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The Bargain Store
Country · 1975 · 8 tracks

The Bargain Store

Dolly Parton

Vulnerable storytelling. Sparse acoustic arrangements and crystalline vocals turn second-hand heartbreak into high-art country soul.

March 16, 1975 · RCA

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A quiet, dignified sadness that finds grace in second-hand emotions.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks
03
When I’m Gone
5:09
04
The Only Hand You’ll Need to Hold
2:09
05
On My Mind Again
2:53
06
I Want to Be What You Need
2:43
07
Love to Remember
2:33
08
You’ll Always Be Special to Me
2:22
09
He Would Know
2:33
10
I’ll Never Forget
2:49
Moments Worth Listening For
The way her voice breaks into a fragile, multi-syllabic 'you-oo-oo' during the climax of When I'm Gone.
The delicate, almost whispered opening of I'll Never Forget where the acoustic guitar is mixed so close you can hear the finger-slides.
The title track's central metaphor where the pedal steel mimics the sigh of someone looking at a damaged piece of history.
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Where This Album DepartsEach spoke is a trait. The orange shape shows where this album pulls away from — or holds to — the rest of the artist’s catalogue. Tap for more.

How does The Bargain Store sound next to the rest of Dolly Parton's catalogue?

Vulnerable+2.2σ

Vulnerable saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

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