Together Always
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Together Always was a 1972 studio album by Porter Wagoner
and Dolly Parton
. It contained their hit "Lost Forever in Your Kiss", which reached the U.S. country top ten and the title track which reached #14. The humorous "Ten Four, Over and Out" exploited the C.B. radio craze a few years before it became a major phenomeon in the USA. The album features liner notes written by both Wagoner and Parton in their own handwriting reproduced.
The album is one of the few consisting entirely of songs composed by either Parton or Wagoner, although most of their albums are heavy self-penned songs.
"Poor Folks Town" was later recorded as a solo by Parton on her 1980 best-selling album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
.
Porter Wagoner
Porter Wayne Wagoner was a popular American country music singer known for his flashy Nudie and Manuel suits and blond pompadour. He introduced the young Dolly Parton near the beginning of her career on his long-running television show, and they were a well-known duet throughout the late 1960s and...
and Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton
Dolly Rebecca Parton is an American singer-songwriter, author, multi-instrumentalist, actress and philanthropist, best known for her work in country music. Dolly Parton has appeared in movies like 9 to 5, The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Steel Magnolias and Straight Talk...
. It contained their hit "Lost Forever in Your Kiss", which reached the U.S. country top ten and the title track which reached #14. The humorous "Ten Four, Over and Out" exploited the C.B. radio craze a few years before it became a major phenomeon in the USA. The album features liner notes written by both Wagoner and Parton in their own handwriting reproduced.
The album is one of the few consisting entirely of songs composed by either Parton or Wagoner, although most of their albums are heavy self-penned songs.
"Poor Folks Town" was later recorded as a solo by Parton on her 1980 best-selling album 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
Allmusic rated 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs four-and-a-half out of five stars. William Ruhlmann, who reviewed the album, stated that "most of Parton's albums are hard to recommend", but that "[the songs are] enough to put it a notch above most of Parton's RCA catalog." Critic Robert Christgau rated the...
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Track listing
- "Together Always" (Dolly Parton)
- "Love's All Over" (Wagoner)
- "Christina" (Parton)
- "Poor Folks Town" (Parton)
- "Take Away" (Wagoner)
- "Ten Four, Over and Out" (Wagoner)
- "Lost Forever In Your Kiss" (Parton)
- "Anyplace You Want To Go" (Wagoner)
- "Looking Down" (Wagoner)
- "You and Me, Her and Him" (Wagoner)