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Love Songs

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Emotions run high on this beautiful compilation. Dolly Parton's love songs are some of the best ever performed, thanks to her wonderfully soothing vocals and accompanying instrumentals. "Here You Come Again" will always be my favorite Dolly single, but there are many other ballads on this CD guaranteed to tug the heartstrings (especially "You Are"). Go ahead and give it a listen; you won't be disappointed.

This CD has a wonderful assortment of some songs of Dolly's that are hard to find on her CD's, so this is a great additon to a Dolly collection. Note: Additional Track #16 The Way I See You.

Every year BMG releases yet another Dolly Parton compilation that contains "Here You Come Again," "Islands in the Stream," "Old Flames," etc. etc. Meanwhile countless number of songs and original albums that have NEVER been released on CD sit gathering dust in their vaults. Last year it was "The Essential Dolly Parton." The year before it was "The Ultimate Dolly Parton." The year before that it was "RCA Country Legends." The year before that it was...well, you get the idea.

This year it is a CD called "Love Songs." It contains, "Here You Come Again," "Islands in the Stream," "Old Flames," etc. etc. Meanwhile countless number of songs and original albums that have NEVER been released on CD sit gathering dust in the BMG vaults.

I don't know if it is just simple laziness on BMG's part or a flat out contempt for the audience, but either way it does not reflect well on BMG. Why is it we have to look to Australia for a first rate compilation of early Parton (the wonderful import "Mission Chapel Memories")? Maybe BMG can keep the rights to the songs it keep recycling and let another label that will have more respect for Parton's legacy have the rights to the songs they are ignoring. I won't be holding my breath, but I've given up all hope so dreaming is all I have left.

RCA knows that there are 50,000 hard core Dolly fans who will
buy anything that is released. So there's no incentive for them
to reissue anything other than the standard 6 hits and
occasional filler.

As expected, the extremely talented and popular songstress does not disappoint.All her songs are obviously great, this cd is ten of them and bargain priced.Easily affordable and worthy music from this wonderful artist.

Among the many Dolly compilations around, this budget compilation is fairly typical. It contains a selection of Dolly's music covering the period from the mid-seventies to the mid-eighties, generally focusing on Dolly's pop-sounding music but with a few more traditional songs as well.

With popular Dolly classics such as Jolene, Here you come again, I will always love you and Love is like a butterfly as well as some other brilliant songs such as Do I ever cross your mind, Two doors down, You're the only one, We used to and Sweet summer loving, there is plenty to like about this collection. Of course it is possible to argue about what's been included and what's been omitted, but all of Dolly's famous songs have been released on many different compilations, so if your favorite among them isn't here, you should be able to find it easily on a different compilation.

All the tracks here are available on other compilations so the committed Dolly fan does not need this, but if you're just looking for a good selection of Dolly's music at a modest price, this will suit you.