Dolly Parton "Tracks of My Tears (Miracles Cover)"
Hands down, “Tracks of My Tears” is like the best pop song ever. A perfected synthesis of melody and lyrical content, there’s a reason why the song has survived what feels like a billion different incarnations (My favorite: the Gladys Knight & The Pips’ rendition) without losing it’s innate charm.
Quick to self-mock country icon Dolly Parton helms the latest (from her upcoming return-to-mainstream country album, Backwoods Barbie) and it sounds as pleasant as you think it would. In the center of banjos and fiddles shrouding the classic in a sunny twang and moving gospel-tinged moments that peek through every now and then, Parton’s familiar delicate lilt sounds as if she actually is choking back tears in certain parts. While it would have sounded even better if it was just a tad bit under-produced, it’s hard to really dislike anything Miss Parton ever does.
Hell, she even makes something as absurd as a funky Nashvillian take on Fine Young Cannibals’ “She Drives Me Crazy” bring a small smirk across your face.
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