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Heartbreak Express in the twenty-fourth solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on March 29, 1982, by RCA Records. The album returned Parton to a more fully realized country sound (a process she had begun on the previous year's 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs), after her late 1970s pop recordings. The album's first single, "Single Women", a slow-tempo honkytonk ballad about a singles bar, was written by Saturday Night Live writer Michael O'Donoghue, and had previously appeared in an SNL skit in late 1980. The single provided a top ten single for Parton. The title cut also was a top ten hit for her. "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" (a song Parton had written in the early 1970s but had never officially recorded) appeared as a double-A-sided single (along with Parton's rerecording of "I Will Always Love You" from the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), and reached No. 1 on the country charts in August 1982.

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Heartbreak Express
Studio album by Dolly Parton
Released	March 29, 1982
Recorded	December 1981–January 1982
Genre	Country
Length	35:09
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton chronology
9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980) Heartbreak Express (1982) The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
Singles from Heartbreak Express
"Single Women" Released: February 1, 1982 "Heartbreak Express" Released: May 3, 1982 "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" Released: July 12, 1982

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B−[2]

"Hollywood Potters", Parton has explained to interviewers, came out of her experience filming the movie 9 to 5, as Parton watched many of the film's extras and bit players, who had worked very hard at acting through the years, but with very little success.

The song, "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind," was performed by finalist of seventh season of American Idol Ramiele Malubay in 2008. She sang the song during the Dolly Parton tribute week. A studio version of her cover was released on the iTunes Store as "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (American Idol Studio Version) - Single" in 2008. Heartbreak Express was re-released in digital format in 2013.

Track listing

Personnel

• Dolly Parton - vocals
• Albert Lee, Fred Tackett, Jeff Baxter, Mike Severs, Steve Cropper - guitar
• Abraham Laboriel, Leland Sklar, Nathan East - bass
• Joe McGuffee - steel guitar
• Buddy Spicher - fiddle
• Gregg Perry - dulcimer, backing vocals
• Red Young, Ron Oates - keyboards
• Eddy Anderson - drums
• Lenny Castro - congas
• Terry McMillan - harmonica
• Alex Brown, Anita Ball, Denise Maynelli, Gene Morford, Jim Salestrom, Richard Dennison, Roy Galloway, Stephanie Spruill, Willie Greene Jr. - backing vocals
• Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Gary Herbig, George Bohanon, Jim Horn, Slyde Hyde, Tom Saviano, Tom Scott - horns
• Herb Ritts - Photography

Major releases

Format	Imprint	Catalogue No.	Territory	Year
Promo	RCA	RCALP 3076	United Kingdom	1982
LP	RCA	RCALP 3076	United Kingdom	1982
LP	RCA	AHL1-14289	United States	1982
LP	RCA	HL 14289	France	1982
LP	RCA Italiana S.p.A.	PL 14389	Italy	1982
CD Reissue	RCA	54289-2	Europe	2010

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[3]	5
U.S. Billboard 200[4]	106

Album (Year-End)

Chart (1982)	Peak Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[5]	32

References

External links

• Heartbreak Express at Dolly Parton On-Line

На других языках

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[es] Heartbreak Express

Heartbreak Express es el título del vigesimocuarto álbum de estudio que publicó la cantante estadounidense Dolly Parton en 1982. Producido por ella, el álbum contiene un estilo country, con escasas influencias de pop.

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[ru] Heartbreak Express

Heartbreak Express — двадцать четвёртый студийный альбом американской кантри-певицы Долли Партон, выпущенный 24 апреля 1982 года на лейбле RCA Records.

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