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Lookin' Good (1980)

Where the lyrics of Lookin' Good take you, and where it was really made.

Loretta Lynn's thirty-third solo album peaked at No. 17 on the country albums chart, and both of its singles stopped at No. 20.

Key places

Recorded at Bradley's Barn (1980)

Recording site Bradley's Barn — The album was recorded at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee. The pin marks the town center, not the studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Lookin' Good is the thirty-third solo studio album by American country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn
• Released on October 13, 1980 by MCA Records
• Release month recorded as October 1980
• Credits, including the musician list, are taken from the album liner notes

Background

• Produced by Owen Bradley
• The record credits a large group of guitarists, pianists, steel guitarists, drummers, a bassist, a harmonica player and a backing vocal group
• The album is part of Loretta Lynn's long run of solo studio albums

Recording

• Recorded at Bradley's Barn in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee
• Guitar: Harold Bradley, Johnny Christopher, Ray Edenton, Grady Martin, Pete Wade, Reggie Young
• Drums: Gene Chrisman, Kenny Malone
• Piano: David Briggs, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bobby Wood
• Steel guitar: Sonny Garrish, Lloyd Green, Hal Rugg
• Bass: Mike Leech
• Harmonica: Charlie McCoy
• Backing vocals: The Nashville Sounds

Cover

• Photography credited to Slick Lawson

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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

Records

• Billboard Top Country Albums chart: peaked at No. 17
• First single "Cheatin' on a Cheater" peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart
• Second single "Somebody Led Me Away" peaked at No. 20 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart
• Both singles reached the same position, No. 20
• The album's chart peak at No. 17 sits above the No. 20 peak of both singles
• The album chart is the Billboard Top Country Albums chart; the singles were measured on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart
• Released October 13, 1980 by MCA Records
• The album is Loretta Lynn's thirty-third solo studio album

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Owen Bradley is credited as producer of the album
• Charlie McCoy is credited with harmonica
• The Nashville Sounds are credited with backing vocals
• Slick Lawson is credited with photography for the album
• Both singles stopped at No. 20 on the Hot Country Songs chart, one position below the album's No. 17 peak

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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