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9 to 5 and Odd Jobs

1980 studio album by Dolly Parton

Field	Value
name	9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
type	studio
artist	Dolly Parton
cover	9to5OddJobs.jpg
released	November 17, 1980
recorded	April– September 1980
studio	Sound Labs, Hollywood; Audio Media, Nashville, Tennessee; Western Recorders, Los Angeles
length	35:34
label	RCA Victor
producer	Mike Post, Gregg Perry
prev_title	Porter & Dolly
prev_year	1980
next_title	Heartbreak Express
next_year	1982
misc	{{Singles
name	9 to 5 and Odd Jobs
type	studio
single1	[9 to 5](9-to-5-dolly-parton-song)
single1date	November 3, 1980
single2	But You Know I Love You
single2date	March 16, 1981
single3	The House of the Rising Sun
single3date	August 3, 1981

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9 to 5 and Odd Jobs is a solo studio album by American entertainer Dolly Parton. It was released on November 17, 1980, by RCA Records. A concept album about working, the album was centered on Parton's hit "9 to 5", which served as the theme song to the film of the same name (co-starring Parton, Jane Fonda and Lily Tomlin) and its soundtrack, and topped both the U.S. country and pop charts. The album's two additional singles—a cover of Mike Settle's "But You Know I Love You" and a reading of "The House of the Rising Sun" – provided further country hits, with "But You Know I Love You" also reaching No. 1.

The understated pop-country arrangement of most of the songs was seen as a welcome return to form for Parton by critics, after the overly polished pop sound of Parton's previous albums. In addition to five Parton compositions, the album contained a number of folk and country classics, including work by Woody Guthrie, Mel Tillis and Merle Travis. The Parton-penned "Poor Folks Town" was originally recorded as a duet with Porter Wagoner on the 1972 album Together Always.

The album was produced by Mike Post (with the exception of "9 to 5", which was produced by Parton's bandleader Gregg Perry).

A 1983 reissue on cassette omitted the tracks "Detroit City" and "Dark as a Dungeon", and moved the song "Sing for the Common Man" to the end of Side 2. However, a 2009 reissue of the album included all ten of the album's original tracks, as well as a remixed version of "9 to 5", and a previously unreleased cover of Sly & the Family Stone's 1969 hit "Everyday People" as bonus cuts.

The album stayed at No. 1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart for 10 consecutive weeks and ended up being certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America.

Critical reception

AllMusic retrospectively rated 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs four-and-a-half out of five stars. William Ruhlmann, who reviewed the album, stated that due to RCA's practice of "shoving poorly organized products onto the market, most of Parton's albums are hard to recommend", but that "[the songs are] enough to put it a notch above most of Parton's RCA catalog." Critic Robert Christgau rated the album a B+, stating that how one would respond to the album "depends on [his/her] tolerance for fame-game schlock", although he also incomprehensibly wrote that "I'd never claim Johnny Carson's damaged [Parton's] pipes or her brains".

Track listing

Personnel

Dolly Parton – vocals/nails
Reggie Young – guitar
Jeff Baxter, Marty Walsh – guitar on "9 to 5"
Larry Carlton – guitar on "House of the Rising Sun" and "Working Girl"
Leland Sklar – bass guitar
Abraham Laboriel – bass guitar on "9 to 5"
Joe McGuffee – steel guitar
John Goux – slide guitar on "The House of the Rising Sun"
Sonny Osborne – banjo
Ron Oates – keyboards
Ian Underwood – synthesizer
Gregg Perry – organ on "Poor Folks Town"
Larry Knechtel – piano on "9 to 5"
Eddie Bayers – drums
Rick Shlosser – drums on "9 to 5"
Lenny Castro – percussion on "9 to 5"
Tom Saviano – saxophone on "9 to 5"
Ken Hutchcroft – baritone saxophone on "9 to 5"
Jerry Hey – trumpet on "9 to 5"
Bill Reichenbach – trombone on "9 to 5"
Mike Post – synthesized flute on "But You Know I Love You"
Anita Ball, Joey Scarbury, Richard Dennison – backing vocals
Anita Ball, Denise Maynelli, Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals on "9 to 5"
Bobby Osborne, Sonny Osborne – backing vocals on "Hush-a-Bye Hard Times"
Sid Sharp – concertmaster ;Technical Recorded at Audio Media, Nashville, Tennessee. Mixed at Smoke Tree Ranch, Chatsworth, California.
Chuck Britz, Doug Parry, Larry Carlton, Marshall Morgan, Paul Dobbe – engineer
George Corsillo – art direction, design
Tom Bryant – art direction
Ron Slenzak – photography

Charts

Album

Chart (1980)	Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)	33
Canadian RPM Country Albums	3
Canadian RPM Top Albums	15
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	1
U.S. Billboard 200	11
US Cashbox Country Albums	1
US Cash Box Top Albums	15

Album (Year-End)

Chart (1981)	Peak
Position
US Top Country LPs (Billboard)	1
US Billboard 200	40

References

"9 to 5 and Odd Jobs".
{{AllMusic. William. Ruhlmann
"Robert Christgau: CG: Artist 372". robertchristgau.com.
(1992). "The Rolling Stone Album Guide". Random House.
Kent, David. (1993). "Australian Chart Book 1970–1992". Australian Chart Book.
"RPM Country Albums for March 7, 1981". [[RPM (magazine).
"RPM Top Albums for April 4, 1981". [[RPM (magazine).
{{allMusic
"Cash Box Country Albums". [[Cashbox (magazine).
"Cash Box Top 100 Albums". [[Cashbox (magazine).
"Billboard Top Country Albums – Year-End Charts (1981)".
"Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End Charts (1981)".
Colin Larkin. (2006). "[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]". Muze, [[Oxford University Press]].

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