Dolly Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer, songwriter and actress, widely known as a country music icon and for songs such as "Jolene" and "I Will Always Love You."

Widely recognized country music icon; has won multiple Grammy Awards; inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame; founder of Dollywood and the Imagination Library (philanthropic literacy initiative). Reviews on DeBaser note a large discography (review text references "42 studio albums").

DeBaser reviews praise Dolly Parton’s distinctive voice and iconic status while critiquing several albums as uneven or misguided. Reviewers note successful pop/disco experiments and some poor cover choices. Overall affection for the artist contrasts with pointed criticism of specific records.

For:Country music fans, album reviewers, Dolly Parton listeners

 Dolly Parton is all there in her little voiceall-American womanhealthy and from another era, not too intellectual, actually zero, provincial (Sevierville, Tennessee) but not too much, and with the right brain to sell millions of records in the USA and around the world.

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 one of the most "avoidable" episodes in Parton’s discography is certainly the cover album "Treasures" from 1996, which fully falls into the limbo of those albums that never fully convince, where only a few tracks are listened to with pleasure while the rest is completely forgotten: an album of filler and craftsmanship, elevated by some high-quality episodes and Dolly’s voice, a splendid voice, always capable of conveying emotions, entertaining, energizing, and moving without unnecessary baroque embellishments and vocal showmanship.

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 a total and ruthless rejection for the song that ends the album, the atrocious "Shine On", a kind of pseudo-gospel choral absolutely plastic and irritating with a catechism text from the CEI; in a few words, the worst of the worst and, I feel confident in stating this, the worst song ever written by Dolly Parton that this time around, and I’m very sorry, receives a big thumbs down.

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