[1] The album cover photo was shot by Nashville photographer Les Leverett near the fountain at the Country Music Hall of Fame.

Initially, the title track was also earmarked to be a single but these plans were cancelled in order for "Jolene" to be released instead.

In an interview with Billboard in 1974, Parton stated that "we were planning on releasing 'Bubbling Over' as the single but after the LP was finished, we had some other sessions scheduled and 'Jolene' came out of these.

[5] In the issue dated October 6, 1973, Cashbox published a review that said, "An eagerly awaited album, Dolly Parton's new release will elicit immediate effervescence upon the initial listening, but then again isn’t that what bubbling over is all about!

An easy listening blend of country music at its finest this new album will prove an inevitable success for the inimitable Miss Parton.