Little Sparrow (2001) ( )

Artist: Dolly Parton
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Product Summary
Label: Sugar Hill
UPC: 00015891392721
Release Date: 1/23/2001
Buy.com Sku: 60453636
Item#: M5FQ24
Buy.com Sales Rank: 25654
Format:  CD

Song Listing

Disc 1
Song TitleSample
1. Little Sparrow ~ Dolly Parton
2. Shine ~ Dolly Parton
3. I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby ~ Dolly Parton
4. My Blue Tears ~ Dolly Parton
5. Seven Bridges Road ~ Dolly Parton
6. Bluer Pastures ~ Dolly Parton
7. Tender Lie ~ Dolly Parton
8. I Get A Kick Out Of You ~ Dolly Parton
9. Mountain Angel ~ Dolly Parton
10. Marry Me ~ Dolly Parton
11. Down From Dover ~ Dolly Parton
12. Beautiful Lie, The ~ Dolly Parton
13. In The Sweet By And By ~ Dolly Parton
14. Little Sparrow - (reprise) ~ Dolly Parton



 
Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
Personnel includes: Dolly Parton, Maura O'Connell (vocals); Bryan Sutton (guitar); Jerry Douglas (resophonic guitar); Mike Snider (clawhammer banjo); Jim Mills (banjo); Steve Buckingham (dulcimer, autoharp); Chris Thile (mandolin); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Richard Dennison, Chip Davis, Monty Allen (drone); John Mock (whistle, harmonium); Barry Bales (bass); Sonya Isaacs, Becky Isaacs Bowman, Carl Jackson, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Dan Tyminski, Rhonda Vincent, Darrin Vincent, Keith Little, Claire Lynch (background vocals).
Altan: Mairead Ni Mhaonaighi (vocals); Daithi Sproule (guitar); Ciaran Curran (bouzouki); Ciaran Tourish (whistle); Dermot Byrne (accordion).
Recorded at Oceanway & The Doghouse, Nashville, Tennessee & Schnee Studio, Los Angeles, California.
"Shine" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
This is a hybrid Super Audio CD playable on both regular and Super Audio CD players.
Personnel includes: Dolly Parton, Maura O'Connell (vocals); Bryan Sutton (guitar); Jerry Douglas (resophonic guitar); Mike Snider (clawhammer banjo); Jim Mills (banjo); Steve Buckingham (dulcimer, autoharp); Chris Thile (mandolin); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Richard Dennison, Chip Davis, Monty Allen (drone); John Mock (whistle, harmonium); Barry Bales (bass); Sonya Isaacs, Becky Isaacs Bowman, Carl Jackson, Rebecca Lynn Howard, Dan Tyminski, Rhonda Vincent, Darrin Vincent, Keith Little, Claire Lynch (background vocals).
Altan: Mairead Ni Mhaonaighi (vocals); Daithi Sproule (guitar); Ciaran Curran (bouzouki); Ciaran Tourish (whistle); Dermot Byrne (accordion).
Recorded at Oceanway & The Doghouse, Nashville, Tennessee & Schnee Studio, Los Angeles, California.
"Shine" won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
Personnel: Dolly Parton (vocals); Carl Jackson (bass voice); Ciar n Tourish (whistling, mandolin); John Mock (whistling, harmonium); Da¡th¡ Sproule, Mark Kelly, Bryan Sutton (guitar); Jerry Douglas (resonator guitar); Jim Mills (banjo); Mike Snider (claw hammer banjo); Ciar n Curran (bouzouki); Steve Buckingham (dulcimer, autoharp); Chris Thile (mandolin); Stuart Duncan (fiddle); Dermot Byrne (accordion); Pat McInerney (percussion).
Audio Mixer: Gary Paczosa.
Recording information: OceanWay; Schnee Studio, L.A; The Doghouse, Nashville, TN.
Editor: Neal Cappellino.
Illustrator: Barry Etris.
Photographers: Jim Herrington; Terry Herd; Gary Paczosa; Greg Allen; Mary E. Yeomans.
Translator: Proinsias O'Maonaigh.
Arranger: Dolly Parton.
This is the second installment in Dolly Parton's bluegrass album trilogy. Like its predecessor, LITTLE SPARROW finds Parton temporarily eschewing the highly produced pop-country that made her a household name in favor of all-acoustic arrangements that reach back to the earliest days of country.
While Parton employs some of bluegrass's hottest pickers here, it's her own soulful but humble singing style and songwriting abilities (her self-penned tunes dominate the album) that impress the most. Equally remarkable is the way she bends decidedly non-bluegrass source material to suit the concept. Cole Porter's "I Get a Kick Out of You" and Collective Soul's "Shine" certainly don't seem like they'd be feasible bluegrass fare, but Parton and company transform them so completely that one almost forgets their origins.

Producer: Steve Buckingham

Engineer: Gary Paczosa; Neal Cappellino

Musical Guests
Altan
Jerry Douglas
Jim Mills
Claire Lynch
Maura O'Connell

 
Compilation Appearances
Tribute To Music Of Bob Wills
Story Of Goldband Records
Once Upon A Christmas
Portraits
Souvenirs-Greatest Hits
Vol. 2-White Party
My Life
Very Best Of Willie Nelson
Classic Country Love Songs
Songcatcher
Lucky Man
Anthology Warner/Reprise Years
That's Country
Ultimate Classic Country Collection
Mi Vida Grandes Exitos(spanish)
Classic Country More Great Story Song
Sweet Home Alabama
Asleep At The Wheel: 23 Country Classics / Va
Country Ladies
Respond 2
Woman's Heart A Decade On
Classic Country: The '80s
Just Because I'm A Woman-Songs Of Dolly Parton
Classic Country-Queens Of Country
One Moment More
101 Country And Western Greats Hits-B
Feels Like Home
Singin' With Willie
42 Ultimate Hits
Backroads
Love Songs
Rose And The Briar
Feels Like Home (w/ Bonus DVD) (Limited Edition)
Classic Country: God Country & Family / Vario
Stardust... The Great American Songbook: Volume III
Classic Country Great Duets
Tribute To Gretchen Wilson
Love Rocks
Angels & Outlaws 1
Memories
The Very Best of Emmylou Harris
Time Well Wasted
Hits I Missed & One I Didn't
Ultimate Easy Album
Christ
Best Of The South:musical Stories By
One Kiss Can Lead to Another: Girl Group Sounds Lost and Found
Martha Stewart Living Music: The Holiday Collection
Martha Stewart Living Music: Traditional Songs for the Holidays
Great American Songbook Collection (w/ Bonus DVD) (Limited Edition)
CLASSIC COUNTRY: 80's LOVE SONGS
Vestal & Friends Vol 1
21 Number Ones
TRANSAMERICA / O.S.T.
Best Of Bluegrass 2
Greetings From Nashville
This Is Country 0606(w/ Bonus DVD)
Very Best Of Country
Billboard No 1's:classic Country
Sugar Hill Records:retrospective(w/ Bonus DVD)
Believe:songs Of Faith
Nashville 906
Pride And Joy 1106
Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems
This Is Country Superstars
Gospel Duets With Treasured Friends
Soundtrack Smashes Number 1's
Country Number 1's
Absolutely Bluegrass
Americana Christmas:millennium Collec
Christmas Number 1's
Duets
Thomas Kinkade:home For The Holidays
Love Song Collection
I Will Always Love You
Always Always/two Of A Kind
God Bless The Usa:17 Inspirational So
25 Best:country Favorites
Country's 20 Classic Songs of the Century
Mixed Country W/karaoke Edge
First Ladies Of Country
Burn Your Playhouse Down
Souvenirs
Country Love
Do You Know(w/ Bonus DVD)
Born to the Breed: A Tribute to Judy Collins
Top Of The Pop Hits:70's Vol 1
Top Of The Pop Hits:80's
Alles Klar Kein Problem Das Jubilau
Country Gospel
This Place I Know
Country Gospel Favorites
Now That's What I Call Country Christ
Whip It (Ost)
First 50 Years
First 50 Years:greatest Duets

 
Associated Artists and Works
Just Because I'm A Woman: Songs of Dolly Parton ~ Artists, Various
Kenny Rogers/Dolly Parton
Lynn, Loretta
Nelson, Willie
Nelson, Willie
On, Pickin'
Original Soundtrack
Original Soundtrack
Pickin' On
Rogers, Kenny
Once Upon A Christmas ~ Rogers, Kenny
Rogers, Kenny
Rogers, Kenny
Just Because I'm a Woman: The Songs of Dolly Parto ~ Various Artists
Wagoner, Porter
The Essential Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton ~ Wagoner, Porter
Wagoner, Porter
Wagoner, Porter
Wagoner, Porter
Wagoner, Porter
Wagoner, Porter
Duets (Legacy) ~ Wagoner, Porter

 
Technical Info
Release Date : 01/23/2001
Original Release Date : 2001
Catalog ID : 3927
Label : Sugar Hill Records
Number of Discs : 1
Studio/Live : Studio
Mono/Stereo : Stereo
SPAR Code : n/a
UPC : 00015891392721

 
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone (3/15/01, pp.78,81)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Honest, uncut mountain music in sparkling acoustic settings....Parton is by turns reflective, playful, dolorous, spirited and spirtual....a modern-bluegrass tour de force..."

Spin (4/01, p.159)
- "...One of her best records ever....A second tasty set of Tennessee mountain acoustica..."

Entertainment Weekly (1/26/01, p.103)
- "...In wedding bluegrass with the Appalachian sound of her youth, Parton...turns in a powerful performance, augmented by the best of bluegrass' hot pickers..." - Rating: A

Q (3/01, p.110)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...Marvelous....LITTLE SPARROW mixes its trad tendencies with tunes, lovely instrumentals, and best of all, Parton's personality..."

CMJ (2/12/01, p.39)
- "...Aims squarely at the more popular, commercially viable 'new-grass' sound....there's no denying [her] mastery of the genre..."

No Depression (1-2/01, pp.84-5)
- "...Veers toward the smooth, cocktail bluegrass of IIIrd Tyme Out....Dolly is an artist of extraordinary skill and astonishing vitality..."

Mojo (Publisher)
(3/01, p.100)
- "...A nigh-on faultless release in terms of its songs, vocal and instrumental performance..."

  
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Composition 5
Overall Satisfaction 5
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5 of 5 What' s not to love? Tuesday, January 23, 2007
A Listener from Manalapan, NJ  

I had heard that this was a good CD, but it truly is wonderful. It exceeded my expectations. Though I am a fan of Dolly Parton, this is my first album of hers and I will now be investigating more. The musical choices, in all areas, are beautiful and tasteful. You will run the gamut of emotions from beginning to end with this CD. The harmonies are all gorgeous and the instrumentation is lush and authentic. The title cut is particularly evocative. This is well worth adding to any collection.
 
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