# The 23 Best Dolly Parton Albums

> Over half a century of records sits on this list: early Nashville heartbreak beside bluegrass detours, glossy pop crossovers and a late-career rock swing. Pick the one that still gets the most spins at your house.

*By YPB Team · Published November 8, 2026 · https://youpick.best/ranking/the-23-best-dolly-parton-albums*

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1. **Coat of Many Colors** — score 1000/1000
   Parton's 1971 RCA Victor album built around her autobiographical title song about a patchwork coat her mother sewed for her.
2. **Jolene** — score 788/1000
   A 1974 album that contains both the title hit "Jolene" and Parton's original recording of "I Will Always Love You".
3. **My Tennessee Mountain Home** — score 648/1000
   A 1973 concept album about Parton's childhood in the Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee.
4. **Trio (with Harris, Ronstadt)** — score 551/1000
   A 1987 collaborative studio album with Emmylou Harris and Linda Ronstadt that topped the country albums chart and won a Grammy.
5. **Hungry Again** — score 468/1000
   A 1998 album of Parton-written songs that marked her return to a traditional mountain-country sound.
6. **Blue Smoke** — score 468/1000
   A 2014 album that peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard 200, her first solo album to reach that chart's top 10.
7. **White Limozeen** — score 419/1000
   Her 1989 Columbia album produced by Ricky Skaggs, which yielded the No. 1 country singles "Why'd You Come in Here Lookin' Like That" and "Yellow Roses".
8. **Hello, I'm Dolly** — score 419/1000
   Parton's 1967 debut album on Monument Records, featuring the singles "Dumb Blonde" and "Something Fishy".
9. **Joshua** — score 363/1000
   A 1971 album whose title track became Parton's first No. 1 single on Billboard's country chart.
10. **Halos & Horns** — score 363/1000
   The 2002 third album of her Sugar Hill bluegrass run, featuring an acoustic cover of Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven".
11. **Great Balls of Fire** — score 363/1000
   A 1979 album that mixes a cover of the Jerry Lee Lewis title song with the No. 1 country hit "You're the Only One".
12. **Rockstar** — score 299/1000
   Her 2023 rock album of covers and originals with guests including Paul McCartney, Elton John and Stevie Nicks, which reached No. 3 on the Billboard 200.
13. **The Grass Is Blue** — score 299/1000
   Parton's 1999 bluegrass album on Sugar Hill Records, which won the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album.
14. **Here You Come Again** — score 299/1000
   Her 1977 pop crossover album and her first platinum album, which won the Grammy for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female.
15. **Pure & Simple** — score 299/1000
   A 2016 album of love songs that topped Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and gave its name to her 2016 North American tour.
16. **New Harvest...First Gathering** — score 299/1000
   Her 1977 album, her first self-produced record (co-produced with Gregg Perry) and her first aimed at the pop charts.
17. **Just Because I'm a Woman** — score 226/1000
   Her 1968 album and first solo release for RCA Victor, named after its self-written title song.
18. **Backwoods Barbie** — score 226/1000
   Her 2008 album and the first released on her own Dolly Records label, reaching No. 2 on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart.
19. **9 to 5 and Odd Jobs** — score 140/1000
   A 1980 album of work-themed songs led by "9 to 5", her theme from the film of the same name that topped the Billboard Hot 100.
20. **Heartbreaker** — score 140/1000
   A 1978 pop-country album whose title track reached No. 1 on Billboard's country singles chart.
21. **Little Sparrow** — score 140/1000
   A 2001 bluegrass-folk album whose cover of Collective Soul's "Shine" won the Grammy for Best Female Country Vocal Performance.
22. **Eagle When She Flies** — score 140/1000
   A 1991 album that topped Billboard's Top Country Albums chart and included the No. 1 duet "Rockin' Years" with Ricky Van Shelton.
23. **Love Is Like a Butterfly** — score 0/1000
   A 1974 album named after its title track, a No. 1 hit on Billboard's country singles chart.

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