Run, Rose, Run is the forty-eighth solo studio album by Dolly Parton. It was released on March 4, 2022, by Dolly's own Butterfly Records. The album was produced by Dolly with Richard Dennison and Tom Rutledge. It serves as a companion piece to Dolly's book of the same name which she wrote in collaboration with James Patterson. Three singles were released from the album: "Big Dreams and Faded Jeans", "Blue Bonnet Breeze", and "Woman Up (And Take It Like a Man)". The album peaked at number four on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number 34 on the Billboard 200. Run, Rose, Run received mostly positive reviews from music critics.
Track listing
?Run (Dolly Parton) 2:45
Big Dreams and Faded Jeans (Dolly Parton) 4:07
Demons (featuring Ben Haggard) (Dolly Parton) 3:24
Driven (Dolly Parton) 2:40
Snakes in the Grass (Dolly Parton) 2:41
Blue Bonnet Breeze (Dolly Parton) 5:19
Woman Up (And Take It Like a Man) (Dolly Parton) 2:27
Firecracker (Dolly Parton) 3:13
Secrets (featuring Joe Nichols) (Dolly Parton) 2:52
Lost and Found (Dolly Parton) 3:18
Dark Night, Bright Future (Dolly Parton) 2:37
Love or Lust (featuring Richard Dennison) (Dolly Parton) 3:20
Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams edition bonus track ? 13. Rose of My Heart* (Dolly Parton) 2:34
?* Previously released on the 2009 Cracker Barrel Collector's Edition of Backwoods Barbie.
Dolly prematurely announced that she was working on a novel with James Patterson in July 2020, during an interview with Eddie Stubbs on WSM. Following the broadcast, the interview was posted to WSM's Soundcloud page, but was deleted by mid-afternoon the next day. She first mentioned that she was working on a new bluegrass album in June 2021 during a press conference at Dollywood announcing their new Heartsong Lodge & Resort. Dolly teased the album again in July 2021 during an interview with Tim McGraw on his Apple Music radio show Beyond the Influence. She mentioned that she had recorded duets with Merle Haggard's son (though she did not specify whether it was Marty, Noel, or Ben) and Joe Nichols (who she previously collaborated with on "If I Were a Carpenter" for her 2005 album Those Were the Days). She went on to say that she had recorded some bluegrass and some country material for the record.
On Wednesday, August 11, 2021, Dolly officially announced that she had teamed up with James Patterson to write a new book titled Run, Rose, Run, to be published on March 7, 2022, by Little, Brown and Company. She also announced that the book would be released alongside an album of 12 original songs produced by Richard Dennison and Tom Rutledge. The album was released March 4, 2022, on CD, digital download, and LP. Dolly's online store offered an exclusive marble red LP, while Barnes & Noble, Target, Walmart, and Talk Shop Live offered opaque blue, clear green, peach, and violet LPs, respectively. Target stores also offered a CD edition containing an exclusive bookmark. Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams offered an exclusive digital version of the album containing one bonus track, "Rose of My Heart" (which was originally released in March 2009 as a bonus track on the Collector's Edition of Dolly's 2008 album Backwoods Barbie sold at Cracker Barrel).
Run, Rose, Run debuted and peaked at number 34 on Billboard 200 with 17,000 equivalent album units sold in its first week. The album also debuted and peaked at number four on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. It is Dolly's forty-seventh top ten entry on the chart, extending her record for the most top tens by a female artist. The album also peaked at number one on the Billboard Top Americana/Folk Albums chart and the Billboard Bluegrass Albums chart. It peaked at number six on the Billboard Independent Albums chart. In Europe the album peaked at number 23 on the UK Albums chart, number one on the UK Country Albums chart, number four on the UK Independent Albums chart, number four on the Scottish Albums chart, number 76 on the Dutch Albums chart, and number 122 on the Belgium Albums chart. It also peaked at number six on the Australian Country Albums chart.
Personnel
Lonnie Wilson – drums
Steve Mackey – bass?
Steve Hinson – steel guitar
Richie Owens – Weissenborn resonator guitar
Tom Rutledge – banjo, acoustic guitar
Kent Wells – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Richard Dennison – piano, B3 organ, keys, background vocals, guest artist
Paul Hollowell – B3 organ
Pat Bergeson – harmonica
Charlie McCoy – harmonica
David Angell – 2nd violin
Monisa Angell – viola
David Davidson – 1st violin
Carole Rabinowitz – cello
Sarighani Reist – cello
Kristin Wilkinson – viola
Appalachian Road Show – background vocals
Becky Isaacs Bowman – background vocals
Jamie Dailey – background vocals
Vicki Hampton – background vocals
Sonya Isaacs – background vocals
Aaron McCune – background vocals
Jennifer O'Brien – background vocals
Dolly Parton – lead vocals, harmony vocals
Darrin Vincent – background vocals
Barry Abernathy, Jim Van Cleve, Darrel Webb
Ben Haggard – guest artist
Dirk Johnson – keys
Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle, mandolin
Joe Nichols – guest artist
Scott Vestal – banjo
Production Daniel Bacigalupi – Dolby Atmos mastering assistant, vinyl mastering assistant Mark Capps – mixing Joe Corey – recording engineer Joey Crawford – recording engineer David Davidson – string arrangement Richard Dennison – co-producer, vocal arrangements Ben Isaacs – recording engineer, edit engineer Chris Latham – edit engineer Pete Lyman – Dolby Atmos mastering Andrew Mendelson – mastering Mark Needham – Dolby Atmos mixing Dolly Parton – executive producer Piper Payne – vinyl mastering Tom Rutledge – co-producer, recording engineer, edit engineer Phillips Smith – Dolby Atmos mixing assistant Darrin Vincent – recording engineer Lonnie Wilson – recording engineer Kent Wells – recording engineer
Other personnel Stacie Huckeba – photographer Iisha Lemming – wardrobe production Vance Nichols – wardrobe production Riley Reed – wardrobe production Cheryl Riddle – hair J.B. Rowland – art direction ?Rebecca Seaver – creative production manager Steve Summers – costume designer Jeni's Splendid Ice Creams edition bonus track Randy Kohrs – dobro Jimmy Mattingly – fiddle, dulcimer Dolly Parton – lead vocals, background vocals? ?Ben "Snake" Schmidt – mixing Tony Smith –synthesizer Brent Truitt – mandolin Steve Turner – drums Jay Weaver – bass Kent Wells – acoustic guitar
