Coat Of Many Colors

Dolly Parton had a number of hits in the late '60s as Porter Wagoner's duet partner, yet solo success eluded her until her 1971 album Coat of Many Colors. The title track was a Top Ten single, and it effectively became her signature song, largely because it was a sweetly autobiographical tune about her childhood. That song, along with its two hit predecessors, "Traveling Man" and "My Blue Tears," were evidence that Parton was a strong songwriter, but the full album reveals the true depth of her talents. She wrote seven of the ten songs (Wagoner wrote the other three), none of which is filler. There isn't really a theme behind Coat of Many Colors, even if its title track suggests otherwise. Instead, it's a remarkably consistent album, in terms of songwriting and performances, but also remarkably diverse, revealing that Dolly can handle ballads, country-rockers, tearjerkers, and country-pop with equal aplomb. And while it is very short, clocking in at under a half-hour, there isn't a wasted moment on the album. It's a lean, trim album that impresses because of succinctness — with its ten songs, it announced Parton as a major talent in her own right, not merely a duet partner.

1971年第八张录音室专辑 专辑时长:27:26 AllMusic:5/5 Music Box:5/5 Pitchfork:7/10 Uncut:4/5 Robert Christgau:A- Rolling Stone史上最伟大的500张唱片:301/500

1971年10月,25岁的Dolly Parton推出第8张大碟，由Bob Ferguson制作,乐评优秀。登上Billboard副榜──乡村歌曲榜＃7,加拿大乡村榜＃15，2003年认证金唱片(数位下载)，大碟获得1972年CMA奖年度专辑提名。出现在时代杂志"最伟大的100 张专辑"名单中, 滚石2020年"有史以来最伟大的500张专辑"中第257 位。