Released February 17, 1984 Release date 17 February 1984 Label RCA Records | Artist Dolly Parton Producer Val Garay Genre Country music | |
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Recorded Record One, Los Angeles, October - December 1983 Length 35:44
(Re-Release) 52:42 The Great Pretender
(1984) Rhinestone (film soundtrack)
(1984) Similar Dolly Parton albums, Country music albums | ||
Dolly parton the great pretender
The Great Pretender is Dolly Parton's 26th solo studio album, released in February 1984, and is composed of covers of hits from the 1950s and 1960s. The album was produced by Val Garay. It made heavy use of synthesizers and had a decidedly pop sound. The first single, a remake of The Drifters' 1960 hit "Save the Last Dance for Me" was a top ten country single for Parton in early 1984 and came close to making the pop Top 40 as well (#45). Dolly Parton's cover of the 1965 Petula Clark hit "Downtown" was the album's second single. The title song was originally a hit for The Platters in 1956.
Contents
In 1986, a remixed version of the track "We Had It All" was included on Think About Love, a compilation album of remixes of previously released Parton material; the song was released as a single in late 1986, and provided an additional top-thirty single for Parton.
The Great Pretender was the first Dolly Parton album to be issued on the then-new CD format at the time of its release.
It was released digitally for the first time on 4 December 2015.
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Songs
1Save The Last Dance For Me3:51
2I Walk the Line3:34
3Turn! Turn! Turn! (To Everything There Is a Season)4:26