Just Because I'm A Woman

Dolly Parton | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: October 7, 2003
• Label: RLG/BMG Heritage
• Copyright: (P) 2003 BMG Music
• Total Length: 37:12
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• ASIN: B00138D4Q0
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #24,471 Paid in MP3 Albums (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Albums)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Dolly's Very First Solo Album!, October 16, 2003

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Mr. Scott G. Smith (Erskineville, NSW Australia) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Because I'm A Woman (Audio CD)

This CD is a treasure for true Dolly fans -- it's her first solo release (A prior collection of recordings, "My Name Is Dolly Parton" notwithstanding), and the talent that would sustain one of the greatest music careers in history is evident here. Her voice, not overburdened by the thick arrangements usually accorded to debut artists of the time, shines through on these songs -- most of which you probably haven't heard before. (Since there's no tracklisting available here, I'll provide it myself! Baby Sister, The Bridge, False Eyelashes, I Wish I Felt This Way at Home, I'll Oil Wells Love You, I'm Running Out of Love, Just Because I'm a Woman, A Little Bit Slow To Catch On, Love and Learn, The Only Way Out, Try Being Lonely, You're Gonna Be Sorry, plus two bonus tracks from a live album, not available on CD, that was recorded in her old high school gym!). The roots of a legend, this is an absolute must-have for anyone interested in Dolly Parton, or just great country music in general.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An early classic, April 28, 2004

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Just Because I'm A Woman (Audio CD)

Following her transfer to RCA at Porter Wagoner's insistence, this was Dolly's first solo album. In the sixties, her duets with Porter were considerably more successful, but I regard Dolly's early albums - solo and duet - as some of the finest that she recorded. This is not my favorite among them but I'm pleased to see it finally get a CD release in America. It was released in Europe on CD some years ago as half of a twofer, paired with her first duet album. On this re-mastered version, there are a couple of bonus tracks both live cuts, one of them being Coat of many colors before she did a studio recording.

The main album shows what Dolly singing the kind of songs that she does best - traditional country songs about life as it really is in rural America. When she recorded this album, there was a lot of vibrato in her voice, which I love, but Dolly received advice to get rid of it if she could. Over the years, she gradually changed her voice and the vibrato disappeared altogether over time.

Like Tammy and Loretta, Dolly established her reputation by recording some songs that women could relate to. On this album, the title track (proclaiming that women should not be blamed any more than men) is the clearest example of such a song, though men also love this song, perhaps for different reasons.

Apart from the title track, Dolly has a few other warnings to men in songs such as You're gonna be sorry, Little bit slow to catch on and I'm running out of love. Dolly sings about a sister in trouble because of a man (Baby sister), having two men (I wish I felt this way at home), marrying for money (I'll oil wells love you), the struggle to achieve fame (False eyelashes), trying to keep her man (The only way out is to walk over me) and suicide (The bridge). Two tracks (Love and learn, Try being lonely) are sad ballads about former relationships.

None of the songs on this album have become standards but that just means that there is all the more reason to by this album. Now, how about CD releases of In the good old days, My blue ridge mountain boy, Fairest of them all, Touch your woman, Bubbling over, Love is like a butterfly, Bargain store, The seeker/We used to and All I can do - not forgetting all those duet albums.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars most underrated, March 2, 2005

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EriKa "E" (Iceland) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Just Because I'm A Woman (Audio CD)

People underestimate Dolly Parton, but she is a talented songwriter and entertainer, not to mention a shrewd businesswoman and quite a character. I am a lifelong fan, I am happy to admit, and this album has one of my childhood favorites, "Love and Learn". The live version of "Coat of Many Colors" is quite touching as well, very spare. Dolly's voice is full of the kind of ache that makes the songs here believable.