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Loretta Lynn - All Greatest Hits
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  1. Audio CD: Release Date 2010-12-23
  2. Publisher: MCA Nashville
  3. Artist: Loretta Lynn
  4. Sales Rank in Music: #44571

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All Time Greatest Hits by Loretta Lynn

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During a time when radio is glutted with manufactured country stars who never met a coal miner, wouldn't know a cow patty if they stepped in one, and rely more on Pro Tools than professionalism, a spin through Loretta Lynn's greatest hits is a refresher course on the bedrock of the genre. Lynn, now hitting on 70 and still playing rural venues in between her network TV appearances, may be the voice of female country, with her distinctive hill-country accent, her boldness in tackling social issues, and her ability to convey strong emotion in a storytelling style. This collection includes 16 No. 1 country hits while mixing in a few you might not immediately recognize, and lets her be feisty in confronting the other woman ("You Ain't Woman Enough"), tremulous in allowing a man to take her places she knows she shouldn't go ("Lead Me On," one of five duets with Conway Twitty), and skillet-wielding mad when reading her husband the riot act ("Don't Come Home a-Drinkin'"). In short, her sound is real, not gussied up or affected by high-paid consultants, and when you listen to her sing, you feel as if you've shared a conversation with her. Now that's something you won't hear on the radio these days. --Alanna Nash
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4.6 out of 5 stars (12 customer reviews)

16 of 16 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant overview of her golden years, May 4, 2004
Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Loretta Lynn - All Time Greatest Hits (Audio CD)
At the start of the sixties, female singers had a really hard tine getting noticed, except Patsy Cline. Loretta (along with Dolly and Tammy) helped to change this forever, by recording songs that appealed to women as well as men. While men (including myself) can sometimes be satisfied with women singing love songs, Loretta recorded some hard-hitting songs about life and its struggles.

Examples of her diverse themes include her heritage (Coal miners' daughter), fending off other women (You ain't woman enough, Woman of the world, Fist city), everyday life (One's on the way) and the evil of drinking too much (Don't come home a-drinking). All these songs can be found on this collection. Of course, she sings love songs too and plenty of those are included on this set, although these are not what Loretta is best remembered for. Among the love songs here is a cover of She's got you, a Patsy Cline song that Loretta also had a huge country hit with.

Her duets with Conway...Read more


15 of 15 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Best Single Disc Set, But Get The Honky Tonk Girl Box Set, October 7, 2003
James E. Bagley "Jim Bagley" (Sanatoga, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Loretta Lynn - All Time Greatest Hits (Audio CD)
Along with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette, Loretta Lynn rates as one of the true Queens of Country Music (how they rank is pretty much up to you). Under the guidance of producer Owen Bradley, Loretta Lynn's early records at Decca were very much in the traditional female country vein. "Success," "The Other Woman," "Wine Women And Song," and "Blue Kentucky Girl" were the initial hits and all have a subservient theme (only "Wine Women And Song" is included here as the lead-off track). 1965's "You Ain't Woman Enough" and 1966's "Don't Come Home A Drinkin'" drastically altered that subservient persona. These feisty declarations were also the first hits Lynn wrote at Decca. From 1967 - 1971, Lynn was at her commercial and artistic peak. She wrote most of her hits during this period and no subject appears to have been off-limits. "Fist City" finds Lynn willing to get physical to keep her man while...Read more


10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent single-disc of Lynn's top hits, June 8, 2002
hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Loretta Lynn - All Time Greatest Hits (Audio CD)
Lynn's career has been one of the most artistically and commercially successful in the history of country music. MCA/Decca's latest single-disc collection provides a concise look at her biggest chart successes, including many of the strong, personal statements ("You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)" "Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)" "Fist City" "Coal Miner's Daughter") for which her voice is revered. Her forthrightness is as moving today (if not as outright startling) as when these tracks were originally waxed.All sixteen of her chart toppers from the '60s and '70s are here, including five duets recorded with Conway Twitty. In addition, six cuts that just missed the top spot -- hitting #3 or better -- fill out the generous track count. This is truly a collection of "All Time Greatest Hits," and, for the most part, obsoletes the earlier pair of "20th Century Masters" volumes.An earlier single-disc collection, issued as part of the Country Hall of Fame...Read more

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