Just Because I'm A Woman
Dolly Parton
Just Because I’m a Woman is Dolly Parton’s second solo studio album and her first for RCA Victor, released in 1968. It captures Parton at the start of her national career: a young singer with deep Tennessee roots, a confident country voice, and an emerging gift for writing from a woman’s point of view. The original 12-song album reached No. 22 on the U.S. country-albums chart and combines traditional Nashville country arrangements with songs of romantic disappointment, longing, self-possession, and resilience.
Parton wrote four of the album’s most enduring songs—“You’re Gonna Be Sorry,” “I’ll Oilwells Love You,” “The Bridge,” and the title track. “Just Because I’m a Woman” is the record’s emotional center, directly challenging the sexual double standard that judges a woman’s past more harshly than a man’s; its candor made it an unusually bold statement for a mainstream country record of the period. Elsewhere, “False Eyelashes,” “I Wish I Felt This Way at Home,” “The Only Way Out (Is to Walk Over Me),” and “Try Being Lonely” show Parton balancing wit, vulnerability, and determination. The album is an early but clear indication of the artist and songwriter she would become.
Just Because I'm A Woman
Dolly Parton
Just Because I’m a Woman is Dolly Parton’s second solo studio album and her first for RCA Victor, released in 1968. It captures Parton at the start of her national career: a young singer with deep Tennessee roots, a confident country voice, and an emerging gift for writing from a woman’s point of view. The original 12-song album reached No. 22 on the U.S. country-albums chart and combines traditional Nashville country arrangements with songs of romantic disappointment, longing, self-possession, and resilience.
Parton wrote four of the album’s most enduring songs—“You’re Gonna Be Sorry,” “I’ll Oilwells Love You,” “The Bridge,” and the title track. “Just Because I’m a Woman” is the record’s emotional center, directly challenging the sexual double standard that judges a woman’s past more harshly than a man’s; its candor made it an unusually bold statement for a mainstream country record of the period. Elsewhere, “False Eyelashes,” “I Wish I Felt This Way at Home,” “The Only Way Out (Is to Walk Over Me),” and “Try Being Lonely” show Parton balancing wit, vulnerability, and determination. The album is an early but clear indication of the artist and songwriter she would become.