Burlap & Satin is the twenty-fifth solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on May 2, 1983, by RCA Victor. The album was produced by Gregg Perry with Dolly serving as executive producer. It peaked at number five on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 127 on the all-genre Billboard 200. The album's only single, "Potential New Boyfriend," peaked at number 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The album was nominated for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards.
Recording The album was recorded in March 1983 at Soundshop Recording Studio and The Castle in Nashville, Tennessee, and Record Planet in Los Angeles, California.
Content Straddling the line between pop and country sounds, the album consists mostly of Dolly's own compositions. Two tracks are Parton-composed outtakes from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas film in which Dolly starred: "A Cowboy's Ways" is a reworked version of "Where Stallions Run," a song intended for co-star Burt Reynolds to perform in the film that was ultimately cut, and "A Gamble Either Way," a song which details Miss Mona's backstory before she became the whorehouse madam. Willie Nelson joined Dolly for a cover of the Eddy Arnold hit "I Really Don't Want to Know".
Dolly would later re-record "Appalachian Memories" under the alternate title of "Smoky Mountain Memories" with Bryan Sutton for his 2000 album, ?Ready to Go. She recorded it under the original title with Brad Hudson for his 2017 album, Next New Heartbreak.
?The album was released May 2, 1983, ?on LP, cassette, and 8-track.
Singles "Potential New Boyfriend" was released as the album's only single on April 11, 1983. It debuted at number 89 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart dated April 30. The single peaked at number 20 on the chart dated July 2, its tenth week on the chart. It charted for 16 weeks. The single peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Dance Club Songs chart. It also peaked at number 19 on the Cashbox Country Singles chart. The single peaked at number 13 in Canada on the RPM Country Singles chart and number 53 in Australia. A music video directed by Steve Barron was released to accompany the single.
Commercial performance The album debuted at number 53 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart dated June 18, 1983. It peaked at number five on the chart dated August 27, its eleventh week on the chart. It charted for 24 weeks. The album also peaked at number 127 on the Billboard 200 chart.
?The album charted at number 43 on the Billboard Top Country Albums year-end chart for 1983. Burlap & Satin was nominated for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female at the 26th Annual Grammy Awards in 1984. The "Potential New Boyfriend" music video was nominated for Favorite Country Video at the American Music Awards of 1984.
Personnel
Performance Eddy Anderson – drums, percussion Anita Ball – background vocals, hand claps Lea Jane Berinati – background vocals Michael Black – background vocals Pete Bordonali – guitar Robbie Buchanan – keyboard Tommy Cowbell – bass Richard Dennison – background vocals Mitch Humphries – keyboard Rick Marotta – drums Hugh McCracken – guitar Donna McElroy – background vocals Joe McGuffee – steel guitar Nashville String Machine – strings Willie Nelson – duet vocals Ron Oates – keyboard, synthesizer Judy Ogle – hand claps Michael Rhodes – bass Judy Rodman – background vocals, hand claps Tom Rutledge – guitar Dolly Parton – lead vocals, hand claps Gregg Perry – keyboard Dewayne Pigg – English horn Michael Severs – guitar Lisa Silver – background vocals Lee Sklar – bass Dennis Solee – tenor saxophone, flute Karen Taylor-Good – background vocals Ray Walker – background vocals ?Marty Walsh – guitar Ernie Winfrey – hand claps
Production Phil Jamtaas – recording engineer Fran Overall – assistant recording engineer Dolly Parton – executive producer ?Gregg Perry – producer, arrangements Jim Scott – assistant recording engineer Ernie Winfrey – recoding engineer, mixing
Other personnel Ed Caraeff – art direction, photography, design Tzetzi Ganev – costumes Donne Gilbert – hair Colleen Owens – hair Cassie Seaver – makeup
