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Aug 19, 2016Pure & Simple is at best a middle shelf release in Parton's discography.
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Aug 19, 2016Generally tasteful and acoustic, Dolly Parton's 43rd studio album is most effective at its most effortless, as when she breezes with contented charm through the title track's celebration of uncomplicated love. But the legend stumbles when she tries too hard to be cute.
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Aug 18, 2016While the best moments prove the country queen is still at the top of her game, missteps like spoken word breaks add unneeded cheese, and Pure & Simple isn't all that thematically diverse.
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Aug 18, 2016Some great songs, some not-so-great songs, an impressively sharp realism that gets submerged beneath corn and goo: perhaps this album does offer pure Dolly Parton after all.
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Aug 24, 2016Though Pure & Simple will be palatable for her fans, it lacks the depth that put Parton in the spotlight to begin with.
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Aug 18, 2016Pure & Simple sticks for the most part to an agreeable neo-traditional approach.
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