Disco de Dolly Parton: “White Limozeen”

"Take Me Back To The Country", the 8th song on this CD, is a fitting title, as WHITE LIMOZEEN was Dolly's return to country music. In 1987, she teamed up with Linda Ronstandt and Emmylou Harris on the successful TRIO album, but this was her first solo country album in a long while. Country radio, readily accepted her with open arms, as this album spun off a few hits: the title track, "Yellow Roses" and "Why'd You Come In Here Lookin Like That".

The album was produced by Ricky Skaggs. Dolly wrote 4 of the 10 songs on the album. The ballads are spectacular. "Yellow Roses" is very deserving of it's hit status, it's a really good ballad from Dolly about heartbreak over an ended relationship. Same goes for "The Moon, The Stars, And Me", which is a nice ballad, also kind of sad. "Slow Healing Heart" and "What Is It My Love" are also nice ballads. She does a nice cover of "Time For Me To Fly", which is a great uptempo song to open the album with. "He's Alive" is an epic ballad which is very intense and uplifting. A nice gospel song.

Overall, WHITE LIMOZEEN was one of her best albums in a long time at that point of release in 1989, and it's still one of her best albums. In fact, probably her best album she recorded for Columbia Records.

After years of crossing over to pop music, Dolly returns to the country music girl we all love. Dolly's pop was great, too, but this is a perfect album, with "Time For Me To Fly",the title track and "He's Alive", an amazingly powerful gospel song. Dolly puts real feeling in these songs. A worthwhile buy!

"White Limozeen", released in May, 1989, returned Dolly Parton to the top after the failure of her ABC veriety series, and the release of the worst album she ever recorded, "Rainbow". By the summer of 1989 Dolly did much thinking about her career, as it was in the toilet. The first thing she did was film a new movie in the south called "Steel Magnolia", and as soon as the movie wrapped she went into the recording studio to record this masterpiece. Produced by Ricky Scaggs, "White limozeen" is pretty much forgotten by music fans, but remains a great and better-than-averaged Dolly album among her ardent fans. Featuring two #1 singles, "Why'd You Come In Here lookin' That", and the Dolly penned "Yellow Roses", the album shot up to #3 on Billboard's Country Chart and remained on Billboard longer than any Dolly record. The album would go Gold, selling over 500,000 copies. The CD features her amazing rendition of "He's Alive", probably one of Dolly's best gospel performances, and a duet with friend Mac Davis called "Wait "Til I Get You Home".

"White Limozeen" has also been reissued in 2009, along with 2 two other Dolly Columbia albums in a 3 CD set: "Eagle When She Flies" and "Slow Dancing With The Moon".

The album cover was shot in downtown Los Angeles on a cold winter night.

Following ten years of pop-country music recorded in Hollywood, Dolly surprised everybody in 1987 when she and her friends, Linda and Emmylou, recorded the very traditional country Trio album. It sold two million copies in America, far more than Dolly's solo album, Rainbow, also from 1987. The public had delivered their verdict and Dolly got the message - sing country. So, in 1989, we got this album, produced by Ricky Skaggs. It did not match the standard set by Trio but was never going to. That was an exceptional album, but this is a very fine album that no self-respecting Dolly fan should be without. One of the song titles, Take me back to the country, says it all.

There are some brilliant upbeat, fun songs here, including Why'd you come here looking like that, a country number one hit, Time for me to fly, a bluegrass cover of an REO Speedwagon rock song, Wait till I get you home, a duet with Mac Davis, and the title track.

The fun songs are brilliant but the ballads are even better. They include Yellow roses, one of Dolly's finest ever ballads about a broken relationship, What is it about you my love, The moon the stars and me and Dolly's duet with Ricky Skaggs, Slow healing heart.

I have never been especially keen on He's alive, but it seems that many people just love this gospel song. I suspect that it works well in church or in concert. Maybe I'd appreciate it better if I heard it that way.

This is an outstanding album of traditional country music by Dolly.

White Limozeen, released in 1989, was a return back to country music. During the late 1970's and most of the 1980's, Dolly was crossing over to pop, both successfully and unsuccessfully (still making great music though). This is her return to country, where she belongs. A wise move, as this album carried many hits for Dolly. From the fun Whyd You Come In Here Lookin Like That, the sweet Yellow Roses, to the powerful He's Alive (one of her BEST!) and the title cut. It doesnt end there, the album has some of her best songs, showcasing some of her best singing. Time For Me To Fly and Take Me Back To The Country are fun songs which in essence represent her coming back to country music, The Moon The Stars And Me is a beautiful country ballad, sure to please. Overall this album is a must have for fans, it contains some of Parton's best music from that era in her career!