1982 Dolly Parton – Heartbreak Express
Heartbreak Express in the twenty-fourth solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on March 29, 1982, by RCA Records. The album returned Parton to a more fully realized country sound (a process she had begun on the previous year’s 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs), after her late 1970s pop recordings. The album’s first single, “Single Women”, a slow-tempo honkytonk ballad about a singles bar, was written by Saturday Night Live writer Michael O’Donoghue, and had previously appeared in an SNL skit in late 1980. The single provided a top ten single for Parton. The title cut also was a top ten hit for her. “Do I Ever Cross Your Mind” (a song Parton had written in the early 1970s but had never officially recorded) appeared as a double-A-sided single (along with Parton’s rerecording of “I Will Always Love You” from the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), and reached No. 1 on the country charts in August 1982.
“Hollywood Potters”, Parton has explained to interviewers, came out of her experience filming the movie 9 to 5, as Parton watched many of the film’s extras and bit players, who had worked very hard at acting through the years, but with very little success.
Tracks
1 Heartbreak Express (Dolly Parton) 03:08
2 Single Women (Michael O’Donoghue) 03:42
3 My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy (Dolly Parton) 03:45
4 As Much As Always (Dolly Parton) 03:03
5 Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (Dolly Parton) 03:59
6 Release Me (Dub Williams; Eddie Miller; Robert Yount) 03:26
7 Barbara On Your Mind (Dolly Parton) 03:09
8 Act Like A Fool (Dolly Parton) 03:22
9 Prime Of Our Love (Dolly Parton) 03:47
10 Hollywood Potters (Dolly Parton) 03:35
Media
Musicians
Bass | Abraham Laboriel Sr |
Bass | Leland Sklar |
Bass | Nathan East |
Drums | Eddy Anderson |
Guitar | Albert Lee |
Guitar | Fred Tackett |
Guitar | Jeff Baxter |
Guitar | Mike Severs |
Guitar | Steve Cropper |
Steel Guitar | Joe McGuffee |
Dulcimers | Gregg Perry |
Keyboards | Red Young |
Keyboards | Ron Oates |
Harmonica | Terry McMillan |
Horns | Chuck Findley |
Horns | Gary Grant |
Horns | Gary Herbig |
Horns | George Bohanon |
Horns | Jim Horn |
Horns | Dick Hyde |
Horns | Tom Saviano |
Horns | Tom Scott |
Fiddle | Buddy Spicher |
Congas | Lenny Castro |
Background Vocals | Alex Brown |
Background Vocals | Anita Ball |
Background Vocals | Denise Maynelli |
Background Vocals | Gene Morford |
Background Vocals | Jim Salestrom |
Background Vocals | Richard Dennison |
Background Vocals | Roy Galloway |
Background Vocals | Stephanie Spruill |
Background Vocals | Willie Greene |
Vocals | Dolly Parton |
Liner Notes
Producer – Dolly Parton, Gregg Perry
Arranged By – Dolly Parton, Gregg Perry
Concertmaster – Harry Bluestone
Contractor – Frank DeCaro
Coordinator (Costume) – Kendall Errair, Shirlee Strahm
Engineer – Doug Parry
Engineer (Assistant) – Rick Romano
Engineer (Overdubs) – Ernie Winfrey, Ken Deene
Art Direction, Design – Michele Hart, Phyllis Chotin
Design Concept – Dolly Parton
Photography By – Herb Ritts
Recorded At Smoketree Ranch
Mixed At Smoketree Ranch
Overdubbed At Soundshop Recording Studios
Overdubbed At Warner Bros. Recording Studios
Pressed By RCA Records Pressing Plant, Indianapolis