Pure & Simple

"Pure & Simple" is the 43rd solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released worldwide on August 19, 2016, by Dolly Records and RCA Nashville. It is Parton's seventh No. 1 country album. In the US, Pure & Simple debuted at No. 11 on the Billboard 200 with first-week sales of 20,200 copies it was also Parton's best debut on Billboard's Top Country Albums chart, entering at No. 1, surpassing 2014's Blue Smoke, which debuted at No. 2. It was also Parton's first No. 1 album on the Top Country Albums chart since 1991's Eagle When She Flies 25 years prior. Pure & Simple received generally positive reviews from contemporary music critics. At Metacritic, they assign a rating out of 100 to selected independent reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 67, based on 11 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews."