Halos & Horns

Halos & Horns is the fortieth solo studio album by Dolly Parton released on July 9, 2002 on Sugar Hill/Blue Eye Records. The album explores Parton’s bluegrass roots, a continuation of The Grass is Blue and Little Sparrow. The album debuted at #4 on the US Country Albums chart and #54 on the Billboard 200. Internationally, the album debuted at #1 on the UK Country Albums chart.

The album features two covers, Bread’s “If” and Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven”, in addition to two re-recordings of Parton classics, “Shattered Image” (first recorded on All I Can Do in 1976) and “What a Heartache” (first recorded on the Rhinestone soundtrack in 1984 and then again on Eagle When She Flies in 1991). The album also features Parton’s response to the September 11th attacks, “Hello God”, which peaked #60 on the US Hot Country Songs, her first appearance on the chart since 1998.

The album was nominated for three Grammy Awards (in 2002 for Best Country Album and Best Female Country Vocal Performance for “Dagger Through the Heart”; in 2003 for Best Female Country Vocal Performance for “I’m Gone”).

The album was finally released on digital platforms on April 9, 2020 through Dolly’s label Dolly Records.