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  • Audio CD (March 19, 2007)
  • Original Release Date: March 5, 2007
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Import, Original recording remastered
  • Label: RCA Victor Europe
  • ASIN: B000MTOQAY
  • In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,997 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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    #15 in  Music > Indie Music > Country > Country Folk
    #21 in  Music > Country > Bluegrass

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1. 9 to 5
2. I Will Always Love You
3. Islands in the Stream - Dolly Parton, Kenny Rogers
4. Jolene
5. Coat of Many Colors
6. My Tennessee Mountain Home
7. Here You Come Again
8. Baby I'm Burnin'
9. Love Is Like a Butterfly
10. Bargain Store
11. Potential New Boyfriend
12. Everything's Beautiful (In It's Own Way) - Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton
13. Silver Threads and Golden Needles - Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette
14. To Know Him Is to Love Him - Emmylou Harris, Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt
15. Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That
16. Romeo - Mary Chapin Carpenter, Billy Ray Cyrus, Kathy Mattea, Dolly Parton, Pam Tillis, Tanya Tucker
17. Tennessee Homesick Blues
18. Dumb Blonde
19. Applejack
20. Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You

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20 Track Anthology that Concentrates More on the Tennessee Country Queen's Pop Chart Successes, a Truer Set of "Greatest Hits" Than Other Collections that have Apeared on the Market. This One Includes "9 to 5", "i Will Always Love You", "Jolene", "Coat of Many Colors", "Islands in the Stream" (With Kenny Rogers), "Here You Come Again", "Baby I'm Burning", "Potential New Boyfriend", "to Know Him is to Love Him" (With the Trio)", "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" and Many More!
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5.0 out of 5 stars Fantabulous!, July 22, 2007
By Marco Vargas "Perkeo" (Amsterdam, North Holland Netherlands) - See all my reviews
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Dolly is the greatest country singer ever! This CD contains her very best and coupled with the second volume (The Very Best Of Dolly Parton Volume 2) you have a fantastic collection of wonderful music. By all means, go ahead and buy them both (like I did)! You will not regret this purchase. Enjoy!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A great introduction to Dolly's music, May 26, 2009
To coincide with Dolly's European tour of 2007, there were several CD releases including yet another best of compilation (this album) and three twofers featuring six albums, five of which had never been released on CD while the other had only briefly been available in the early days of CD. Three of Dolly's older albums were also released with bonus tracks although only the bonus tracks were new to CD, the main albums having already been made available on earlier releases. Despite the fact that all the tracks here have been released many times before, this compilation was hugely successful. There are still plenty of people out there who don't own any of Dolly's music and this CD provides such people with most of the tracks that they're likely to be familiar with.

Dolly's two British top ten hits (Jolene, Islands in the stream) are both here, along with the Dolly song made even more famous by Whitney Houston (I will always love you) and Dolly's major American pop hits (9 to 5, Here you come again). Another song that Brits might recognize even if they don't normally listen to Dolly's music is the theme to the old TV series Butterflies (Love is like a butterfly), although Dolly`s own version wasn`t actually used for the theme - Clare Torrey recorded a cover of it for the purpose. Dolly's cover of an old Drifters classic (Save the last dance for me) is often included on compilations of her music, as it is here, because it was successful in the American country charts, but it sounds even further removed from country music than the original.

As if these familiar songs were not enough, there are other songs here that were important to Dolly's early career and popularity including Bargain store, My Tennessee mountain home and Coat of many colors, any or all of which may be familiar to people far beyond Dolly's fan base. The compilation is certainly varied, featuring disco-styled songs (Baby I'm burning, Potential new boyfriend) and hillbilly songs (Applejack, Tennessee homesick blues). You could say there's something for everybody, but unless you have broad musical tastes, there are likely to be some tracks you don't like. Dolly has recorded many different types of music over her 40+ years in the music business, so compilations of her music inevitably reflect that unless they focus on specific periods of her career.

If you haven't got any of Dolly's music and you're looking for the obvious oldies with some of the best of the rest, this is a good one to choose. If you enjoy it enough to want more, there's also a volume 2.
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4.0 out of 5 stars HEARTBREAK EXPRESS & GREAT PRETENDER Still not on CD???, February 12, 2009
Well, all I can say is AVERAGE... I am amazed at how deep we can pull songs from her catalog to make a fast buck for a compilation, but we still have yet to see "Heartbreak Express" 1982 or "The Great Pretender" 1984 both on RCA to be released onto c.d. WHY ARE WE STILL WAITING???

There are a few great gems on this particular collection that the avid fan will go for, and the price is fair. However, there are over 20 compilations on the market, and I'm being kind by leaving it at 20... Do we really need another compilation? Or even worse... Do we need to keep putting on c.d. 9 To 5 and Odd Jobs???

I think someone needs to step up to the plate and give Dolly and the fans her complete catalog on c.d. and stop putting out meaningless compilations with newer photos, and release Heartbreak Express & The Great Pretender!!! It would also make the music industry look like they know what they are doing for the first time in MANY years...
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good combination of some great songs
Great cd. I think the songs on this grouping are some of Dolly's best. I bought it to enjoy Dolly and her familiar tunes when I'm in the mood for listening to her. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Essie

5.0 out of 5 stars The Very Best of Dolly Parton
Dolly has a classic country voice and all her music is real country. By that I mean the combination of her voice, the music and lyrics, and the fact that real country music... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Alan Markowitz

5.0 out of 5 stars Great
Of Course it is Dolly so how could it be bad? Quick delivery and sounds great.
Published 8 months ago by Jean Clifton

4.0 out of 5 stars Very Best of Dolly Parton - CD review
I found this CD very enjoyable. It brought back a lot of warm childhood memories. No one sings quite like Dolly. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Ava Piquett

5.0 out of 5 stars The greatest hits
These are the greatest hits of Dolly, which together with those on Vol. 2 represent her most commercially successful songs. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Pieter

5.0 out of 5 stars It IS the very best
I'd bought this album for my 10 year old nephew (part of the next generation of Dolly fans), and listening to it with him made me fall in love with Dolly's music all over again... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Maria I. Cipriani

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic songs by a great entertainer
I bought this CD for my daughter, but I had forgotten just what a beautiful voice Dolly Parton has and how good some of her songs were and still are. Read more
Published 22 months ago by R. Cope

5.0 out of 5 stars Dolly at her best
Great CD - a pleasure to listen to. It's truly the best of Dolly Parton.
Published on August 6, 2007 by Frances Padilla

5.0 out of 5 stars DOLLY PARTON
ONE OF DOLLY PARTONS BEST CD,ALL HER HITS WERE ON THE CD AND ANYONE THAT LIKES DOLLY SHOULD BUY YHIS CD
Published on March 29, 2007 by ALICE

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