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Genre: Country
Release Date: 08/07/2007

16 Biggest Hits is a fairly accurate title in the case of this Dolly Parton best-of, which is representative of her musical output from the early '70s up to her turn-of-the-'80s comeback that began with White Limozeen (1989), compiling most of her best, if not necessarily biggest, hits from this time span. With so many hits to her name over several decades, Parton isn't easily summarized on a single-disc collection like this. The Essential Dolly Parton, released in 2005 by Legacy, was more ideal; over the course of 37 songs, it showcased the country icon's colorful array of career highlights much better. Consequently, there are at least a good dozen songs that could have been chosen for 16 Biggest Hits, from early-'70s gems like "Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)" and "Joshua," to late-'70s country-pop like "Heartbreaker" and "I Really Got the Feeling," to gaudy '80s wonders like "Potential New Boyfriend" and "Tie Our Love (In a Double Knot)." Yet what's here on 16 Biggest Hits is fitting and well satisfying: "Coat of Many Colors" (1971), "Jolene" (1973), "I Will Always Love You" (1974), "Love Is Like a Butterfly" (1974), "The Seeker" (1975), "All I Can Do" (1976), "Here You Come Again" (1977), "Two Doors Down" (1977), "9 to 5" (1980), "Single Women" (1982), "Heartbreak Express" (1982), "Islands in the Stream" (1983), "Don't Call It Love" (1985), "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" (1989), "Rockin' Years" (1991), and "Romeo" (1993). All of these songs were hits, half of them chart-toppers.

~Jason Birchmeier, All Music Guide

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Ricky Skaggs - Original Recording Producer
Dolly Parton - Original Recording Producer
Mike Post - Original Recording Producer
Steven Berkowitz - A&R
Barry Gibb - Original Recording Producer
Steve Buckingham - Original Recording Producer
Bob Ferguson - Original Recording Producer
Gary Klein - Original Recording Producer
David Malloy - Original Recording Producer
Gregg Perry - Original Recording Producer
Karl Richardson - Original Recording Producer
Porter Wagoner - Original Recording Producer
Howard Fritzson - Art Direction
Vic Anesini - Mastering
Jean Carbain - Design
Rob Santos - Compilation Producer
Jeremy Holiday - Packaging Manager
Kristin Barlowe - Photography
Adam Farber - Project Director
Zak Profera - A&R

A Collection of Hits
    Kathy Mattea / CD / 1990
The Definitive Collection
    Tom T. Hall / CD / 2006

Release Date: 08/07/2007
Genre: ctry