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When the Tingle Becomes a Chill (1976)

Where the lyrics of When the Tingle Becomes a Chill take you, and where it was really made.

Five of this album's songs were recorded in sessions before its 1975 recording work, and only one song from the January 1975 session has ever been released.

Key places

Recording sessions at Bradley's Barn (1976)

Recording site Bradley's Barn — Recording sessions for the album were held at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, in January, July and October 1975. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• When the Tingle Becomes a Chill is the twenty-seventh solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn
• Released February 2, 1976, by MCA Records
• The album peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart

Background

• The title track was the album's first single
• The title track peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart
• The second single, 'Red, White and Blue', peaked at No. 20

Recording

• Recording sessions took place at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee
• Session dates were January 30, July 11 and October 1, 1975
• Five songs were carried over from earlier recording sessions
• 'Turn Me Anyway But Loose' was recorded on March 5, 1973, and 'Leaning on Your Love' on May 31, 1973, both during sessions for the 1973 album Love Is the Foundation
• 'You Love You' was recorded on March 5, 1973, and the title track on August 29, 1974, both during sessions for the 1974 album They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy
• 'All I Want from You Is Away' was recorded on December 19, 1974, during a session for the 1975 album Back to the Country
• Owen Bradley produced the album
• Harold Bradley and Mike Leech played bass; Johnny Christopher, Grady Martin and Pete Wade played guitar
• Johnny Gimble played fiddle, Lloyd Green and Hal Rugg played steel guitar, and Hargus Robbins played piano

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 February 2, 1976, by MCA Records
• The album was Loretta Lynn's twenty-seventh solo studio album
• The album peaked at No. 6 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart
• The first single, the title track, peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart
• The second single, 'Red, White and Blue', peaked at No. 20
• The title track was released as the lead single before the second single

Records

• Billboard Top Country Albums: No. 6 (album peak)
• Billboard Hot Country Songs: No. 2 (title track, first single)
• Second single 'Red, White and Blue': No. 20 peak
• Five of the album's songs were carried over from earlier sessions dating to 1973 and 1974
• Sessions at Bradley's Barn were held on January 30, July 11 and October 1, 1975

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Five of the album's songs were carried over from recording sessions held before the 1975 work
• 'Red, White and Blue' is the only song that has ever been released from the January 30, 1975 session
• The title track was recorded on August 29, 1974, during sessions for They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy
• 'All I Want from You Is Away' came from a December 19, 1974 session for Back to the Country
• Johnny Gimble played fiddle, Charlie McCoy played harmonica and vibes, and The Jordanaires and The Nashville Edition sang backing vocals

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

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