Dolly Parton Album: «Acoustic Collection: 1999-2002»

Album information

Customers rating: (4.5 of 5)
Title:Acoustic Collection: 1999-2002
Release date:2006-10-10
Type:Audio CD
Label:Sugarhill
UPC:015891400822

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Track listing

1 - 1Travelin' Prayer
1 - 2 Cash on the Barrelheadimg 3:09
1 - 3 A Few Old Memoriesimg 4:02
1 - 4 I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Openimg 3:05
1 - 5 Steady as the Rainimg 3:06
1 - 6 I Still Miss Someoneimg 3:38
1 - 7 Endless Stream of Tearsimg 2:40
1 - 8 Silver Daggerimg 4:56
1 - 9 Train, Trainimg 2:51
1 - 10 I Wonder Where You Are Tonightimg 3:14
1 - 11 Will He Be Waiting for Meimg 3:26
1 - 12 The Grass is Blueimg 3:45
1 - 13 I Am Readyimg 2:45
2 - 1Little Sparrow
2 - 2 Shineimg 3:46
2 - 3I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby Dolly Parton and Porter Wagoner
2 - 4My Blue Tears
2 - 5Seven Bridges Road
2 - 6Bluer Pastures
2 - 7A Tender Lie
2 - 8I Get a Kick Out of You
2 - 9Mountain Angel
2 - 10 Marry Meimg 3:16
2 - 11Down from Dover3:49
2 - 12The Beautiful Lie
2 - 13In the Sweet By and By
2 - 14Little Sparrow - (reprise)
3 - 1Halos and Horns
3 - 2Sugar Hill
3 - 3Not for Me
3 - 4Hello God
3 - 5If
3 - 6Shattered Image
3 - 7These Old Bones
3 - 8What a Heartache
3 - 9I'm Gone
3 - 10Raven Dove
3 - 11Dagger Through the Heart
3 - 12If Only
3 - 13John Daniel
3 - 14 Stairway to Heavenimg 6:28

Review - Product Description

Dolly Parton has proven herself to be the rarest of figures, of singer and songwriter who became a superstar yet retained the skills and impulses of a serious, seriously driven artist. During the three years covered in The Acoustic Collection 1999 to 2002 she released three career-defining albums. Prior to their release, no one would have ever questioned Parton's place among the greatest country stars of all time, as both a singer and songwriter. But these three albums The Grass is Blue, Little Sparrow and Halos & Horns, embodying a shift from pop to her mountain roots-astonished even her most ardent, longtime fans by revealing shades of Parton people hadn't quite seen before. The CD have included the albums won two GRAMMY award in two years. Parton performed on the GRAMMY award show and received the GRAMMY for ''Best Bluegrass Album'' for the Grass is Blue and October 2000, she performed at the International Bluegrass Music Association awards show and The Grass is Blue was named album of the year. Also the Little Sparrow awarded the GRAMMY for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for ''Shine.'' The album's spare but passionate arrangements cast the beauty and purity of Parton's voice and writing in a new light. The 3-CD set includes a DVD bonus.

Review - Amazon.com

Like other country mainstays (Johnny Cash, Merle Haggard, Emmylou Harris, et al.), Dolly Parton found creative emancipation in freedom from the commercial airwaves, once the younger generation of artists began dominating country radio. The crossover slickness and calculation of some of her later country hits is nowhere in evidence on this trio of albums that marked her belated return to acoustic bluegrass and mountain music. 1999's Grammy-winning The Grass Is Blue launched the back-to-roots trilogy (also including Little Sparrow and Halos & Horns), with a bonus DVD completing the bargain-priced, four-disc box. Among its highlights are five new song mixes that spotlight the vocal or instrumental work, tribute covers by Kasey Chambers and Sinead O'Connor, a video of Parton and Norah Jones performing "The Grass Is Blue," and extensive notes on the making of these albums. Producer Steve Buckingham and Parton enlisted top musicians (like Jerry Douglas and Stuart Duncan) and harmonizers (like Alison Krauss and Patty Loveless) on material that ranges from the original to the traditional (the Louvins' "Cash on the Barrelhead," Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone") to the out-of-left-field (Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven," Cole Porter's "I Get a Kick Out of You"). For those who love the purity of her songbird trill, this is a return to the early form of "Jolene." --Don McLeese

Customer review

chad bruce (georgetown , ohio)

October 10, 2006

18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

- "Masterpiece" box set, Dolly at her finest!!!

This box set is truly a Masterpiece! It includes dollys triolgy of bluegrass/mountain folk records "The grass is blue","Little sparrow" and "Halos and horns" plus a bonus dvd/cd disc! between the three cds here dolly won two grammys and was nominated for several more! You will not be disappointed at all with this buget priced boxedset! Dolly is right at home with this bluegrass music! her vocals are cystal clear and brillant! dont pass up a chance to get these cds!!!!

Customer review

Terry Richard "Terry Richard" (Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada)

November 15, 2009

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

- "STUNNING!"

Dolly Parton's career was rejuvinated when she recorded a series of bluegrass albums for the independent label Sugar Hill Records between 1999-2002. After leaving the label for her own record company Dolly records, Sugar Hill repackaged those three albums along with a special bonus DVD of five new song remixes of "Train, Train", "I'm Gone", "Seven Bridges Road", "Travelin' Prayer", and "Shine". There are also a few Dolly videos and a special performance of Norah Jones and Dolly performing "The Grass is Blue" together on the 2003 CMA Awards on the DVD. The DVD is splendid, but the crowning jewel here are the Grammy winning and nominated albums, those that garnered Dolly the best critical reviews of her life. "The Grass is Blue" may well be the greatest bluegrass album ever by any artist, winning Dolly the Grammy for Best Bluegrass album for 1999. Then, "Little Sparrow" gave Dolly another Grammy for Best Country Vocal in 2001 for her stirring rendition of "Shine". Finally, "Halos and Horns", more country sounding, gave Dolly a rare nomination for Best Country Album of 2002. A fabulous collection of Dolly Parton music, don't let this one get away. Music doesn't get any better than this!

Customer review

Deborah Warner

February 21, 2013

- Dolly Does it Again.

I have never bought anything Dolly that disappoints. She can sing with or without instruments and sound like an angel.

Customer review

Joan M. Mckeown "jmmckeown" (ontario, canada)

June 01, 2008

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

- IT'S ONLY ME, BUT:

GREAT 4 CD SET. ALOT OF BLUE GRASS AND ACOUSTIC STUFF AND AS USUAL DOLLY'S WONDERFULL VOICE AND INSTRUMENT PLAYING. JM

Customer review

Howard Patterson (California)

March 28, 2007

1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

- Dolly Parton's Acoustic Collection

Very good selection of songs from an earlier time. If you like Dolly Parton, you will love this selection of songs. Most of my personal favorites are included in this CD series.