1982 studio album by Dolly Parton
Heartbreak Express |
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Studio album by Dolly Parton |
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Released | March 29, 1982 |
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Recorded | December 1981–January 1982 |
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Genre | Country |
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Length | 35:09 |
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Label | RCA Victor |
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Producer | Dolly Parton |
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Dolly Parton chronology |
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Singles from Heartbreak Express |
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- "Single Women"
Released: February 1, 1982 - "Heartbreak Express"
Released: May 3, 1982 - "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind"
Released: July 12, 1982 |
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Heartbreak Express in the twenty-fourth solo studio album by American entertainer Dolly Parton. It was released on March 29, 1982, by RCA Records. The album returned Parton to a more fully realized country sound (a process she had begun on the previous year's 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs), after her late 1970s pop recordings. The album's first single, "Single Women", a slow-tempo honkytonk ballad about a singles bar, was written by Saturday Night Live writer Michael O'Donoghue, and had previously appeared in an SNL skit in late 1980. The single provided a top ten single for Parton. The title cut also was a top ten hit for her. "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" (a song Parton had written in the early 1970s but had never officially recorded) appeared as a double-A-sided single (along with Parton's rerecording of "I Will Always Love You" from the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), and reached No. 1 on the country charts in August 1982.
"Hollywood Potters", Parton has explained to interviewers, came out of her experience filming the movie 9 to 5, as Parton watched many of the film's extras and bit players, who had worked very hard at acting through the years, but with very little success. Heartbreak Express was re-released in digital format in 2013.
Track listing
All tracks are written by Dolly Parton except as noted
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Heartbreak Express" | | 3:13 |
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2. | "Single Women" | Michael O'Donoghue | 3:44 |
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3. | "My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy" | | 3:49 |
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4. | "As Much As Always" | | 3:01 |
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5. | "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" | | 4:01 |
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6. | "Release Me" | Eddie Miller, Dub Williams, Robert Yount | 3:27 |
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7. | "Barbara on Your Mind" | | 3:09 |
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8. | "Act Like a Fool" | | 3:24 |
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9. | "Prime of Our Love" | | 3:46 |
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10. | "Hollywood Potters" | | 3:55 |
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Personnel
- Dolly Parton - vocals
- Albert Lee, Fred Tackett, Jeff Baxter, Mike Severs, Steve Cropper - guitar
- Abraham Laboriel, Leland Sklar, Nathan East - bass
- Joe McGuffee - steel guitar
- Buddy Spicher - fiddle
- Gregg Perry - dulcimer, backing vocals
- Red Young, Ron Oates - keyboards
- Eddy Anderson - drums
- Lenny Castro - congas
- Terry McMillan - harmonica
- Alex Brown, Anita Ball, Denise Maynelli, Gene Morford, Jim Salestrom, Richard Dennison, Roy Galloway, Stephanie Spruill, Willie Greene Jr. - backing vocals
- Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Gary Herbig, George Bohanon, Jim Horn, Slyde Hyde, Tom Saviano, Tom Scott - horns
- Herb Ritts - Photography
Major releases
Format | Imprint | Catalogue No. | Territory | Year |
Promo | RCA | RCALP 3076 | United Kingdom | 1982 |
LP | RCA | RCALP 3076 | United Kingdom | 1982 |
LP | RCA | AHL1-14289 | United States | 1982 |
LP | RCA | HL 14289 | France | 1982 |
LP | RCA Italiana S.p.A. | PL 14389 | Italy | 1982 |
CD Reissue | RCA | 54289-2 | Europe | 2010 |
Album
Chart (1982) | Peak position |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4] | 5 |
U.S. Billboard 200[5] | 106 |
Album (Year-End)
Chart (1982) | Peak Position |
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[6] | 32 |
References
- ^ Heartbreak Express at AllMusic
- ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 372". robertchristgau.com. Retrieved 20 June 2011.
- ^ Colin Larkin (2006). "Parton, Dolly". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 435–6. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
- ^ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 2, 2020.
- ^ Heartbreak Express at AllMusic
- ^ "Billboard Top Country Albums - Year-End Charts (1982)". Billboard. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
External links
- Heartbreak Express at Dolly Parton On-Line
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