The Bargain Store (1975)

Risk and regret The title song treats a bruised heart as something a shopper might overlook. “Kentucky Gambler” gives the next track its own kind of bad bargain, following a man whose luck at the tables costs him his family. Parton wrote both songs. Later in the set, her reading of Merle Haggard’s “You’ll Always Be Special to Me” keeps the focus on what lingers after a relationship.