The album that introduced Dolly to the world. She had long been a star in Nashville but this album let the world know about her awesome talent. I fell in love with Dolly's music when I first heard her sing "Here You Come Again on the CMA Awards. I was 13 years old and saved up my money for this album. It was well worth my allowances.
No, this is not the greatest Dolly Parton album ever recorded. But people who think she's an evil cross-over demon because of it are missing the point. The songs here have wit, they're well-produced, they're well-sung, and they're lively. Dolly is stretching her range, and that is, after all, what artists are supposed to do. I think it's silly to demand that someone with Parton's obvious talent and creativity be remanded to one thing.
Here, she presents some really great songs, like "It's All Wrong, But It's Alright" and "Lovin' You," a playful, funky ode-to-romance. She also raises the level of "Sweet Music Man" from maudlin weeper to genuine heartbreak. She runs the gamut from country to pop to disco, and it speaks volumes about her talent that this album never sounds schizophrenic.
This album is really one of her most playful (if one cannot tell from the photo of Dolly on the cover disco dancing in blue-jean bell-bottoms, platforms, and a Swiss dotted country shirt; I don't know if they changed the cover for the cd reissue, but if not, it should be your first clue to the album's attitude) and it should not be dismissed just because of that playfulness. Just because something is serious doesn't mean it's any good, and Dolly has always been tongue-in-cheek about herself. To miss that sense of humor is to miss an important part of Parton's work and persona. Like I said, it's not her best, but country music can sound just as plastic as disco can, and Dolly smartly avoids that plasticity with her natural, charming delivery and winning country-girl sincerity.
I am glad that this is finally in print on c.d. The sound quality is top notch. My only real complaint about this re-issue is that they used the rerecorded version of "Two Doors Down", not the original version from the lp. Other than that, it is fantastic. By the way, it would be nice if her other albums from this period were reissued on cd, but this will due for now.
Wonderful CD. I love every song on it. My favorites are God's Coloring Book and Sweet Music Man.
Despite "Here You Come Again", being a hit album making #1 on the U.S. country music charts, the title song making #1 on the same chart and making the song #3 on the U.S. pop charts & including a Grammy Award for "Best Female Country Vocal Performance", "Here You Come Again" is mostly overlooked by many critics and fans, who love her more pure country sound. The album is of course more polished with a pop sound, but like alot of people who wrote reviews on here saying that there is no country & that Dolly totally banned country music on here, is just plain dumb, in fact if they were listening to it, then they would notice the country influences on this album. The title song "Here You Come Again" is known mostly as a pop song, but really it's a country song with some pop sounds mixed in. "Me & Little Andy" is another perfect example of country music, "Lovin' You" is country, I mean don't you here the country guitars?, really don't you get what I'm saying?. This album is underrated because most fans of Dolly's pure country sound think that this album is pure pop, but it' not. For aging this album really does hold up, anyways most of songs on here are mostly on Dolly Parton compilations, so if they have compilations of hers, then they should be used to most of these.
1. Here You Come Again - is one of Dolly's biggest hits of her career, not to mention it wasn't written by Dolly, she won Grammy & numerous amount of awards in 1977-78 for this song. It's one of the many songs on here that appears alot on Dolly Parton compilations.
2. Baby Come Out Tonight - is a low key song, that has a sort of rhythm that makes listen to it.
3. It's All Wrong, But It's All Right - has a great sound, rhythm and lyrics. It's one of the many songs on here that appears alot on Dolly Parton compilations.
4. Me & Little Andy - is such a great, but sad song, it makes me cry everytime I hear it, also it gives me goosebumps, don't pass it up.
5. Lovin' You - is such a fun & playful song, it's contains a mixture of country and pop music.
6. Cowgirl & The Dandy - is about two people who came from two different backgrounds, one from Nashville, Tennessee and the other from Colorado, who liked taking trips in the summer to Paris, though they tryed to make their love work, they weren't compatible enough. It's a good, but sad song too.
7. Two Doors Down - is another really fun song, containing fun lyrics, also it has such a great rhythm too, it's a party song. It's one of the many songs on here that appears alot on Dolly Parton compilations.
8. God's Coloring Book - is so pretty, with of course a church sound, full of heart and meaning.
9. As Soon As I Touched Him - In this song Dolly shows off her young vocals, with pretty dramatic music, it's a really good song.
10. Sweet Music Man - is a cover song, famously sung & written by: Kenny Rogers. The music is pretty uplifting, but the lyrics are pretty depressing to me, Dolly's version is one of the best versions, I've ever heard.
P.S. - Better late, then never.
