Listening to every Dolly solo album in order was a mammoth task and one which offers me some insight into the quality of her work over the last few decades.
Ranking albums is a fun task for music nerds like myself, and I began by splitting the albums into four categories: excellent, good, average, terrible. After that I went back to read my reviews (linked below) and listen again to determine which order I think best reflects the quality of Dolly’s work and my own personal favourites.
The top five albums or even ten albums are all quality and the order reflects the amount of times I’ve listened to that particular record. Why I chose the number one album is because I think it best encapsulates everything Dolly has to offer: country, pop, bluegrass, classic songwriting, and above all else personality.
Read on and click the titles to read my reviews. Please let me know your favourite Dolly album in the comments! I have excluded soundtrack albums, her Christmas albums, the Dollywood only album and her children’s album, making a total of 45 albums to rank.
38. Dolly – The Seeker/ We Used To
26. My Favourite Songwriter, Porter Wagoner
24. In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)
23. Slow Dancing With the Moon
13. New Harvest First Gathering
Highway Queens 
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