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Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967)

Where the lyrics of Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) take you, and where it was really made.

This album was recorded in a barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, and its title comes from a single that hit No. 1.

Key places

Where the album was recorded (1967)

Recording site Bradley's Barn — The album was recorded at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Four sessions began on July 16, 1966, and three more followed in October and November. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Ninth solo studio album by American country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn
• Released February 6, 1967 by Decca Records
• Produced by Owen Bradley
• Cover photo credited to Hal Buksbaum

Background

• Title taken from the single “Don't Come Home a Drinkin'”, released in October 1966
• The single reached No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart, Lynn's first No. 1 single
• The album mixes older country songs and newer material, including “There Goes My Everything” and “The Shoe Goes on the Other Foot Tonight”

Recording

• Recorded at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee
• Four sessions began on July 16, 1966; three more followed on October 3, October 5, and November 17
• “Saint to a Sinner” comes from a November 15, 1965 session at Columbia Recording Studios in Nashville, made for 1966's I Like 'Em Country
• Musicians on the album include Grady Martin, Floyd Cramer, Buddy Harman, and The Jordanaires

Cover

• Cover photo by Hal Buksbaum

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · www.discogs.com

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Early life

• Born Loretta Webb on April 14, 1932, in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, the oldest daughter in a coal miner's family.
• Married Oliver Vanetta "Doolittle" Lynn in 1948 at age 15; the marriage lasted almost 50 years until his death in 1996.
• Began singing in local clubs in the late 1950s and formed her own band, the Trailblazers.

Career

• Signed with Zero Records in 1960; her first release was "Whispering Sea" and "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl".
• Joined Decca Records through the Wilburn Brothers; joined the Grand Ole Opry on September 25, 1962.
• Scored a string of hits from the 1960s, including "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" and "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'".
• Wrote songs on women's issues such as birth control ("The Pill") and double standards ("Rated 'X'"), many inspired by her own marriage.
• Recorded five No. 1 duets with Conway Twitty between 1971 and 1975.
• Her 1976 autobiography Coal Miner's Daughter became a bestseller and inspired the 1980 Oscar-winning film starring Sissy Spacek.
• Named Artist of the Decade for the 1970s by the Academy of Country Music, the only woman to win this honor.
• Released Van Lear Rose (2004), produced by Jack White, which won the Grammy for Best Country Album.
• Had a stroke in 2017 and broke her hip in 2018, which ended her touring after 57 years.
• Died on October 4, 2022, at age 90, at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Billboard, in its February 18, 1967 issue, praised the mix of old and new country songs and predicted big sales
• Cashbox, in the same issue, said fans should be eager to hear the album and that it should be a big one for Lynn

Reappraisal

• AllMusic gave the album five stars and said Lynn's choice of cover versions suited her perfectly

Records

• Peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Albums chart
• Peaked at No. 80 on the US Billboard Top LP's chart
• First album by a female country singer certified Gold by the RIAA
• French Wikipedia dates the RIAA Gold certification to April 13, 1970
• Lead single peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title track was released as a single in October 1966 and became Lynn's first No. 1 single.
• “Saint to a Sinner” was taken from a session held in November 1965 for an earlier album.
• French Wikipedia lists the album among the 1001 albums one should hear in a lifetime.
• Italian Wikipedia lists The Jordanaires as probable background vocalists on several tracks.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · fr.wikipedia.org · it.wikipedia.org

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