Heartbreak Express

Heartbreak Express in the twenty-fourth solo studio album by American entertainer Dolly Parton. It was released on March 29, 1982, by RCA Records. The album returned Parton to a more fully realized country sound (a process she had begun on the previous year's 9 to 5 and Odd Jobs), after her late 1970s pop recordings. The album's first single, "Single Women", a slow-tempo honkytonk ballad about a singles bar, was written by Saturday Night Live writer Michael O'Donoghue, and had previously appeared in an SNL skit in late 1980. The single provided a top ten single for Parton. The title cut also was a top ten hit for her. "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" (a song Parton had written in the early 1970s but had never officially recorded) appeared as a double-A-sided single (along with Parton's rerecording of "I Will Always Love You" from the Best Little Whorehouse in Texas), and reached No. 1 on the country charts in August 1982.

Heartbreak Express
Studio album by Dolly Parton
Released	March 29, 1982
Recorded	December 1981–January 1982
Genre	Country
Length	35:29
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Dolly Parton
Dolly Parton chronology
9 to 5 and Odd Jobs (1980) Heartbreak Express (1982) The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas (1982)
Singles from Heartbreak Express
"Single Women" Released: February 1, 1982 "Heartbreak Express" Released: May 3, 1982 "Do I Ever Cross Your Mind" Released: July 12, 1982

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Robert Christgau	B−[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

"Hollywood Potters", Parton has explained to interviewers, came out of her experience filming the movie 9 to 5, as Parton watched many of the film's extras and bit players, who had worked very hard at acting through the years, but with very little success. Heartbreak Express was re-released in digital format in 2013.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dolly Parton except as noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Heartbreak Express"		3:13
2.	"Single Women"	Michael O'Donoghue	3:44
3.	"My Blue Ridge Mountain Boy"		3:49
4.	"As Much As Always"		3:01
5.	"Do I Ever Cross Your Mind"		4:01
6.	"Release Me"	Eddie Miller, Dub Williams, Robert Yount	3:27
7.	"Barbara on Your Mind"		3:09
8.	"Act Like a Fool"		3:24
9.	"Prime of Our Love"		3:46
10.	"Hollywood Potters"		3:55
Total length:			35:29

Personnel

• Dolly Parton - vocals
• Albert Lee, Fred Tackett, Jeff Baxter, Mike Severs, Steve Cropper - guitar
• Abraham Laboriel, Leland Sklar, Nathan East - bass
• Joe McGuffee - steel guitar
• Buddy Spicher - fiddle
• Gregg Perry - dulcimer, backing vocals
• Red Young, Ron Oates - keyboards
• Eddy Anderson - drums
• Lenny Castro - congas
• Terry McMillan - harmonica
• Alex Brown, Anita Ball, Denise Maynelli, Gene Morford, Jim Salestrom, Richard Dennison, Roy Galloway, Stephanie Spruill, Willie Greene Jr. - backing vocals
• Chuck Findley, Gary Grant, Gary Herbig, George Bohanon, Jim Horn, Slyde Hyde, Tom Saviano, Tom Scott - horns
• Herb Ritts - Photography

Major releases

Format	Imprint	Catalogue No.	Territory	Year
Promo	RCA	RCALP 3076	United Kingdom	1982
LP	RCA	RCALP 3076	United Kingdom	1982
LP	RCA	AHL1-14289	United States	1982
LP	RCA	HL 14289	France	1982
LP	RCA Italiana S.p.A.	PL 14389	Italy	1982
CD Reissue	RCA	54289-2	Europe	2010

Chart performance

Album

Chart (1982)	Peak position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[4]	5
US Billboard 200[5]	106
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[6]	41
US Cashbox Country Albums[7]	7
US Cash Box Top Albums [8]	127

Album (Year-End)

Chart (1982)	Peak Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[9]	32