Treasures

Dolly Parton

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 24, 1996)
• Original Release Date: September 24, 1996
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rising Tide
• ASIN: B000005AZ5
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #121,998 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Peace Train/Tsitimela Sokuthula

2. Today I Started Loving You Again

3. Just When I Needed You Most

4. Something's Burning

5. Before the Next Teardrop Falls

6. After the Gold Rush

7. Walking on Sunshine

8. Behind Closed Doors

9. Don't Let Me Cross Over

10. Satin Sheets

11. For the Good Times

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

A thumbnail description of Treasures makes it sound like a most unpromising comeback vehicle. It contains no compositions by Parton herself, one of the finest country songwriters of her generation. It does feature such gimmicky propositions as Parton singing Cat Stevens' anti-war anthem, "Peace Train," with a South African choral group, and Neil Young's science-fiction fantasy, "After the Goldrush," with Alison Krauss and Suzanne Cox of the Cox Family. When you actually listen, however, it turns out to be Parton's most consistent and most satisfying studio album since 1983's "Burlap & Satin" (her best overall album of the '80s and '90s is the 2 CD live set, Heartsongs). --Geoffrey Himes

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome!, September 22, 2003

By	Justin Bing (TITUS, AL United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

My favorite cd in the world and the best Dolly cd ever. If you just like good older music and don't like dolly buy this anyway she does the best covers I have ever heard! I love it and would recomend it to anyone! BUY IT WHILE YOU STILL CAN!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An overlooked gem, March 27, 2003

By	Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews (TOP 10 REVIEWER)    (REAL NAME)

By the time Dolly recorded this album, her new singles were no longer being played on radio, so she took the opportunity to record covers of some of her favorite songs. With a star-studded cast of guests, the results are impressive.

The album opens with Peace train (a Cat Stevens song), backed by Ladysmith Black Mambazo. Some of Dolly's fans may feel that the arrangement is a little over the top, but anybody who has listened to LBM's own music (as I have) will appreciate it.

After that, the rest of the album sounds more typical of Dolly's music, including excellent covers of Today I started loving you again (the often-covered Merle Haggard song that provided Sammi Smith with a top ten American country hit in the seventies), Something's burning (Kenny Rogers and the first edition), Before the next teardrop falls (Freddy Fender), Walking on sunshine (Katrina and the waves), Behind closed doors (Charlie Rich), Don't let me cross over (Carl and Pearl Butler), Satin sheets (Jeanne Pruett) and For the good times (Kris Kristofferson).

After the goldrush (a Neil Young song) was recorded by Dolly with Linda and Emmylou for their second Trio album, but after a decision was taken not to release it, Dolly recorded a solo version and included it on this album. The second Trio album was eventually released, several years after it was originally recorded, complete with the Trio version of After the goldrush.

All those songs are wonderful, but best of the lot is Just when I needed you most, a Randy Van Warmer hit from the seventies, which features Alison Krauss and John Sebastian. Dolly originally wanted this to be a Trio song, but it didn't work that way. However, it works superbly here.

This album was not commercially successful, but if there were any justice in this world, it would have been.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Country & Rock & Roll Love Affair, September 12, 2000

By	Tom MacGowan (Spring Lake, N.J., U.S.A) - See all my reviews

As only Dolly can do it and she brings the band and her listeners along with her. She proved how well she can rock with her version of 'Great Balls of Fire' in the early 80's which unfortunatly is not available on CD. Fortunatly with this CD we have her version of 'Somethings Burning', a rock and roll gem. She took a Kenny Roger's classic and infused it with a stunning jolt of high voltage R&R and the results are astounding. Not to shabby either is her version of 'Walking on Sunshine'. Other gems include 'Today I Started Loving You Again', 'Just When I Needed You Most', 'Before the Next Teardrop Falls', and 'After the Goldrush'.'Satin Sheets'is real fine also and the rest of the CD is good. But I can't think of too many other albums released in the last 10 years with this many great versions of great songs. 'For the Good Times' is O.K. but try Jerry Lee Lewis or Willie Nelson's versions. As far as 'Behind Closed Doors', even Dolly can't come close to the Silver Fox. 'Peace Train'I never liked by Cat or anyone so I'll leave that one alone and skip to track 2 when I listen. Theres just too much quality stuff here to not rate it my favorite Dolly album.