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Loretta (1980)

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

Loretta is Loretta Lynn's thirty-second solo studio album, yet its best chart position was No. 24.

Key places

Recorded at Bradley's Barn (1980)

Recording site Bradley's Barn — The album was recorded at Bradley's Barn, a studio in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. The point marks the studio's building location. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Loretta: thirty-second solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn
• Released March 3, 1980, by MCA Records
• Personnel credits are adapted from the album liner notes
• Recorded at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee

Background

• Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter
• This album is her thirty-second solo studio album
• The album came out in 1980 and placed at No. 24 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart
• Three singles were issued from the album, in order

Recording

• Owen Bradley is credited as producer
• Bass: Harold Bradley, Mike Leech, Henry Strzelecki (electric bass)
• Drums: Jerry Carrigan, Gene Chrisman, Buddy Harman
• Guitar: John Christopher, Ray Edenton, Pete Wade, Reggie Young
• Piano: Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Bobby Wood
• Steel guitar: Hal Rugg
• Backing vocals: James Caddell, Jean Chapman, Joey Scarbury, Joan Sliwin
• The credit list names 18 people in total, including the producer

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

At release

• Released March 3, 1980, by MCA Records
• Thirty-second solo studio album by Loretta Lynn
• Three singles were released from the album
• Peaked at No. 24 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart
• The first single, "I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind", peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart

Records

• Billboard Top Country Albums: peak No. 24
• Chart positions are listed as Billboard (North America)
• First single "I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind": Billboard Hot Country Songs peak No. 5
• Second single "Pregnant Again": peak No. 35
• Third single "Naked in the Rain": peak No. 30
• Among the three singles, the first one reached the highest peak

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The first single, "I've Got a Picture of Us on My Mind", reached No. 5, the highest peak among the three singles.
• The second single, "Pregnant Again", peaked at No. 35, and the third single, "Naked in the Rain", peaked at No. 30.
• Owen Bradley produced the album.
• The album was recorded at Bradley's Barn, a studio in Mount Juliet, Tennessee.
• The liner-note credits list 18 people, including session drummers, guitarists, pianists and backing singers.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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