9 to 5 and Odd Jobs

1. 9 to 5

2. Hush-A-Bye Hard Times

3. House of the Rising Sun

4. Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)

5. Sing for the Common Man

6. Working Girl

7. Detroit City

8. But You Know I Love You

9. Dark as a Dungeon

10. Poor Folks Town

Tracks:

9 To 5
Hush-A-Bye Hard Times
The House Of The Rising Sun
Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)
Sing For The Common Man
Working Girl
Detroit City
But You Know I Love You
Dark As A Dungeon
Poor Folks Town

Album Description

Import only digitally remastered reissue of the country icon's hit 1980 album, features ten tracks including the double Grammy Award title track from 1982 & cover versions of 'The House Of The Rising Son' & Woody Gutherie's 'Deportee (Plane Wreck At Los Gatos)'. Includes restored packaging & new liner notes. BMG.

Customer Reviews:

One of Dolly's best Hollywood albums.......2003-03-31

This is almost a concept album, based around the problems of working people. It's difficult to see where But you know I love you (a cover of a song that was originally a hit for Kenny Rogers and the first edition) fits the concept, so that's why I say almost.

The album yielded two number one country hits - 9 to 5 and But you know I love you - with 9 to 5 giving Dolly her first (and only solo) American number one pop hit. Sadly, it barely scraped into the top 50 in Britain. Her dramatic cover of House of the rising sun made the country top 20, although this particular track has no country credentials whatsoever - it is brilliant, but it is pure pop.

Country fans will particularly enjoy Detroit city and Deportee. Detroit city began life as a country hit for Bobby Bare and became an international pop hit for Tom Jones. Deportee is a cover of a Woody Guthrie song about a plane crash.

Although more pop than country, I particularly enjoy Hash a bye hard times and Sing for the common man. Actually, it's all good stuff here as far as I'm concerned, but you need to like both pop and country to fully appreciate this album.

Tracks:

9 to 5
Hush-A-Bye Hard Times
House of the Rising Sun
Deportee (Plane Wreck at Los Gatos)
Sing for the Common Man
Working Girl
Detroit City
But You Know I Love You
Dark as a Dungeon
Poor Folks Town

Customer Reviews:

Not country..............I'de give it a 0 if I could.......2005-01-13

Just like Reba McEntire parton gets away with making POP music by calling it country. Its just another of partons many many marketing ploys. She is no different than any other sell out and should get criticised as well. I just dont understand how parton gets away with making pop music but shania twain, faith hill, sara evans, LeAnn Rimes, Keith Urban, Tim mcgraw, kenny cheesny and so so many others get ripped to peaces for doing exactly what parton did or does (making pop music and selling it as country music to appeal to a larger broader audience is ecaxtly what parton does). cause lets just face it parton is no different than shania twain faith hill or any other sell out, but just like reba she just gets away with it. In fact i think parton has made maby only three possibly four country albums since about 1977. Parton is officially the first sell out. Her and reba get away with it because of there strong southern twangs. In other words they both make pop music with a twang. And no one can EVER get as tacky music style wise or fashion wise as parton, not evan shania twain. those costumes she wears and the major plastic surgery she has had makes her look like a dang fool. And country music has been a hacked up genre of music since about the mid 70's. Thanks to parton we now have faith and shania.

One of Dolly's best Hollywood albums.......2003-05-10

Among Dolly's Hollywood albums, Here you come again is my favorite, but this one and Real love are both very close behind.

Great Album.......2002-07-19

Dolly's 1980 album 9 TO 5 (AND OTHER ODD JOBS) is a worthy investment, dont pay attention to bad reviews. This is top notch material from Dolly. First the hit of the album "9 to 5", this song spent 1 week at #1 on the country charts, 2 weeks at #1 on both the Hot 100 and the A/C chart. Another hit from the album was "But You Know I Love You", a song about being on the road away from a lover, spent one week at #1 on the country charts. The album has a bunch of other great songs, "Dark as a Dungeon" and "Deportee (Plane Wreck at los Gatos)" are so heartbreaking, Dolly at her best. I love "The House of the Rising Sun", Dolly does justice on this one. Other highlights include "Sing For The Common Man", "Working Girl", and more. Overall great album!

Worth buying for 2 tracks.......2000-06-20

Like most everyone else who has reviewed this, I have been listening to this album for years and am glad to see it in CD form. However, only two tracks are really great - Dark as a Dungeon and the heartbreaking Deportee, which has me weeping every time. These two tracks are so wonderful they are worth the price of the CD.

Worth buying for 2 tracks.......2000-06-20