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Dolly is the sixteenth solo studio album by American entertainer Dolly Parton. It was released on September 15, 1975, by RCA Victor. To differentiate it from Parton's 2009 4-disc, career-spanning box set, which is also titled Dolly, the album is sometimes referred to as Dolly: The Seeker – We Used To.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Christgau's Record Guide	C+
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

Billboard published a review of the album in the issue dated September 27, 1975, calling the album "a collection of Dolly's favorite love songs. She wrote all of the tunes and is one of the better writers around. All beautiful songs, beautifully done." Billboard also named "Most of All Why", "Because I Love You" and "Only the Memory Remains" as the best cuts on the album.

In the October 4, 1975 issue, Cashbox said, "Produced and arranged by Porter Wagoner, this LP is a collection of love songs written by Dolly, most of them sad songs — songs of remembering lost love. Most are ballads with only a few uptempo cuts."

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 14 on the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart.

The album's first single, "The Seeker", peaked at No. 2 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and No. 105 on the US Billboard Hot 100. In Canada "The Seeker" peaked at No. 1 on the RPM Country Singles chart. The second single, "We Used To", peaked at No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart and No. 4 on the Canadian RPM Country Singles chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dolly Parton

Side one
No.	Title	Recording date	Length
1.	"We Used To"	December 9, 1974	3:14
2.	"The Love I Used to Call Mine"	December 26, 1973	2:50
3.	"My Heart Started Breaking"	April 16, 1971	3:23
4.	"Most of All, Why?"	May 24, 1974	3:03
5.	"Bobby's Arms"	December 1, 1973	2.40

Side two
No.	Title	Recording date	Length
1.	"The Seeker"	December 9, 1974	3:02
2.	"Hold Me"	February 1, 1973	2:36
3.	"Because I Love You"	unknown	2:16
4.	"Only the Memory Remains"	unknown	2:49
5.	"I'll Remember You as Mine"	August 22, 1972	2:48

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.

Herb Burnette - art director
Dennis Carney - photography
The Lea Jane Singers - vocal accompaniment
Bill McElhiney - orchestration
The Nashville Edition - vocal accompaniment
Dolly Parton - lead vocals
Tom Pick - recording engineer
Roy Shockley - recording technician
Porter Wagoner - producer, arrangements

Charts

Chart performance for *Dolly*
Chart (1975)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	14
US Cashbox Country Albums	15

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
1975	"The Seeker"	US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)	2
		US Billboard Hot 100	105
		Canada Top Country Singles (RPM)	1
	"We Used To"	US Hot Country Singles (Billboard)	9
	"We Used To"	Canada Top Country Singles (RPM)	4

References

"Dolly Parton - The Seeker". Retrieved 4 December 2018.
"Dolly Parton - We Used To". Retrieved 4 December 2018.
AllMusic
Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
Colin Larkin (2006). "Parton, Dolly". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 6 (4th ed.). Muze, Oxford University Press. p. 435–6. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.
"Billboard Magazine - September 27, 1975" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
"Cashbox Magazine - October 4, 975" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 4 December 2018.
"Dolly Parton Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard.
"Cash Box Country Albums" (PDF). Cashbox. Retrieved 23 December 2024.
^ "Dolly Parton Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
"Dolly Parton Chart History". Billboard. Retrieved 4 December 2018.

Dolly Parton

Studio albums

1960s	Hello, I'm Dolly Just Because I'm a Woman In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy

1970s	The Fairest of Them All The Golden Streets of Glory Joshua Coat of Many Colors Touch Your Woman My Favorite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner My Tennessee Mountain Home Bubbling Over Jolene Love Is Like a Butterfly The Bargain Store Dolly All I Can Do New Harvest...First Gathering Here You Come Again Heartbreaker Great Balls of Fire

1980s	Dolly, Dolly, Dolly 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs Heartbreak Express Burlap & Satin The Great Pretender Once Upon a Christmas Real Love Trio Rainbow White Limozeen

1990s	Home for Christmas Eagle When She Flies Slow Dancing with the Moon Honky Tonk Angels Something Special Treasures Hungry Again Trio II Precious Memories The Grass Is Blue

2000s	Little Sparrow Halos & Horns For God and Country Those Were the Days Backwoods Barbie

2010s	Better Day Blue Smoke Pure & Simple I Believe in You

2020s	A Holly Dolly Christmas Run, Rose, Run Rockstar

Live albums

Soundtrack albums

Compilation albums

Singles

1960s	"Happy, Happy Birthday Baby" "Dumb Blonde" "Something Fishy" "In the Ghetto"

1970s

"Mule Skinner Blues"
"Joshua"
"Comin' for to Carry Me Home"
"Coat of Many Colors"
"Touch Your Woman"
"My Tennessee Mountain Home"
"Jolene"
"I Will Always Love You"
"Love is Like a Butterfly
"The Bargain Store"
"The Seeker"
"We Used To"
"All I Can Do"
"Light of a Clear Blue Morning"
"(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher and Higher"
"Here You Come Again"
"Two Doors Down"
"It's All Wrong, But It's All Right"
"Heartbreaker"
"It's Too Late to Love Me Now"
"Baby I'm Burnin'"
"I Really Got the Feeling"
"You're the Only One"
"Great Balls of Fire"
"Sweet Summer Lovin'"

1980s

"Starting Over Again"
"Old Flames Can't Hold a Candle to You"
"9 to 5"
"But You Know I Love You"
"The House of the Rising Sun"
"Single Women"
"Heartbreak Express"
"Do I Ever Cross Your Mind"
"Hard Candy Christmas"
"Potential New Boyfriend"
"Save the Last Dance for Me"
"Downtown"
"She Don't Love You (Like I Love You)"
"Tennessee Homesick Blues"
"Medley: Winter Wonderland/Sleigh Ride"
"Don't Call It Love"
"Real Love"
"Think About Love"
"Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)"
"We Had It All"
"To Know Him Is to Love Him"
"Telling Me Lies"
"Those Memories of You"
"The River Unbroken"
"Wildflowers"
"Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That"
"Yellow Roses"

1990s	"Time for Me to Fly" "White Limozeen" "Love Is Strange" "Rockin' Years" "Silver and Gold" "Eagle When She Flies" "Light of a Clear Blue Morning" "Romeo" "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" "To Daddy" "Just When I Needed You Most" "Peace Train" "After the Gold Rush" "Feels Like Home" "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" "Walking on Sunshine"

2000s	"Seven Bridges Road" "Shine" "Imagine" "Both Sides Now" "Twelfth of Never" "Travelin' Thru" "Where Do the Children Play" "Better Get to Livin'" "Drives Me Crazy"

2010s	"Together You and I" "Calling My Children Home" "The Story" "The Last Word in Lonesome Is Me" "Here I Am" "Girl in the Movies" "God Only Knows" "There Was Jesus" "Faith"

2020s	"When Life Is Good Again" "Mary, Did You Know?" "I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus" "Cuddle Up, Cozy Down Christmas" "In the Sweet By and By" "Magic Man" "We Are the Champions/We Will Rock You" "Step by Step" "Let It Be" "What's Up?" "Wrecking Ball" "Southern Accents"

Features

Film and TV

Dolly (1976)
Dolly (1987)
Dolly & Carol in Nashville
Hollywood to Dollywood
The Book Lady
For the Love of Dolly
Coat of Many Colors
Christmas of Many Colors: Circle of Love
Dolly Parton's Heartstrings
Christmas on the Square

Tours

Theme parks

Category

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