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Heartbreaker (Dolly Parton album)

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Released
  
July 16, 1978

Artist
  
Dolly Parton

Producer
  
Gary Klein

Genres
  
Country music, Pop music

Length
  
32:02

Release date
  
16 July 1978

Label
  
RCA Victor

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Recorded
  
Los Angeles, February–April 1978

Heartbreaker (1978)
  
Great Balls of Fire (1979)

Similar
  
Dolly Parton albums, Country music albums

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Heartbreaker is the 20th solo studio album by Dolly Parton, released in 1978. Released following the huge pop crossover success of Here You Come Again, Heartbreaker was designed as an even more direct aim at the pop charts, with several of its songs verging on disco. The title song, a ballad written by Carole Bayer Sager, topped the U.S. country charts, and became Parton's third top-forty pop hit, while the follow-up single was the double-A-sided "Baby I'm Burning"/"I Really Got the Feeling", with "Baby I'm Burnin'" targeted for pop airplay, and "I Really Got the Feeling" for country. The formula (which had previously worked for Here You Come Again's double-A-sided "Two Doors Down"/"It's All Wrong, but It's All Right") was successful again, with the single reaching #1 on the country charts, and #25 on the pop charts.

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Disco remix singles of two of the album's songs, "Baby I'm Burning" and "I Wanna Fall in Love"were also released and received significant airplay in clubs and discos at the time.

The album cover, a gatefold design depicting Parton in a series of surreal, dream-like images, was designed by graphic artist Ed Caraeff, who'd also designed the cover art for Here You Come Again.

The album stayed at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for nine consecutive weeks. It ended up being certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

The song "Nickels and Dimes" was later covered by Nana Mouskouri on her Roses Love Sunshine album.

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Track listing

All tracks written by Dolly Parton except as noted.

Personnel

  • Dolly Parton – vocals, guitar
  • David Wolfert – guitar
  • Dean Parks – guitar
  • Jeff Baxter – guitar
  • Al Perkins – pedal steel guitar
  • David Hungate – bass
  • Paulinho Da Costa – drums, conga
  • Gregg Perry – piano
  • David Foster – piano
  • Michael Omartian – piano
  • David Paich – piano
  • Mac Rebennack – piano
  • Bill Reichenbach – trombone
  • Background vocals – Anita Ball, Jim Gilstrap, Augie Johnson, Myrna Matthews, Stephanie Spruill, Angela Winbush, Richard Dennison (duet vocal on "We're Through Forever 'til Tomorrow")
  • Nick DeCaro – arrangements
  • Jerry Hey – horns arrangements
  • Songs

    1I Really Got the Feeling3:09
    2It's Too Late to Love Me Now3:02
    3We're Through Forever3:51

    References

    Heartbreaker (Dolly Parton album) Wikipedia