Song of the Day #6,655: ‘Full Circle’ – Dolly Parton

Slow Dancing with the Moon (1993) was Dolly Parton’s second straight Platinum album, and continued a winning streak that started four years earlier with her return to country music.

It’s funny that I feel like I’ve been aware of (and a fan of) Parton for my entire life, but I never really knew anything about her music. Apart from the handful of hits we all know, her recording career was a mystery.

Stepping through it, it’s a little odd to think of her having the same ups and downs as most recording artists — the same detours into unforgiving genres, the same comebacks. Shouldn’t a legend like Dolly Parton be immune to all of that?

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