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We've Come a Long Way, Baby (1979)

Where the lyrics of We've Come a Long Way, Baby take you, and where it was really made.

No recording sessions were made specifically for this album. Its songs were taken from earlier sessions, spanning 1973 to 1978.

Key places

Where the album's songs were recorded (1979)

Recording site Bradley's Barn — Recording sessions for the album took place at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. No sessions were held specifically for this album, so its songs came from earlier sessions. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• We've Come a Long Way, Baby: studio album by American country singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn
• Released in 1979 by MCA Records
• Release date listed as 19 January 1979
• Peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart
• Its title track was the first single

Background

• The album was assembled from songs recorded across several years, from 1973 to 1978
• Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter
• The first single, "We've Come a Long Way, Baby", peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart
• The second single, "I Can't Feel You Anymore", peaked at No. 3
• "I Can't Feel You Anymore" is among the newest recordings on the album

Recording

• Recording sessions took place at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee
• No sessions were held specifically for this album
• The earliest track, "True Love Needs to Keep in Touch", comes from a March 5, 1973 session for Love Is the Foundation (1973)
• "My Conscience Goes to Sleep" was recorded on June 20, 1974, during a session for They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy
• "The Lady That Lived Here Before" was the third song released from the October 8, 1974 session
• "Easy Street" was recorded during a December 17, 1974 session for Back to the Country (1975)
• "Lullabies to a Memory" and "We've Come a Long Way, Baby" come from sessions for Somebody Somewhere (1976), recorded on June 28 and June 29, 1976
• "Between the Preacher and the Lawyer" was the third song released from the September 29, 1976 session
• "I Can't Feel You Anymore" and "Standing at Our Bedroom Door" were both recorded on February 3, 1978

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

• Album released in 1979 by MCA Records
• First single "We've Come a Long Way, Baby" reached No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart
• Second single "I Can't Feel You Anymore" reached No. 3 on the same chart

Records

• Album peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart
• Album chart positions are listed under Billboard (North America)
• Singles chart positions are also listed under Billboard (North America)
• Title single peaked at No. 10 on Hot Country Songs
• Second single peaked at No. 3 on the singles chart
• Release date recorded as 1979
• Label credited: MCA Records

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• No sessions were made specifically for this album; its songs came from earlier recording sessions.
• The earliest track dates from a March 5, 1973 session for Love Is the Foundation.
• The newest tracks, "I Can't Feel You Anymore" and "Standing at Our Bedroom Door", were recorded on February 3, 1978.
• Songs from the 1976 Somebody Somewhere sessions made up two tracks on the album.
• Recording sessions were held at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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