''White Limozeen'' is the twenty-ninth solo studio album by American entertainer
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton (born January 19, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, actress, philanthropist, and businesswoman, known primarily for her work in country music. After achieving success as a songwriter for others, Parton made her album d ...
. It was released on May 30, 1989, by
Columbia Records
Columbia Records is an American record label owned by Sony Music, Sony Music Entertainment, a subsidiary of Sony Corporation of America, the North American division of Japanese Conglomerate (company), conglomerate Sony. It was founded on Janua ...
. The album returned the performer to the country music fold, after the critical and commercial failure of 1987's ''
Rainbow''. The album was produced by
Ricky Skaggs, and featured a duet with
Mac Davis
Morris Mac Davis (January 21, 1942 – September 29, 2020) was an American country music singer, songwriter, and actor. A native of Lubbock, Texas, he enjoyed success as a crossover artist, and during his early career he wrote for Elvis Presley, ...
, along with a cover version of
Don Francisco's Christian classic, "He's Alive", as well as a bluegrass cover of the 1978
REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon (originally stylized as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. The ...
hit "
Time for Me to Fly." For Parton's efforts, she was rewarded with two country #1 singles: "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" and "Yellow Roses". The album spent 100 weeks and peaked at #3 on the U.S. country albums chart and won Parton back much of the critical praise she had lost with ''Rainbow''. It ended up being certified Gold by the
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/o ...
.
In 2009,
Sony BMG
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re-released ''White Limozeen'' in a triple-feature CD set with ''
Eagle When She Flies
''Eagle When She Flies'' is the thirty-first solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on March 7, 1991, by Columbia Records. The album was produced by Steve Buckingham and Gary Smith, with Parton serving as ...
'' and ''
Slow Dancing with the Moon
''Slow Dancing with the Moon'' is the thirty-second solo studio album by American entertainer Dolly Parton. It was released on February 23, 1993. The album features a number of famous guest artists, including Collin Raye, Mary Chapin Carpenter ...
''.
Track listing
Chart performance
Album
Album (Year-End)
Singles
In anticipation of the album, in April 1989 the lead single, "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" was released. It was a #1 Country single, and was given a music video.
After the album showed to be doing well, in July 1989 the second single, "Yellow Roses" was released, also becoming a #1 Country single.
November 1989 saw the third single, "He's Alive" being released. An accompanying video was released, consisting of footage of Parton's performance of the song on the CMA Awards show, earlier that month.
It was a cover of
Don Francisco's song of the same name. The single peaked at # 39.
In February 1990 she released the fourth single, "Time For Me to Fly", a bluegrass cover of
REO Speedwagon
REO Speedwagon (originally stylized as R.E.O. Speedwagon) is an American rock band from Champaign, Illinois. Formed in 1967, the band cultivated a following during the 1970s and achieved significant commercial success throughout the 1980s. The ...
's 1978 hit of the same name. Like its immediate predecessor, the single also peaked at #39.
In May 1990 the fifth single, the title track, was released, also without promotion, as by this point she was recording a holiday album, ''
Home for Christmas.'' It reached #29 on the country singles charts.
A sixth single, "Slow Healing Heart", was released that same year, but is rarely known, and it was the final bit of promotion for this album. The single did not chart.
Production
*Produced By Ricky Skaggs
*Engineered By Tom Harding, Scott Hendricks, Pat Hutchinson, Doug Johnson,
George Massenburg
George Y. Massenburg (born Baltimore, Maryland c. 1947) is a Grammy award-winning recording engineer and inventor. Working principally in Baltimore, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Macon, Georgia, Massenburg is widely known for submitting a paper to ...
, Mike Poole & Ed Seay
*Assistant Engineers: Jeff Giedt, Rodney Good, Brad Jones
*Mixing: Doug Johnson
*Mastering: Denny Purcell
*Engineer Outboard Gear Service: Studio Equipment Rental (co owner: Pamela M Jones)
Personnel
*Dolly Parton - vocals
*
Eddie Bayers - drums
*Farrell Morris,
Ricky Skaggs - percussion
*Mike Brignardello, Craig Nelson - bass guitar
*
Barry Beckett,
David Huntsinger,
John Barlow Jarvis - keyboards, piano, DX-7
*Mark Casstevens, Steve Gibson,
Vince Gill
Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American country music singer, songwriter and musician. He has achieved commercial success and fame both as frontman of the country rock band Pure Prairie League in the 1970s and as a solo artist b ...
,
Albert Lee
Albert William Lee (born 21 December 1943) is an English guitarist known for his fingerstyle and hybrid picking technique. Lee has worked, both in the studio and on tour, with many famous musicians from a wide range of genres. He has also mai ...
,
Mac McAnally, Ricky Skaggs,
Reggie Young
Reggie Grimes Young Jr. (December 12, 1936 – January 17, 2019) was an American musician who was lead guitarist in the American Sound Studio house band, The Memphis Boys, and was a leading session musician. He played on various recordings with ...
- guitar
*
Stuart Duncan
Stuart Duncan (born April 14, 1964) is an American bluegrass musician who plays the fiddle, mandolin, guitar, and banjo.
Life
Duncan was born in Quantico, Virginia, and raised in Santa Paula, California, where he played in the school band. He ...
, Ricky Skaggs - fiddle
*
Paul Franklin - pedabro
*Terry Crisp,
Lloyd Green, John Hughey, Paul Franklin - steel guitar
*
Béla Fleck - banjo
*David Huntsinger - piano
*Ricky Skaggs - mandolin
*Bob Mason - cello
*Bobby Taylor - oboe
*
Jo-El Sonnier
Jo-El Sonnier (; born Joel Sonnier; October 2, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter and accordionist who performs country music and Cajun music. Originally signed to Mercury Nashville Records, Sonnier charted several minor singles on the ''Bi ...
- Cajun accordion
*
Nashville String Machine - strings
*Bergen White - string arrangements
*Curtis Young, Liana Young, Lisa Silver, Bernard Peyton, Kim Morrison, Vicki Hampton, Yvonne Hodges, Richard Dennison - backing vocals
References
External links
White Limozeen at Dolly Parton On-Line
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1989 albums
Columbia Records albums
Dolly Parton albums
Albums produced by Ricky Skaggs