Little Sparrow
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| Little Sparrow | |||||
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| Studio album by Dolly Parton | |||||
| Released | January 2001 | ||||
| Recorded | Nashville, Los Angeles, 2000 | ||||
| Genre | folk, Bluegrass | ||||
| Length | 52:41 | ||||
| Label | Sugar Hill | ||||
| Producer | Steve Buckingham | ||||
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| Dolly Parton chronology | |||||
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Little Sparrow was a 2001 Dolly Parton album, the second in a trilogy of folk/Bluegrass albums Parton released between 1999 and 2002. While The Grass Is Blue from 1991, the album's predecessor, featured straightforward bluegrass, Little Sparrow featured a blend of folk and bluegrass styles. In addition to a number of traditional songs and Parton's own compositions, the album featured a reworking of the Collective Soul hit "Shine", as well as a bluegrass version of Cole Porter's "I Get a Kick Out of You". The album received positive reviews and reached number 12 on the U.S. country albums chart, Parton's highest charting solo album in nearly a decade.
Among the backing musicians were members of the alternative bluegrass band Nickel Creek.
Parton's recording of "Shine" won a Grammy for best female country vocal performance. The track "Marry Me" was later featured in the Reese Witherspoon film Sweet Home Alabama. In 2008, David Cook, a finalist on the seventh season of American Idol, performed a cover of the song "Little Sparrow" with his own arrangement.
[edit] Track listing
- Little Sparrow (Dolly Parton)
- Shine (Ed Roland)
- I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby
- My Blue Tears (Dolly Parton)
- Seven Bridges Road (Steve Young)
- Bluer Pastures (Dolly Parton)
- A Tender Lie (Randy Sharp)
- I Get a Kick Out of You
- Mountain Angel (Dolly Parton)
- Marry Me (Dolly Parton)
- Down From Dover (Dolly Parton)
- The Beautiful Lie (David "Butch" McDade)
- In The Sweet By And By
- Reprise: Little Sparrow (Dolly Parton)
[edit] At the album charts
| Chart (2001) | Peak Position |
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| The Billboard 200 (U.S.) | 97 |
| U.S. Top Country Albums | 12 |
| U.K. Top Country Albums | 1 (8 weeks) |
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