Those Were the Days (Dolly Parton album)

Those Were the Days
Studio album by Dolly Parton
Released October 11, 2005
Recorded Nashville, 2005
Genre Country Folk, Bluegrass
Label Blue Eye/Sugar Hill
Producer Dolly PartonDolly Parton
Dolly Parton chronology
For God and Country
(2003)For God and Country2003		 Those Were the Days
(2005)		 Backwoods Barbie
(2008)Backwoods Barbie2008
Singles from Those Were the Days
  1. "Imagine featuring David Foster"
    Released: September 13, 2005
  2. "The Twelfth of Never featuring Keith Urban"
    Released: November 5, 2005
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Those Were the Days is the 40th studio album by Dolly Parton, released on October 11, 2005. The title comes from the first song on the album, and features Parton singing 1960s and 1970s folk and pop songs in a bluegrass fashion with some of the artists who originally recorded those songs. The album's selections were featured on Parton's concurrent Vintage Tour.

Guest artists

Parton attempted to sing with as many of the original performers of each track as possible, with Yusuf Islam, Judy Collins, Kris Kristofferson, Mary Hopkin, Tommy James and Roger McGuinn providing vocals to their respective songs. Joni Mitchell was scheduled to join Parton, Collins and Vincent on "Both Sides Now", but could not participate due to illness. Parton told Jon Stewart in an interview on The Daily Show to promote the album that she had invited Bob Dylan to sing on "Blowin' in the Wind", but that he declined (though she added that she was not sure whether Dylan himself declined or the refusal came from his management).

Other guest artists joining Parton on the album are Nickel Creek, Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski, Mindy Smith, Rhonda Vincent, Keith Urban, Norah Jones, Lee Ann Womack, Joe Nichols and David Foster.

Members of the Opry Gang featured on the first track are: Porter Wagoner, Billy Walker, Mel McDaniel, Jimmy C. Newman, Jack Greene, George Hamilton IV, George Jones, Pam Tillis, Jeannie Seely, Brenda Lee and Jan Howard[1].

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Those Were the Days" (with Mary Hopkin, Porter Wagoner, The Opry Gang and the Moscow Circus)Boris Fomin, Gene Raskin5:00
2."Blowin' in the Wind" (with Nickel Creek)Bob Dylan3:22
3."Where Have All the Flowers Gone?" (with Norah Jones, Lee Ann Womack)Pete Seeger, Joe Hickerson4:05
4."The Twelfth of Never" (with Keith Urban)Jerry Livingston, Paul Francis Webster3:17
5."Where Do the Children Play?" (with Yusuf Islam)Cat Stevens3:24
6."Me and Bobby McGee" (with Kris Kristofferson)Kris Kristofferson, Fred Foster3:50
7."Crimson and Clover" (with Tommy James)Tommy James, Peter Lucia Jr.3:40
8."The Cruel War" (with Alison Krauss, Dan Tyminski and Mindy Smith)Traditional3:43
9."Turn, Turn, Turn" (with Roger McGuinn)Book of Ecclesiastes, Pete Seeger3:18
10."If I Were a Carpenter" (with Joe Nichols)Tim Hardin2:56
11."Both Sides Now" (with Rhonda Vincent and Judy Collins)Joni Mitchell3:34
12."Imagine" (with David Foster)John Lennon3:51

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[2] 35
UK Country Albums (OCC)[3] 1
US Billboard 200[4] 48
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5] 9
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[6] 2

The album sold 21,500 copies in its first week of release. [7]

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/Sales
United States (RIAA)[8] N/A 151,000 [9]^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

  1. ↑ http://www.janhoward.com/fan_page.cfm
  2. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  3. ↑ "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company.
  4. ↑ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  5. ↑ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
  6. ↑ "Dolly Parton Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard.
  7. ↑ https://books.google.co.ve/books?id=BhUEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA71&dq=dolly+parton+copies+billboard&hl=es-419&sa=X&ei=K3O0U6vMHOLNsQTO54LYDA#v=onepage&q=dolly%20parton%20copies%20billboard&f=false
  8. ↑ "American album certifications – Dolly Parton – Those were the days". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 12, 2014. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH. 
  9. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/56884/dolly-parton-plots-european-tour
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