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Those Were the Days
Country · 2005 · 12 tracks

Those Were the Days

Dolly Parton

A high-lonesome reimagining of 1960s counterculture anthems. Banjo, fiddle, and Dolly's crystalline soprano turn pop history into timeless mountain folklore.

October 11, 2005 · Blue Eye Records (2)

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A warm, communal embrace of the past that finds peace in the simplicity of acoustic strings.

Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Those Were the Days
5:00
02
Blowin’ in the Wind
3:21
03
Where Have All the Flowers Gone
4:04
04
Twelfth of Never
3:16
05
Where Do the Children Play
3:23
06
Me and Bobby McGee
3:49
07
Crimson and Clover
3:39
08
The Cruel War
3:42
09
Turn, Turn, Turn
3:17
10
If I Were a Carpenter
2:54
11
Both Sides Now
3:33
12
Imagine
3:52
Moments Worth Waiting For
The way the banjo transforms the psychedelic swirl of Crimson and Clover into a front-porch stomp.
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How does Those Were the Days sound next to the rest of Dolly Parton's catalogue?

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The instrumentation foregrounds banjo notably more than the catalogue usually does.

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