Just Because I'm a Woman (1968 album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Just Because I'm a Woman
Type = Album
Artist = Dolly Parton


Released = April 1968
Recorded = December 1967, RCA Studio "B", Nashville
Genre = Country
Length = 30:28
Label = RCA
Producer = Bob Ferguson
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:r7fnzfsheh5k link]
Last album = "Hello, I’m Dolly" (1967)
This album = "Just Because I'm a Woman" (1968)
Next album = "In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) (1969)

"Just Because I'm a Woman" was released in April 1968, and is Dolly Parton's first solo album for RCA.

Album Information

The title song, in which a woman admonishes her boyfriend for passing judgment on her previous sexual encounters, even though he is guilty of the same behavior (expressing similar sentiments as Kitty Wells's landmark hit "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels"), was regarded as something of a daring statement to make at the time. It was written by Parton in response to her husband's questioning (and subsequent reaction) if she'd ever been with a man before him.

Also included was "The Bridge," distinctive because of its subject matter and rather abrupt ending. The song details the story of a woman who falls in love with a man and becomes pregnant with his child. His abandonment leads the woman back to the bridge where she apparently commits suicide. The last verse states, "My feet are moving slowly, Closer to the edge, Here is where it started, And here is where I'll end it..." before simply ending, midway through the verse.

The album contained seven Parton originals and five covers.

"Just Because I'm a Woman" was reissued on CD in 2004 with bonus cuts and new liner notes. Included were two songs recorded for the A Real Live Dolly album, including her first ever live performance of "Coat of Many Colors".

Track listing

#"You're Gonna be Sorry" (Dolly Parton)
#"I Wish I Felt This Way at Home" (Harlan Howard)
#"False Eyelashes" (Bob Tubert, Demetris Tapp)
#"I'll Oilwells Love You too" (Dolly Parton, Bill Owens)
#"The Only Way Out (is To Walk Over Me)" (Neal Merritt)
#"A Little Bit Slow to Catch On" (Curly Putman)
#"The Bridge" (Dolly Parton)
#"Love and Learn" (Bill Owens)
#"I'm Running Out of Love" (Bill Owens)
#"Just Because I'm a Woman" (Dolly Parton)
#"Baby Sister" (Shirl Milete)
#"Try Being Lonely" (Buck Trent, George McCormick)

Additional tracks appearing on reissue

# "Just Because I'm a Woman" (Live) (Dolly Parton)
# "Coat of Many Colors" (Live) (Dolly Parton)

Chart position

External links

* [http://www.dollyon-line.com/archives/albums/justbiawo/index.shtml "Just Because I'm a Woman" at Dolly Parton On-Line]