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Still Woman Enough (2021)

Where the lyrics of Still Woman Enough take you, and where it was really made.

Lynn's final solo album came out after a 2017 stroke had delayed her previous record, and its cover dress echoes a 1971 album.

Key places

Recording at Cash Cabin Studio (2021)

Recording site Cash Cabin Studio — The article says the album was recorded at Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee. The point uses city-center coordinates, so it does not mark the exact studio building. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording location listed as Bradley's Barn (2021)

Recording site Bradley's Barn — A MusicBrainz place record lists Bradley's Barn as a recording location for this album. The point uses the coordinates from that record, while the article names Cash Cabin Studio. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Still Woman Enough: forty-sixth and final solo studio album by Loretta Lynn
• Released March 19, 2021, by Legacy Recordings, on LP, CD, and digital download
• Produced by Lynn's daughter Patsy Lynn Russell and John Carter Cash, son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash
• Shares its title with Lynn's 2002 autobiography
• Mixes new songs with new versions of songs Lynn had recorded before
• Seven songs are new versions of earlier recordings

Background

• Wouldn't It Be Great (2018) was postponed several times after Lynn suffered a stroke in May 2017
• Lynn took a break from new music through 2019 and 2020, releasing just two songs in those years
• In 2019 she and sister Peggy Sue featured on Crystal Gayle's song "Put It Off Until Tomorrow"
• In 2020 she released a cover of Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces" to promote her book Me & Patsy Kickin' Up Dust
• On January 2, 2021, Lynn teased a new album in a Facebook post
• The album was announced on January 4, 2021, the fiftieth anniversary of the release of Coal Miner's Daughter

Recording

• Recorded at Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee
• Followed Full Circle (2016), White Christmas Blue (2016), and Wouldn't It Be Great (2018)

Cover

• Lynn wears a newly designed couture dress
• The dress is inspired by the one she wore on the cover of her 1971 album Coal Miner's Daughter
• Created for this album by her longtime dressmaker Tim Cobb

Sources: en.wikipedia.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

• Still Woman Enough received mostly positive reviews from critics
• Metacritic: average score of 76 out of 100, based on 11 reviews from mainstream critics
• The Guardian (Alexis Petridis): four out of five stars; noted there is only one new Lynn original, but said her voice sounds frankly astonishing
• Mojo: four out of five stars, calling it Lynn's show, with her and the band in fine form
• NME (Leonie Cooper): four stars; said Lynn's message remains the same, with focus on women's innate strength and capabilities
• Rolling Stone: 3.5 out of five stars, praising Lynn for sounding as tough as ever and reaffirming her badass credentials
• Uncut: seven out of ten; said the album may be sustained by Lynn's memories but is not overshadowed by them
• AllMusic (Stephen Thomas Erlewine): the lowest rating, three out of five stars; said the format seemed less fresh than in 2016 because it was the fourth album in a series
• Erlewine also said that on its own merits the album is strong and vibrant, a testament to Lynn's enduring gifts

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• The title is shared with Lynn's 2002 autobiography.
• The album was announced on January 4, 2021, the fiftieth anniversary of Coal Miner's Daughter.
• The cover dress was made for this album by Tim Cobb.
• The lead single was a recitation of Lynn's signature song "Coal Miner's Daughter", and its video was filmed on July 9, 2020 at her ranch in Hurricane Mills, Tennessee.
• The second single, "One's on the Way", is a duet with Margo Price, released February 19, 2021.
• Guests on the track list include Reba McEntire and Carrie Underwood on the title track, and Tanya Tucker on "You Ain't Woman Enough".

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

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