Ultimate Dolly Parton is a 2003 issued digitally remastered anthology of the Country music queen's best recordings drawn from her recordings on several different labels, giving you one of the most complete overviews of this great singer/songwriter's legendary career. The album peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart.
This compilation breezes through two decades of Dolly Parton’s career, covering her most radiant singles released between 1970 and 1989. It starts with "Joshua", a twangy, country-funk story about a small-town loner, and continues through the female-gaze classic "Why'd You Come In Here Lookin' Like That”—one of the most explosive tunes Nashville ever produced. In between are classics like "Here You Come Again", a melancholy lament for the powerlessness Dolly feels while lost in love, and foot-stomping working-girl anthems like “9 to 5”.