Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)

This is impeccably performed, but sparky title-song apart this grab-bag of covers feels like business rather than passion.

Entertaining but a bit samey - does every song involve domestic abuse and/or cheating? Regardless, Loretta Lynn has a classic country voice with a classic country story behind it. I'll recommend the Jack White-cosplaying-Rick Rubin-assisted "Van Lear Rose", a great record with her voice just as strong 40+ years later. I once ate at her diner in Hurricane Mills, TN - very tasty ham'n'eggs.

country music used to be great, wtf happened. 4/5.

Released at the same time as Jimi Hendrix was emerging and Sgt. Pepper was where it was supposedly 'at', this is (remarkably) Loretta's ninth album and predates the feminist country anthems of both Tammy and Dolly. The title track is miles away from LSD and Purple Haze but probably far more relevant for a majority of people than retrospective rock journalism would ever admit. The chord changes are very similar and the pedal steel guitar defines the genre at the time but Lynn's sense of melody (like Parton a few years later) is intuitive and dominates the album throughout. Jack White made an album with her forty years on - how cool is that!

I am NOT a country fan…..at all. I can only tolerate female country artists, if at all. Loretta is one of the few exceptions (Patsy being another). She has an incredible voice and presence. Great album.

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*1967. *28 minutes. Which coincidentally is exactly the amount of time I can listen to country. *This is fine in small doses, but whiney, sad sack country doesn't do much for me, especially when all the songs sound the same. *This is probably great for what it is, but not my style and wouldn't listen again. RATING - 5/10

This is Classic Country in every way possible. 12 songs, 6 a side and all related to Rural life troubles. Loretta Lynn has a classic Country voice as well. I love this era of Country, this one was a nice discovery. Simple album but it's all in the delivery and the songwriting. Great if you're into stuff like Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton and an essential woman to the history of Country music.

Surprising variety for the era

Hhhhhloreta

I’m going to start by acknowledging my bias: Loretta Lynn is my favorite country singer of all time. Whenever I go into a record store, I make a beeline to the country/western section just to see if there’s any used records of hers I don’t have in my collection yet. I don’t think this is the best Loretta album (for my money, it’s still the late career miracle Van Lear Rose). But this is an early career highlight that showcases just how well she combined an impossible to replicate combination of life story, attitude, and phrasing to help define the take-no-shit country woman she’d come to embody and that would inspire generations to come after her. (Side note: it is amazing that this, “You Ain’t Woman Enough”, and “Fist City” came out within two years of each other. Wow.) Of course, Loretta Lynn was never a one-dimensional character or singer, and there’s plenty of tender ballads on her that really help flesh out her repertoire. I’d listened to them plenty before on vinyl, but this time I found myself adding them to various streaming playlists just to see the “You have already added ___ to your playlist” popup come up. I’ll take that as good a sign as any that this deserves a 5.

Pretty great Country record, I liked it a bit more than I expected to.

Eh

Yeah okay Lorretta, I can dig this

so this album is 12 songs, 28 min 28 sec. thats good because it definitely started to get old. started out good and fun and cute, like i should be dosey do-ing, lowkey if you dont really pay attention to the lyrics, which are kinda eeeeeeehhhhhhh :side-eye:. but after a while i was a bit tired of the general sound. kina put me in a trance.

Grim

Beautiful album. I love it, but if you listen to it too much her voice becomes irritating. Great lyrics and musicality though.

Great classic country.

Oh my stars, Loretta! That man sounds like a no-count good-fer-nothin' so-and-so! I sure do wish he'd been a better brother to ya!

She’s like the OG Taylor Swift writing and singing about some loser. Loretta made this album to Deflect her pain onto us when she should have just shot the guy.

Old country. She was an important inspiration to many artists that followed but, this album does not do it for me. 3/5

1967 - 9th studio album (only 28 min long) - country - recorded in mount juliet TN; she was ~35 yo; well-received, first album by a female country singer to be certified Gold by the RIAA; country standards as well as her own -- "besides the title song, Loretta offers such well known country tunes as 'There Goes My Everything', 'The Shoe Goes on the Other Foot Tonight', and 'I'm Living in Two Worlds.'" To note, she had been FIFTEEN WHEN SHE GOT MARRIED IN 1948, FUCK. This is my grandma's music. She loved a warble. I listened to this and Coal Miner's Daughter. I think my favorite was I'm Living in Two Worlds. This woman had a tough life and certainly made the best of it.

Oh ben c'était sympathique, mais c'était aussi, comment dire ? Disons que quand tu me dis country, c'est plus ou moins la musique qu'on entend dans cet album que j'ai en tête. C'était pas très original, mais comme je connais pas vraiment le genre, je serais bien emmerdé pour dire ce qu'il vaut à l'échelle du country. Ce que je sais, en revanche, c'est que j'ai pas non plus passé un mauvais moment, bien au contraire, c'était fort sympathique. Je me demande quand même combien d'albums de country il y a dans la liste, cependant. Certains genres sont sous-représentés dans cette liste, voire en sont totalement absents et je trouve qu'on a quand même assez régulièrement de la country. Ces Américains, ils surestiment quand même dangereusement l'importance du genre, surtout à l'échelle internationale.

Yes, the general contents of this record are apparent and as-advertised. Lynn folds in some interesting change ups to the theme of the album, like “The Shoe Goes on the Other Foot Tonight” where she isn’t bemoaning love lost but instead finding her way to indulgence out of spite. But the highlight is an impressive navigation of various vocal deliveries from Miss Loretta Lynn. She knows when to match the softer pockets of a verse and when to let her spectacular voice soar. She flips through various vocal intensities, intonations, and octaves with such ease. Best songs for me are “There Gies any Everything” and “I’m Living In Two Worlds”. Both heartbreaking anthems. 4/5 she’s in elite company with Aretha Franklin and Karen Carpenter for vocal talent

Charming voice. I hope she finds a relationship with someone who is not an alcoholic and appreciates her for the woman she is.

Unfortunately, this is the type of classic country my grandparents liked but I didn’t. I would listen to it now if they were still around.

A whole lot of heartache and disappointment, although cheatin' goes both ways in this country world. The music is pleasant but the lyrics require marriage counseling.

Met zo'n hoes en albumtitel weet je het wel: country-smartlappen. Het eerste nummer heeft nog wel een strijdbaar feministisch randje ('rot op met je dronken kop'), maar voor de rest is het potdomme alsof je naar Corry en de Rekels moet luisteren. Pierre Kartner met een countrysnik. De grootste attractie is nog, dat deze dame nog wat zingende broers en zussen had, onder wie Crystal Gale ('Don't it make my brown eyes blue'), en een broer die op het titelnummer een antwoordlied schreef, 'I come home a-drinkin' (to a worn-out wife like you)'. Allemaal geboren in een klein houten hutje in de bossen van Kentucky. Weten we dat ook weer. In dit genre hebben we beter gehad dan dit. Maar vooruit, omdat het wat anders is dan al dat geestdodende jarennegentiggebonk vandaag.

Full frontal country. Hopeloos gedateerd. Het is dat mevrouw wel kan zingen, maar de hele klank van dit album ben ik nu al veel te vaak tegengekomen in deze lijst.

Country is van zichzelf al een ietwat gedateerd genre wellicht, maar als je dan country uit de 60s met een licht doffe opnamekwaliteit moet luisteren, dan voel je ook echt wel dat het ouwe meuk is. Het gitaartje is meestal nog het leukste, want de drummer hoeft per nummer vaak maar 1 ritme aan te houden. Er is nog wel variatie tussen uptempo-cuntry en een zwik ballads, dat houdt de boel wel enigszins afwisselend. Loretta Lynn zingt op dezelfde manier als haar mannelijke collega's, al zijn haar teksten beroemd omdat ze vanuit het perspectief van een vrouw zingt. Het grote snobboek zegt dat het voornamelijk draait om de titeltrack, die ik op zichzelf al niet zo bijzonder vind, maar als je dat dan zo belangrijk vindt, stop het dan in een 1001-songbook. Ik kan country aardig hebben, al ben ik er nooit kapot van en het meeste is toch behoorlijk vergeetbaar. Misschien omdat al die country voor mij toch net iets teveel op elkaar lijkt. Dat kan natuurlijk zijn doordat ik het heel weinig luister, maar dat verandert het cijfer ook weer niet. Ik geef een magere vergeetbare 3 denk ik.

I can’t stand country yo

While I appreciate her legacy, trad country just isn't for me. Jerky-men songs. Ugh. Not enjoyable

Not my genre, but she has a nice voice.

Great album title! Not totally my bag.

2.1/5 She has a nice voice but it's not very interesting. Don't get me wrong, i enjoyed it but I won't be revisiting it.

I still vividly remember seeing Coal Miner's Daughter in the theatre when I was 12 andbeing so taken with Loretta Lynn and her story. The music comes from her excperiences. Good stuff here.

A Shitty, Abusive Marriage: The Album. Twelve songs all about her husband getting drunk, groping her, cheating on her, and generally treating her like shit. She should just leave him instead of crooning about it for half an hour. I like old country, but this album is a poor choice; Fist City would have been the better option for a Loretta Lynn record. It's still a fucking travesty that Patsy Cline isn't on this list, the author continues to be a dipshit. 2/5

Not my cup of tea, a little country-ish and definitely gives old 60s housewife vibes.

F**k this. There’s way too much country on this list—no one in this world should have to listen to more than a (very) few songs of this genre before they die. To me, country is just another genre of music that makes you want to die if you have to listen to it—in fact, I’ve actually thought about shooting myself while listening to this! Luckily for me, there aren’t as many guns in my country as there are in the U.S. F**k it

What a tragic album. If my wife was making music like this, I'd be very concerned I was a piece of shit. I can't imagine Loretta and her husband were together for something like 50 years, with her dealing with the subject matter of most of these songs the whole time. What a miserable life that must have been. Extraordinary vocal control of her very sweet voice. Solid country album. I don't think I'll be returning to this, but she deserves every bit of the stars I'm giving. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

She seems fun.. Talented but pretty boring.

Well...this is good old country. If you hate country, you're not gonna like it. If you love country, I guess you'll love it. I'm not a huge fan of country, but I really enjoyed this one. It's a solid 4 star album for me. Some songs I particularly enjoyed: "I Really Don't Want To Know", "There Goes My Everything", "Saint To A Sinner", "The Devil Gets His Due" (probably my favourite), "Get What 'Cha Got And Go", or "Making Plans".

This is fine, like a lot of albums of this era they were really just throwing darts around the same general sound to sell records. Each song is executed in a way that works, it can feel monotonous to go through the whole album even at a short run length. Good steel guitar work

Not much of a country music fan, and this was a lot of what I don’t really like in it. That said I can’t deny Loretta’s talent. Not necessarily a bad record, but not really one for me. 3/5

i think i would like country music a bit more if they gave the steel guitar a break every once in a while

Not my usual thing, but it’s short and entertaining (just like me!). Favourite track: Tomorrow Never Comes

Heard before?:❌️ Will listen again?:❌️

Iconic voice of the girl next door 60s,70s Appalachia. Lots of cheating going on apparantly It would have been good to have a siong about domestic violence.

1967 country Don't come home a drinkin' Saint to sinner

According to Wikipedia, LL wrote 1 & 5/6th's of the 12 songs on this album. The rest of them were written by men. I guess this was the acceptable level of white female protest in music in 1960s usa. For me it harks back to racist, mysoginistic - with a side a child abuse - times. I imagine many contemporary us-ians listen to it with tears in their eyes wishing those times would return.

Oh, I hope she gained the courage to do something... anything... about her(apparent) abusive relationship. Sheesh, those were some cringy lyrics. Admittedly, there were two songs I found myself singing to due to the catchy chorus, and I promise you all that's literally the only thing saving this from a rating in the cellar. Favorite Track: "Don't Come Home a-Drinkin'(With Lovin' On Your Mind)".

Pretty, sweet, calm but just so dated it's hard to enjoy more than superficially for me

A precursor to Dolly Parton? 😊 I think it’s pretty good, anyway, so it’s a keeper. Three stars…

Thought I’d be bored but I liked it a lot more than expected. I was curious so I looked at the Wikipedia page and she only contributed to writing 3 of the songs (but did write the title track and “I got caught” which were two of the best songs IMO). Her voice is more powerful than I would have guessed and almost feels a little underutilized. Solid 3

3.1 I relate a bit more to Doolittle Lynn's album "Cmon babe, dont you love me, just this one time"

This is #day774 of my #1001albumsyoumusthearbeforeyoudie challenge, and... oh well, another country record. I didn't hate it, though. Inoffensive rainy Monday morning listen. This is a 2 out of 5. Looking forward to #day775.

2 out of 5. Definitely has a bone to pick with men and I see why. She does have a nice voice still.

perhaps a rerecording five years later with better equipment would have helped, but as is the recording/mixing/mastering issues make an album that i don't otherwise have strong feelings about quite unpleasant.

This leads me to believe that all country singers back then shared one slide guitar and three melodies.

LORETTA!!!! I'm was fun, but I'm glad it was a quickie.

No

Middle of the road

Classic country sound, and a nice voice, but apart from that I cannot think of anything positive. Apparently in 2016 she said about Donald Trump "I just think he's the only one who's going to turn this country around.", and she might have been right about that one.

Ça allait J’imagine ça au coin de la cheminée à Noël

Faut arrêter avec la country!

★★½

Loretta is required listening for true country and Americana fans. Tap into the sentimentality and get you some learnin.' Hall of Fame ROCK STAR, in my book!

Pretty solid. Happy I listened but that might be where it starts and ends

Pleasant listening

This subgenre of country fucking sucks. Her voice is good though

I'll tell you what, Loretta was out here preaching her own brand of folksy feminism long before the suits in Nashville were ready for it, and she clearly ain't here for any of your shit, son. She’s serving up sharp, no-nonsense storytelling about staying strong and holding your ground when your husband is out doing you wrong. Even if you aren't usually one for old-school country, it’s damn near impossible not to respect a woman who can flip the bird to a cheating, abusive husband while hitting a flawless, sweet vibrato. It's simple, it's brutally honest, and it's an absolute masterclass in taking the ugly side of life and turning it into country gold.

A fairly bog standard country album from that era. It's a pretty solid album, but I don't know that it stands head and shoulders above other albums that included twinkly keys, tight vocal harmonies and lyrics about the pitfalls of human relationships. 3.5/5

I was expecting a time capsule, especially with the title and starting track. So was surprised when it ended with a “I’m gonna get mine” style song #feminism

Twang about love in a time of boozing.

Surprisingly fun and easy listen!

A recency bias for sure, but Loretta Lynn is the poor woman’s Dolly Parton. The songs all sounded the same and only left me wanting Jolene and 9 to 5. RIP Dolly.

Preach, Loretta, PREACH!! Powerful, uplifting country music

A bit generic, but a decent country record. 3.6/5

Love Loretta.

2.3/5

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Härlig titel. Rätt trevlig men ominnesvärd musik.

Amazing

Amusing title for an album. Think a lot of us can identify with that. Other than the title there is nothing here to get me excited about even after a nights drinking. American Country music is something I will never get on with even though I do like English Folk Music but for me the two genres are a million miles away from each other. 2/5 9/9/26

simpatično, solidno, neloše, kratko i slatko

Perfectly cromulent

Lovely voice, poignant lyrics that I’m sure were saying things that most women simply couldn’t imagine themselves saying but wanted to then, and simple country guitars. It’s smooth but it got repetitive really quick. A little more tempo or subject change would’ve been nice,

Solid country bluegrass sound.. nothing particularly jumped out. Can hear how this would be influential to modern country with similar lyrics and themes.

I love her singing, but I hate what she’s singing about. This is the subject matter in country music that I don’t care for; I just don’t relate to a single one of these songs.

FIne Friday afternooon listen I suppose.

Great record!

No fav song

I would have been content to never hear this album.

Great voice, classic sound, but blehhh. This feels like music for church goers. Like if Loretta Lynn knew me, and like really knew me she would probably hate my ass lmfao. But who knows, maybe its all a facade.... Loretta Lynn secretly a stoner? We might never know! Atleast it was quick and done with. Id rather listen to Dolly.

3,5

Loretta was born to a poor family but died a wealthy woman, and her albums totalled sales in the millions. She was a well-loved star. Doesn't look like any money was wasted on the sleeve; Hal Buksbaum's publicity shot had some run-of-the-mill type added to it, and off it went. I am confused about this site; are we listening to the best, or just an example of a popular artist? Is White Christmas by Bing Crosby going to appear soon? Or the soundtrack to The Bodyguard? Un Verano Sin Ti by Bad Bunny? Ed Sheeran - +-=÷×?(37 billion streams to date)

Lynn has a remarkably powerful voice and some of the songs feel rather progressive for a country record from this time. Loretta Lynn does not sound like a woman that you would want to double-cross! Not a single track on here goes over the three minute mark, so the album flies by quite quickly despite the record sticking firmly to that classic Nashville sound and not changing it up at all. There is a whole lot of sorrow to be found in the album's brief runtime. Like many albums of its time, this record is mostly just a vehicle for the lead single, but it still makes for a good time.

Soulful country songs about love and loss and longing. Today, this paints a bleak picture of a relationship. Even then, it shouldn't have happened. You're all bashing this because you don't like the style of the music, but the themes in the music are no different than pop or brit folk. My rating: 3/5

My dad wasn't even alive when this came out and I'm nostalgic for it. Love the warmness of production from this era in music. Just so crisp, so comforting. That title track is a banger and words to live by, shoutout 1967 feminism/common decency. Loved this album, no complaints at all.