Dolly Parton Album: “Hungry Again”

I can't go on enough how much I love this CD. I love the story of how Dolly went back to shack she grew up in and fasted and

wrote songs like her next meal depended on them.

Every song on this CD is excellent. I can never get enough of

it. It is country music the way it used to be. the songs are

the way Dolly used to write. Her lyrics are so clever and the

band playing on the CD hits every beat. Buy this CD and you will fall in love with Dolly Parton's music all over again

This album is truly wonderful....Dolly gets back to her country roots and makes the listener feel like he or she is right there in the Smokey Mountains with her as she sings one song after another. The first single from the album, "Honky Tonk Songs" asks a question that I always thought but never dared to ask..."Why don't more women sing honky tonk songs?" The ballad entitled "Blue Valley Songbird" is about a girl born in the Tennessee Hills who leaves the hills after abuse from her father and goes out to sing her story. As only Dolly can, she adds a couple of gospel flavored songs to the album. She sings with such feeling one would wonder if she isn't truly one of the angels in "When Jesus Comes Calling For Me" and "Shine On." Unlike some of the albums produced by artists today, every song on "Hungry Again" is written by Dolly. She makes it a family affair with her cousin producer Richie Owens as co-producer. Great idea! This album is very worth what it costs and will make you want to listen over and over again.

I bought this cd on a whim as I had liked Dolly's earlier songs. I was blown away by this cd. I am a fan of most kinds of music, but this is almost another genre entirely. So moving, personal, and... charming. Buy without fear.

Should be put in the top ten cds of all time, with the Beatles, Nick Cave, Radiohead, etc. A triumph.

Hungry Again is Dolly's first (and only) album on Decca, and it is one of her finest. To prepare for the album recording process Dolly went to her Tennessee mountain home, and fasted. She only drank water and juices, and wrote these songs, plus many others that will be held for other albums. The album is a return to Dolly's roots in country music. The songs convey brutal honesty, and are sung with passion, without overshadowing the beauty of the simplistic nature of the songs. In a way it was a chapter in a new beginning of her career. There is something for everyone here, from gospel to country, and everything in between. The two singles Salt In My Tears and Honky Tonk Songs are great songs, on Honky Tonk Songs where Dolly asks the retorical question "Why don't more women sing honky tonk songs?" Good question Dolly! Other highlights include Blue Valley Songbird, I'll Never Say Goodbye, The Camel's Heart, When Jesus Comes Calling For Me, Paradise Road, and more. The whole album is a treat for the ears!

This is the album that kicked off Dolly's return to her roots. This spectacular collection of all Dolly written songs proves to be one of her best releases ever. All songs for the album were written by Dolly while she was fasting in her childhood home in the summer of 1997. The album features classic country and bluegrass tunes as well as a couple songs that were made to be radio friendly. Although the singles from the album "Honky Tonk Songs" and "The Salt In My Tears" didnt fare well on the charts, due to the thick-headed DJ's who refuse to play any artist over 40, the album is pure magic. "Paradise Road" an autobiographical song was used in a stage production of Dolly's life at her theme park DollyWood. STANDOUT TRACKS -- Hungry Again, I Still Lost You, I'll Never Say Goodbye, I Wanna Go Back There, When Jesus Comes Callin For Me, Paradise Road.