Love Is Like a Butterfly

Infobox Album |
Name = Love Is Like a Butterfly
Type = Album
Artist = Dolly Parton


Released = September 1974
Recorded = RCA Studio B, Nashville, June - July 1974
Genre = Country
Length = 2:40
Label = RCA
Producer = Bob Ferguson
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jd8gtq9zpu4p link]
*Robert Christgau [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=dolly+parton link]
Last album = Jolene (1973)
This album = Love Is Like a Butterfly (1974)
Next album = The Bargain Store (1975)

"Love Is Like a Butterfly" was a 1974 album and single by Dolly Parton. The title track was the third consecutive single to reach #1 on the U.S. country charts for Parton. For the few years before her pop chart success, "Butterfly" was considered Parton's signature song and was used as the theme song for her 1976 syndicated music series Dolly!. The album peaked at # 7 on the country albums charts.

Track listing

All songs are written by Dolly Parton; except where indicated

#"Love Is Like a Butterfly"
#"If I Cross Your Mind" (Porter Wagoner)
#"My Eyes Can Only See You"
#"Take Me Back"
#"Blackie, Kentucky"
#"You're the One Who Taught Me How to Swing"
#"Gettin' Happy"
#"Highway Headin' South" (Wagoner)
#"Once Upon a Memory"
#"Sacred Memories"

Cover versions

A cover version of the title track by singer Clare Torry was used as the theme music for the British TV show Butterflies.

External links

* [http://www.dollyon-line.com/archives/albums/loveislab/index.shtml Love Is Like a Butterfly at Dolly Parton On-Line]