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13th Feb 2014

Dolly Parton Reveals the Release Date for Her New Album

We're very excited!

Una Kavanagh

Country legend Dolly Parton has confirmed the release date for her upcoming album.

Blue Smoke will be released on May 12th and a day later in the US . This is Dolly’s 42nd studio album.

“On this CD I think there are all of the colours of my life in all the areas of music that you’ve allowed me to dabble in through the years,” said Parton.

“You will hear my old world mountain voice on songs like ‘Banks of The Ohio’ and ‘If I Had Wings’; my tender side on songs like ‘Miss You – Miss Me’ and ‘Unlikely Angel’; my country / bluegrass side on songs like ‘Home’, ‘Blue Smoke’ and ‘Don’t Think Twice’; and my funny tongue-in-cheek side on ‘Lover du Jour’.”

Here’s the Blue Smoke is as follows:

1. ‘Blue Smoke’
2. ‘Unlikely Angel’
3. ‘Don’t Think Twice’
4. ‘You Can’t Make Old Friends’ with Kenny Rogers
5. ‘Home’
6. ‘Banks of the Ohio’
7. ‘Lay Your Hands on Me’
8. ‘Miss You – Miss Me’
9. ‘If I Had Wings’
10. ‘Lover du Jour’
11. ‘From Here to the Moon and Back’ with Willie Nelson
12. ‘Try’