow" and "Halos and horns" plus a bonus dvd/cd disc! between the three cds here dolly won two grammys and was nominated for several more! You will not be disappointed at all with this buget priced boxedset! Dolly is right at home with this bluegrass music! her vocals are cystal clear and brillant! dont pass up a chance to get these cds!!!!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars acoustic collection : 1999-2002, January 18, 2007

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K. Jones (Milner, Georgia United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Acoustic Collection: 1999-2002 (Audio CD)

only problem with this package, it contains three previously released cd's that i already have. if you do not have them it is an excellent buy.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars "STUNNING!", November 15, 2009

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Terry Richard "Terry Richard" (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Acoustic Collection: 1999-2002 (Audio CD)

Dolly Parton's career was rejuvinated when she recorded a series of bluegrass albums for the independent label Sugar Hill Records between 1999-2002. After leaving the label for her own record company Dolly records, Sugar Hill repackaged those three albums along with a special bonus DVD of five new song remixes of "Train, Train", "I'm Gone", "Seven Bridges Road", "Travelin' Prayer", and "Shine". There are also a few Dolly videos and a special performance of Norah Jones and Dolly performing "The Grass is Blue" together on the 2003 CMA Awards on the DVD. The DVD is splendid, but the crowning jewel here are the Grammy winning and nominated albums, those that garnered Dolly the best critical reviews of her life. "The Grass is Blue" may well be the greatest bluegrass album ever by any artist, winning Dolly the Grammy for Best Bluegrass album for 1999. Then, "Little Sparrow" gave Dolly another Grammy for Best Country Vocal in 2001 for her stirring rendition of "Shine". Finally, "Halos and Horns", more country sounding, gave Dolly a rare nomination for Best Country Album of 2002. A fabulous collection of Dolly Parton music, don't let this one get away. Music doesn't get any better than this!