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Full Circle (2016)

Where the lyrics of Full Circle take you, and where it was really made.

Loretta Lynn's Full Circle was recorded in a Hendersonville studio and was her first new studio recording in 12 years.

Key places

Cash Cabin Studio, Hendersonville (2016)

Recording site Cash Cabin Studio — The album was recorded and mixed at this studio, Lynn's first new studio recording in 12 years. The dot marks the Hendersonville town centre, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Loretta's Ranch, Hurricane Mills (2016)

Recording site Loretta's Ranch — Additional recordings for the album were made at this ranch in Hurricane Mills. The dot marks the town centre, not the exact building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

How to get there: See the map for directions.

Album story

Overview

• Full Circle: 43rd solo studio album by American country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn
• Released March 4, 2016 by Sony Legacy
• Produced by Lynn's daughter Patsy Lynn Russell and John Carter Cash
• John Carter Cash is the son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
• Became Lynn's 40th album to reach the top ten of the US Billboard Top Country Albums chart
• Career peak on the Billboard 200, debuting at number 19

Background

• First new studio recording by Lynn in 12 years
• Mixes recordings inspired by Appalachian folk songs Lynn learned as a child with newer versions of past hits
• Includes duets with Elvis Costello and Willie Nelson
• Four songs had been recorded by Lynn before
• Whispering Sea was first recorded in 1960 for Zero Records as the B-side of her first single, I'm a Honky Tonk Girl
• Secret Love was previously recorded for her 1967 album Singin' with Feelin'
• Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven was previously recorded for her 1965 album Hymns
• Fist City was previously recorded for her 1968 album of the same name

Recording

• Recorded and mixed at Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee
• Additional recordings were made at Loretta's Ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee
• Chuck Turner served as recording and mixing engineer
• Trey Call served as second recording engineer
• John Jackson worked as A&R
• Mastering by Richard Dodd

Cover

• Cover photo by David McClister
• Art direction and cover design by Frank Harkins

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Tracklist

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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.

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Reception

At release

• Country Weekly called it a wonderful and welcome piece of work, with 14 solid songs moving from Appalachian mountain soul to pure country and spiritual fare
• Country Weekly also said Lynn had never sounded better
• Pitchfork said the album made a late-career grab-bag feel emotionally grounded and like a powerful choice
• Houston Press noted that at 83 Lynn was recording some of the best music of her career
• Spin called it a mandatory look back at one of country music's most essential artists
• Robert Christgau in Vice named "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" and "Wine Into Water" as highlights
• Christgau said the remakes never seemed redundant coming from an 83-year-old

Reappraisal

• Released to strong reviews and near universal acclaim
• Metacritic score of 84

Records

• Debuted at number 4 on the Top Country Albums chart
• Lynn's 40th top 10 on that chart
• Sold 20,000 copies in its release week
• Debuted at number 19 on the Billboard 200, her highest position on that chart
• Sold 75,300 US copies as of September 2017
• Nominated for Best Country Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The fourth and final single, Lay Me Down, was written by Mark Marchetti, husband of Lynn's daughter Peggy.
• A music video for Lay Me Down was released on Lynn's VEVO channel on March 23, 2016, the day the single came out.
• Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven is an updated version of Lynn's 1965 song and was released as the third single.
• Everything It Takes premiered on Rolling Stone's website on January 14, 2016.
• Elvis Costello sings a duet on Everything It Takes, and Willie Nelson sings one on Lay Me Down.

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

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