Full Circle (Loretta Lynn album)
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| Studio album by Loretta Lynn | ||||
| Released | March 4, 2016 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 2007–2016 | |||
| Genre | Country, Americana | |||
| Length | 38:49 | |||
| Label | Sony Legacy | |||
| Producer | Patsy Lynn Russell, John Carter Cash | |||
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Full Circle is an album by Loretta Lynn, released in 2016 and produced by Lynn's daughter Patsy Lynn Russell and John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. The recording became Lynn's 40th album to make the top ten of the Billboard Country Albums chart and her album career peak on the pop Billboard 200, debuting at number 19.[1]
Recorded at Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee, the album is Lynn's first new studio recording in over 10 years.[2] The album is a mixture of recordings inspired by Appalachian folk songs Lynn learned as a child and newer versions of past hits,[3] and includes duets with Elvis Costello and Willie Nelson.[4]
Contents
Critical reception
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Pitchfork Media | (8.0/10) [6] |
| Rolling Stone | [7] |
| Spin |   [8] |
| FLOOD Magazine | (7/10) [9] |
Full Circle was released to strong reviews and near universal acclaim. It received a rating of 84 at Metacritic.com to date[update].[10] Country Weekly called the album "a wonderful and welcome piece of work, 14 solid songs that shift easily from Appalachian mountain soul to pure country and even spiritual fare. Plus, Loretta has simply never sounded better."[11] Pitchfork wrote "She makes a grab-bag late-late-career album feel not only emotionally grounded, but like a powerful choice." [12] Houston Press' positive review writes "For an artist who has been so incredibly prolific, it’s statistically improbable that, at 83 years old, Lynn would be recording some of the best music of her career." [13] Spin opined that it was "a mandatory look back at one of country music’s most essential artists."[14]
Commercial performance
The album debuted at No. 4 on the Top Country Albums chart, the 40th top 10 on the chart for Lynn, selling 20,000 in its release week. It also debuted at No. 19 on Billboard 200, the highest in her career on that chart.[15] The album has sold 54,600 copies in the US as of May 2016 and 125,000 worldwide.[16]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Whispering Sea Introduction" | Loretta Lynn | 0:55 |
| 2. | "Whispering Sea" | Loretta Lynn | 2:16 |
| 3. | "Secret Love" | Sammy Fain, Paul Francis Webster | 3:20 |
| 4. | "Who's Gonna Miss Me?" | Loretta Lynn, Lola Jean Dillon | 2:44 |
| 5. | "Black Jack David" | A. P. Carter | 2:09 |
| 6. | "Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" | Loretta Lynn | 2:53 |
| 7. | "Always on My Mind" | Wayne Carson, Johnny Christopher, Mark James | 3:27 |
| 8. | "Wine Into Water" | T. Graham Brown, Bruce Burch, Ted Hewitt | 3:21 |
| 9. | "In the Pines" | Unknown | 3:07 |
| 10. | "Band of Gold" | Bob Musel, Jack Taylor | 2:52 |
| 11. | "Fist City" | Loretta Lynn | 2:16 |
| 12. | "I Never Will Marry" | A. P. Carter | 3:37 |
| 13. | "Everything it Takes" (duet with Elvis Costello) | Loretta Lynn, Todd Snider | 3:01 |
| 14. | "Lay Me Down" (duet with Willie Nelson) | Mark Marchetti | 2:50 |
Personnel
- Ronnie Bowman- background vocals
- Mike Bubb- upright bass
- Sam Bush- mandolin
- Shawn Camp- acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Laura Cash- acoustic guitar
- Elvis Costello- duet vocals on "Everything it Takes"
- Dennis Crouch- bass guitar, upright bass
- Mark Fain- upright bass
- Paul Franklin- pedal steel guitar
- Tony Harrell- piano
- Jamie Hartford- electric guitar
- Rick Lonow- drums
- Loretta Lynn- lead vocals
- Ronnie McCoury- mandolin
- Pat McLaughlin- mandolin
- Willie Nelson- duet vocals on "Lay Me Down"
- Jon Randall- background vocals
- Randy Scruggs- acoustic guitar
- Will Smith- autoharp
- Bryan Sutton- banjo, acoustic guitar
- Robby Turner- pedal steel guitar
- Laura Weber- fiddle, acoustic guitar, background vocals
- Jeff White- acoustic guitar, background vocals
Chart performance
| Chart (2016) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Australian Albums (ARIA)[17] | 54 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[18] | 149 |
| Canadian Albums (Billboard)[19] | 37 |
| Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[20] | 23 |
| UK Country Albums (OCC)[21] | 1 |
| US Billboard 200[22] | 19 |
| US Top Country Albums (Billboard)[23] | 4 |
References
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- ↑ Full Circle at AllMusic
- ↑ Pitchfork Media review
- ↑ Rolling Stone review
- ↑ Spin review
- ↑ FLOOD Magazine review
- ↑ (2016). "Full Circle" Metacritic.com (accessed March 13, 2016)
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- ↑ "Ultratop.be – Loretta Lynn – Full Circle" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Loretta Lynn – Chart history" Billboard Canadian Albums Chart for Loretta Lynn. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Loretta Lynn – Full Circle" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Official Country Artists Albums Chart Top 20". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 17, 2016.
- ↑ "Loretta Lynn – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Loretta Lynn. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Loretta Lynn – Chart history" Billboard Top Country Albums for Loretta Lynn. Retrieved March 15, 2016.
