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- Record Label: Big Machine Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock
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Positive: 8 out of 16
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Mixed: 8 out of 16
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Negative: 0 out of 16
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Nov 17, 2023As much as the record is a tribute to rock and roll, it is as much a testament to Parton’s prestige. Who else could gather so many for a party in honor of the genre? Indeed, the album is a show for the ages, a show for one and all. Standing ovation.
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Nov 14, 2023A monumentally hideous, yet strangely glorious album. Some might say it goes up to 11... [Dec 2023, p.72]
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Nov 17, 2023Throughout the rest of the project, Parton’s original tracks (including “World on Fire,” a stadium-ready stomp-stomp-clap protest anthem) and faithful renditions of classic rock favorites help her get the band back together for one last encore shine through. At age 77, Dolly Parton sounds fresh, brand new and like she’s having the time of her life.
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Nov 14, 2023To her credit, Parton still manages to make Rockstar sound and feel like a Dolly Parton album, thanks in large part to her distinctive twang. She and producer Kent Wells make some subtle changes to these songs, like a richer and deeper piano tone on Elton John’s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” and denser lead guitar on “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction,” though more inventive arrangements would have distinguished these versions from the originals.
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Nov 17, 2023Nine originals interspersed with the overfamiliar classics indicate a songwriter’s fascination with rock form, but only I Want You Back (sung with Steven Tyler) justifies its position nestled between so many inarguable classics.
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Nov 16, 2023Rockstar is so long that it can feel like a bit of a slog.
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Nov 16, 2023Rockstar might have got away with the obviousness of its material if it had opted to do something interesting with it, but virtually every cover here seems to have been made as close to the original version as possible.