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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Rhinestone Soundtrack & movie, September 13, 2008
As a huge Dolly and Stallone fan, I must say this is a great soundtrack and the movie was also great. I have both which I watch & listen to over and over. Dolly is a TRUE country artist. I didn't think Stallone did such a bad job. I enjoyed the movie as well as the soundtrack. If you are a Dolly or Stallone fan, you will like the soundtrack & movie. See Stallone as you never have before. A complete turn around from Rambo.
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4.0 out of 5 stars
A lot of great music but an obvious flaw, May 30, 2009
I know that a lot of Dolly fans love this album and so do I, but it would be even better if it hadn't featured vocals by Sylvester Stallone, who manifestly cannot sing. Lee Marvin was bad on Wandering star (though at least he had some novelty value), but he sounds brilliant by comparison with Stallone.
The set opens with Tennessee homesick blues, a song that took everybody by surprise at the time of its release. At a time when Dolly was mainly recording pop-country, this slice of pure hillbilly came as a refreshing change, harking back to Dolly's early recordings. Much to my surprise, American country radio played it enough for it to become a number one country hit. Dolly sings four other songs here, these being God won't get you (a top ten country hit), What a heartache (a song that Dolly re-recorded for her 1991 album Eagle when she flies, and again for her 2002 album Halos and horns), One emotion after another and Butterflies.
The five Dolly solos are, of course, the best tracks here but some of the other music is also of a high quality. Two of Dolly's brothers each sing one song. Floyd sings Waltz me to heaven (great, but I'd love to hear Dolly sing it) while Randy sings Too much water. Dolly's sister Stella sings a duet with Kin Vassey on Goin' back to heaven. All of these are brilliant. I'm not sure about Rusty Buchanan's contribution (The day my baby died) but it's OK.
The remaining five tracks feature Sylvester Stallone. Three of them (Woke up in love, Sweet lovin' friends, Be there) are duets with Dolly that partially disguise his vocal limitations. A fourth (Stay out of my bedroom) features Dolly as a supporting singer, but his solo track, Drinkin'stein, exposes his musical limitations utterly.
This would have been one of Dolly's best ever albums had it featured an actor with at least a recognizable singing voice - Kris Kristofferson, for example. As it is, it's still a great album but I keep thinking of what might have been.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Soundtrack set apart from movie, January 31, 2006
As a true Dolly fan, I must say this is not one of her best films, but the soundtrack is set apart from the film, and once again she delievers a hell of a soundtrack to her fans...writing and singing her own songs
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