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

I know the album is only 28 minutes, but it felt a lot longer than that. Lynn has an excellent voice with fantastic control, but, and this is just my preference, a bit too much vibrato for me. I'll take Dolly or Patsy over her. I don't mind it, but no single song stands out, and I don't see myself coming back to it.

this is pure cunt

Listened to this after Xtina's Stripped and it was a very interesting comparison of female empowerment in different eras. It's good old fashioned country. Lorreta's got just the voice, diction, and charm you think she does with words that'll cut

It feels like she’s the original spice girl! An album about men being wankers is probably still very relevant today. For me it was ok.

classic country album. Good mix.

I would sample this but wouldn’t listen. Love the vibes but ironically not vibing this

Whiskey dick has been a problem for decades.

Loretta is incredible. The songs are so well crafted, the vocals pitch perfect, and the theming impeccable. I don't care for any of it, but it's masterful.

Some interesting classic country songs. A definite walk in the past. Not a bad listen if classic country is your thing.

Domestic battery doo bee doo bee doo

Didn’t think I enjoyed this at all. But looking back I also saved 3 tracks from the album. What does that tell us? I have no idea so I’m going with my gut. I didn’t enjoy it at all. 2.9

it was nice but it was mamaw music

grandma music for sure. enjoyed it

Opening track is a classic...bottle is empty after that.

Meh. Wasnt offensive. Just not my jam.

I love all the user reviews, especially the multiple 1 star "Girl, leave your man already" ones. It's either that or glowing praise. Not much middle ground. I have a tough time with classic country. Most of it sounds very repetitive and thematically shallow to me. Thankfully this one rises above the dreck a bit. Musically it comes off a little more sophisticated with some nice instrumentation punching up the typical 2 chord country gallop thing, and Loretta has a lovely voice that shines above the repetitiveness of the songs. I wouldn't say I loved it but it had it's charming moments for sure. Still reeks of tears-in-your-beer country. I prefer the less produced folky/outlaw flavour. i'd give it a 2 or 2.5 though i'm happy to have gotten another one from outside my wheelhouse.

Great set of songs about relationships, heartbreak, jealousy and sex. Loretta Lynn is soulful when she sings about being lonely and strong when she’s kicking a cheating lover out the door. Her voice is gorgeous. The backing music is excellent too. Clean, crisp production to match the tight, lean songwriting. I love the twanging guitars and horse-trot drums.

Really nice country singer songwriter tunes. She's got that wonderful dynamic country range from smooth up to saturated and sharp. It's a lovely sound that is immediately enjoyable to me. The title track is the standout by a long shot. I'd consider rating this one higher if this record had more of those tracks on it. The others aren't necessarily bad, but I think a bit more forgetful than the title. I can tell that she influenced one of my favorite singers a lot, Nicole Atkins. Fun to listen to her for years and years and then now get a chance to listen to Loretta Lynn and hear some of the lineage in the vocal sound. I love these classic album covers; it's like half photograph half painting (can't really tell!), with some non-flashy text on it.

One of the classic women of country. The most memorable is, unsurprisingly, the title track, but Loretta Lynn does a great job on pretty much every song here. The best part is that songs stay light and never stick around longer than they need to, with only one runtime longer than 3 minutes. Lynn is, undoubtedly, one of the finest country singers of her time. Highly recommend.

typical country music

9/10

perfectly forgettable

I like that this was a pretty short album. Pretty outdated album nowadays, it feels like, but I am sure that this was popular back in 1967. Wasn't too bad as a background listen though.

I absolutely loved every minute of it - I can't disagree more with these extremely dated values, and I doubt I'd ever find myself in their shoes, but the feelings are just very real, and that's something I do relate with.

Great example of great old style country. Not my cup of tea, but far better than todays pseudo country rap garbage.

Great voice but country

Loretta Lynn was country with a capital "C" and this is the type of classic country that I would have heard growing up. Short and sweet, this was an easy listen and as much as I enjoyed the album, I don't think it reached 4 stars. 3.5/5

woman's album about stereotypical men

This was wonderful. My cat sat next to the speaker the whole time. I paused it for a bit, cat left, turned it back on, cat came back and sat by the speaker.

Every country cliche in the book and its glorious. Twangy guitars duelling, that lap steel slide sound, honky tonk barroom piano, close harmonies, simple cowboy chords and a basic oompa doompa bass, all performed and captured perfectly. It's an amazing collection snarky "I'm so goddamn sick of your bullshit" songs sung with an incredible combination pissed off verve and oh so sweet charm.

Kansi näyttää vitsiltä, mutta Loretta ei vitsaile! Mitä nyt pilkettä on silmäkulmassa. Sanoitukset todella käskevät kuuntelemaan ja ovat hyviä. Tyylikäs suoritus myös. Olen Lorettan puolella.

Pidän artistista ja hänen "stailistaan", mutta valitettavasti kappaleet eivät mielestäni kestä kylmän kriittistä tarkastelua. Eka ja vika, joo. Ehkä pari muutakin. Keskiosa on vähän kantrimaisen formalistista massaa. 2,5

First song is a banger, the rest just meander after that for the next 25 minutes. She has a nice voice, but nothing else really stands out. Little to say.

La verdad disfruté todo el álbum, pero tampoco siento que cosas muy interesantes pasen, country setentero de su momento.

I love a woman who sings about how men are shitty

This album sounds like the background music in a small-town dive, which isn't a bad thing. Unfortunately, it's not a good thing either, as the album is painfully generic.

Identikit stuff - couldn't tell where one song ended and the other started. Pleasant enough, but really not anything I'm interested in hearing again. Maybe her man would have done better if she had a bit of variety in her music?

Great country album

Ok

Not my thing

Enjoyable and a comforting sound, but also after the first two songs I felt like the songwriting was not interesting

Classic of it's kind I suppose, but doesn't really resonate with me

You can hear all the early country influence throughout this album. It doesn't really resonate with me, but the whole album is an incredibly easy listen. I can't knock it for that, because theory wise, it's sound and simple. Songs are short and to the point as well, nothing clocks in over 3 minutes. Man, someone did Loretta wrong and she wrote an album about it. Sounds like dude was a raging alcoholic to boot. She's like the OG Taylor Swift. She's a pretty great singer too.

I wasn't expecting how fun this album is! Loretta is like a sassy bestie who is willing to share her experiences. At the heart of it is her voice with its soothing vibrato, backed up by a really classic country sound. This feels like the kind of album that's kept inspiring others for decades.

Individual songs are great, but they all sound the same back to back.

Didn't think much on first lesson but enjoyed it a lot on the second. I think this 50s 60s country is growing on me.

This style of music works as a single song. An entire album is way too much. There isn't a single certified banger on here either.

Tråkigt.

Lovesick country songs with a very lovely voice.

Just to clarify, Loretta preceded Dolly by about 10 years. Loretta is a fabulous singer, and her songs are typical of country during her time. Remember, in the 1950-1960 era poor women were in a pickle. No birth control so they popped out numerous kids and were completely dependent on their husbands for money. For most in rural areas, work wasn't paid well, and it was tough to get out of poverty. Boy did these songs hit home for so many people! I haven't heard her in a long time, and her vocals are stunning to me. They're perfect. I also like the arrangments. They're really strong and not over the top. 5 stars! Go Loretta!

This is so cool! The production is a product of the time in the best way possible with the exaggerated panning and the particular instruments used. The songwriting is a huge focus on this album and it stands out quite significantly. While some of the songs get a bit same-y in the bloated track list, it’s all still quite pleasant!

Solid album, but not my jam.

You tell him girl 💅

Some of the subject matter is outdated and not too relevant to a 28 year old male living in 2024. But her voice and the feel throughout the album are hard to look past. The vocals on ‘I really don’t want to know’ are amazing. Really strong 4 from me and will prob revisit some of these tracks

Solid Loretta album

Nice album. Reminds me of patrolling the Mojave. Lynn has a lot of emotion behind her voice and that really helps sell the great lyrics. Also, how insane is it for a female country singer to allude to spousal rape back in a time when it was still legal and nearly never talked about? The balls on Loretta Lynn are immeasurable

It's alright, but that's such a funny name for an album.

Something about this is lovely, something about this is lonely and something about this is not my thing. Nice. Glad to have encountered. Unlikely to return. Neutral indifferent? 2 stars.

Pretty solid, not really my thing though

From a musical perspective, there is a lot of good things to say about this album. I won't, because country isn't my genre and I was bored to hell.

Sounds typical country music and I tend to find that listenable but not that interesting

An extra star for the length

Could have gone without this

The miserable life of an under-age bride, set to jaunty music and described in lyrics that offer zero empowerment, redemption or hope. Truly disgusting.

Loretta Lynn didn't have to go this hard

Not really my thing but I enjoyed this album!

Straight up old school country ditties. Honestly I’m not hearing anything special in her voice and am hoping hard that Patsy Cline is on this list. Wait! A Google search says there is no Patsy Cline album on this list?! TRAVESTY

Classic country stays undefeated 🔥also didn’t know Lynn wrote some of the songs herself! A nice bonus to an already great performance

Swäg

me before listening to the first song: why do i have to listen to this :( me after listening to the first song: 　 　 🤠 　 　 🎸🎸🎸 　 🎸　 🎸　 🎸 👇　 🎸　 🎸　 👇 　 　 🎸　 🎸 　 　 🎸　 🎸 　 　 👢　 👢

she's got a really good voice! it's not my genre still but this time around it's at least pleasant to listen to. it just really puts it into perspective i feel, songwriting techniques in country pop music didn't really change ever even today, there's a lot of songs i can imagine being written and produced, like... now. just take modern country music but literally have the exact song structure and you've got yourself pretty much a similar experience. very romantic.

Heel leuk maar heb wel zin in wat anders dan die 60s songwriters

Not a big fan of country (especially older honkytonk stuff like this) but I have heard of Loretta Lynn. It’s filled with the country tropes you expect - poverty, relationship problems, retribution.. incredible voice is the main focus, and tasteful backing music staying just below the surface. Definite parallels to Elvis, Dolly Parton, June Carter.. 2.5/5

It has to be stated that Loretta Lynn delivers an incredible vocal performance. Unfortunately that's where the highlights end. The music is typical honky tonk country, nothing really special. And the lyrics are exactly what you'd expect on this kind of music. Toxic relationships and alcoholism. It's really not my cup of tea at all but it gets one extra point for Lynn's amazing voice.

No fist city, no the pill. Minus two stars.

Кантри для домохозяек. Папа, не пей.

Repetitive and boring country. Not my thing, some ok songs and moments are here but they’re outweighed by a lot of things. Meh.

quite repetitive even if the songs were fun, both musically and lyrically. also one has to wonder, does this woman LIKE any of the men she's been with? dont know if it's an album i had to hear before i die.

No canta Put Your Hand In The Hand ni Please Help Me I'm Falling (In Love With You). Country.

country.

Zuerst dachte ich, mein Gott schon wieder Country. Aber die Lieder überraschten mich mit den Texten welche sehr fortschrittlich und emanzipiert wirken.

4/5

Kinda catchy songs that sound fairly simple, but nice use of passing chords to keep everything from being I, IV, V.

Step to twangy bliss Sad songs sang with full vigor And soft rebellion

What can I say - Loretta Lynn! Truly legendary. As a ten year old, watching Sissy Spacek in Coal Miner's Daughter when in the theater was a life-altering experience. I enjoyed it, although I'm not a huge fan of the Owen Bradley sound, which is a weird thing for a guy with Nashville bona fides to say, and I make no apologies for that, and I think her songwriting and selection got better later on.

Fine, I suppose, but nothing special to this album, and the Wikipedia entry for this album, spartan as it is, reinforces my question about why this album for Loretta Lynn? Listening to this album, though, made me think again about what it must be like to be the backing (studio?) band for someone like Loretta Lynn, where the focus is almost exclusively on her, her voice and the lyrics. There's some variety in the songs' music, but not all that much, and nothing that sounds to me like it would excite a band player. Hopefully it paid the bills, though!

classic country! Great songs, though most of them are covers (I think). There was a moment where I could almost see her in a duet with Buddy Holly but then I woke up.

Standard old school country. Title track is great and catchy, but the rest not so much.

Countrymuziek die doet denken aan Fallout en Breaking Bad. Mary Servaes met een Stetson op de kruin. Ons Loret kan prima zingen, al is ze wat vrijgevig qua vibrato maar dat vergeef ik d'r. Twaalf nummers, allemaal korter dan 3 minuten, dus in geen enkel nummer wordt tijd verspild. Daar staat tegenover dat het voor mij als leek wel klinkt alsof ze een keer of 9 hetzelfde nummer zingt. Dit is niet mijn muziek en ik verwacht ook niet dat dat ooit zal veranderen. Ik moet hier een 2 voor geven.

No, just no

Was expecting some smooth Patsy Cline-ish country but instead I got the usual country rockish tunes and vibes that didn't age well.

It's repetitive and songs about relationships I generally find pretty boring, but i'm sure this woulda been a progressive femininst album in its time and these tracks woulda been absolute anthems back in the day for all the women stuck with shitty men in shitty relationships. Not something i'd pop on but appreciated the listen.

Nothing standout for me but did enjoy these my-man-aint-shit country ballads. Two and a half. Fave track: I'm Living in Two Worlds

I exclusively want to drink in barrooms that play Loretta Lynn

I know of Loretta Lynn, but I'm completely unfamiliar with her music. First things first: this album title. 10/10, no notes. Post 9/11 country could never do this. The bar has been set pretty high. The star of the show on this album is the songwriting. From the title track to the bitter end, this album is filled with clever and succinct lyrics. I loved the subtlety contained in these lyrics. Take the title track, for example. Lynn tells her lover not to expect her to reciprocate his advances after he's left her alone all night to go out drinking with his friends. She never states her emotions, she only laments his actions and that he leaves her all alone. But we can tell through her singing just how unwanted and used she feels. Through so few words, Lynn manages to paint a vivid picture of this interaction. "I Really Don't Want To Know" is outstanding as well. I loved that I wasn't sure whether she was wondering about her lover's past flings, or if she was wondering about the women he's been seeing behind her back in the present. Or maybe both. The things left unsaid are powerful, and Lynn's voice really adds to the heartache. The last song I'll mention is "The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight." I love how it's vindictive without being angry; the emotion that led to the vengeful action of the narrator isn't what's important, and it doesn't even need to be stated, because it would be redundant. This song is all about actions, and Lynn sings it to perfection. This isn't the type of album I'd normally gravitate towards, but the songwriting is outstanding, and it's just an incredibly well made album, worthy of five stars.

Twangy.

Good C&W from the 60's.

She sure can sing, and I could enjoy this well enough for a song or two at a time. But a whole album, even a short one, drags on my ears' enjoyment.

In what sounds like the background soundtrack to a movie that is set in the wee hours of a small town. A lonely man sits solo at the bar nursing the bottom of his beer with an empty shot glass next to it. His buddy walks in and give his shoulder a pat - the universal man language for 'she's a cunt buddy and you dodged a bullet. you just don't know it. Classic country like this, while pretty much slaughtered in the comments for this list are the reason a good chunk of this list is ON this list is sorely missed. I'm glad to see it and want more. I'm not even a 'country' fan, but good music is good music regardless of any slide guitar present on the track. 4/5.

2 stars for Radio 2 music

Послушала вчера, сегодня не помнила настолько, что пришлось переслушивать) Приятная классическая американская музыка

Country clásico

Too much crap country on this list. Once I've listened to this once I will never listen again Shite, short, but shite

The slide guitar was the best part. 2 scoops of vanilla out of 5 🍦🍦

Jeeesus Christ! I am having way too hard a time detaching my 2024 feminist mindset from what is happening here. Everything about this is appalling to me. 1.) I can't believe this was considered an acceptable way to market a female country artist. She looks like a complete pill of a person and this title isn't as powerful as its trying to be. 2.) This album sounds 20 years older than it actually is. This being released in 1967 at the burgeoning of the flower power / hippie counterculture uprising just shows how pathetically behind the times country western music is and has always been. Lyrically and musically, this record is DATED even in its current epoch! 3.) FUCK YOU to the men that this record needed to be addressed to at the time. And I say this to all the drunken redneck asshole men who ever existed that would come home and drunkenly rape their wives and the ones who still do, AND to the trad wife idiots who still think this is an acceptable lifestyle to promote online like it's some kind of cute nostalgic way to live and not a horrific affront to women's rights. I'm so grateful to all of the feminist heroes who said "FUCK THIS SHIT" and fought for progress. Loretta, this bullshit has only held women back. You have a nice voice, and I'm sure you complied so you could have this career and a better life, but really, someone with a platform should use it to help others. Not perpetuate and prolong the cycle of misogynistic abuse. Saying you're not supportive of women's liberation, and then going on to support Trump encapsulates how deeply ingrained the complacency and idiocy have been inbred into you. (And sadly, so many others too.) You may not have been a drunk like your hubby, but your addiction to misogyny is oh so much worse.

8/10. Great voice. Nostalgic. Would be a 9, but the album didn’t bring enough variety in lyrics (even though most individual songs lyrics were good) for me to go above 8.

Not a fan of county

incredible, that old country is timeless and a never skip

country goodness

cool

Unexpectedly excellent. A plaintive Dear John letter which says, in a nutshell: Loretta is sick and tired of your nonsense, buddy.

I thought I might be coming around to liking some county music. Seems that there are types I like and types I dislike. This is one I dislike. Maudlin, sentimental and just not very interesting. It was going to be two stars but she endorsed Trump so it'll be the one.

If I could give 3 and a half I would. I’m feeling generous today

Good stuff

Bar.

Ms. Lynn had quite the discography I see. Great vocalist for this type of weepy-country music. Album itself is short and sweet despite having 12 songs too.

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) is a pretty sad half an hour of country music about broken relationships and living in misery, which is bleak, but not exactly unique to the genre. Her voice is lovely and has the vulnerability needed for that sort of record but the rest of the music is pretty paint-by-numbers country and pales by comparison to the Dolly Parton album we had a fortnight ago. A high 2, probably, it's not memorable, but there are moments of quality in there.

Pretty grim stuff, the lyrics and themes behind it are really sad, but the backing music is a mix between melancholy and bizarrely upbeat. Doesn't really click for me, her voice is nice enough, but nothing really gripped me through a couple of listens. 2/5.

April 18, 2024 HL: “The Devil Gets His Due”, “I Really Don’t Want to Know”, “Making Plans”, title track As with some other trad. country albums, I feel like I have to work to engage with it. Not sure why I don’t have that problem with later interpretations of the genre by Parsons, Harris & lang, but that’s the way she goes. I did enjoy this more the longer it went on though, unlike some that had good starts but snoozy finishes. Maybe the inclusion of some chugga-chugga rock n roll in the 2nd half helped (“Devil”, “Get Whatcha Got”) Loretta’s voice is great, as is the crisp production that sounds newer than other 60s albums I’ve heard. 3.5

Classic

Her man is a real piece of shit and she needs to wise up and realize she's better than crying her eyes out thinking about him out fooling around.

estuvo cute ig pero 7/10

Love Loretta

Country

so good but the material is a bit of a straight jacket

Enjoyable but started to grate towards the end. Lynn's fixation on cheating doesn't make for an overly exciting album.

Glad we got some Loretta! So funny that the wiki here has 0 information. No reason this should be on the list. But we all know, she was a gem. Was she really the daughter of a coal miner? Who can say. But don't come home drunk expecting love from this woman. No sir. Don't you dare.

Country departues are always nice. I don't really know Loretta Lynn, but I think she did a lot of duets with guys like Conway Twitty so she's gotta be credible in her own right. Stylistically, nothing super notable here, but the songwriting is really fun and confessional. Multiple songs on here that are just unique perspectives and cool to hear, like the title track and "I Got Caught." One song about "stop spending all your nights drinking with your friends and then expecting me to just have sex with you when you come home drunk in the middle of the night" and a song about mutual cheating, "you got away with so much, but of course the one time I do it I get caught." Laser-specific stories here, and the relationships are toxic as hell. This kind of country music can be really fun. Good album. Favorite tracks: Don't Come Home a-Drinkin, Tomorrow Never Comes, I'm Living in Two Worlds, Get What Cha Got and Go, I Got Caught. Album art: Plain jane cover, just Loretta with a bit of a crooked smile, basic font and styling. Certainly more effort put into the music than the album art. Then again, it's 1967. 3.5/5

Sonically a lot of the songs just sound the same. Fun to listen to for a little bit.

3.5 stars rounded up. Great voice and lyrics laced with black humour.

To my ears this is the worst kind of plinky plonk country - though I am sure that those that love country may have a completely different view.

doggone erämies.. änään en tarvinnut ei, tarvinnut kantriTVÄNGGIÄ twauuuuuuuujnggggg........ parin minuutin rallakoita , yirttää olla joku dusty... this bitch aint no dusty... A vibrato like Elvis, tone like Dolly... vibraattori kuin elviksellä.. WHAT THE FUCK????????? hyvää tälläsissä albumeissa että harvemmin ylittää 30 minuutin viivaa heh, kuin kymppitonnia katsoisi ja etiooppia voittaa... loretta kaatui ja ei noussut voittoon...pysyi maassa... simon says, get the fuck up dont come home a drinking

Chillige Country Musik, nichts zum aufmerksam hören 2/5

Unmistakable. Classic. Clean. Pure of sound. She’s the Queen of Country.

I once read GONE WITH THE WIND and thought it must be the origin or reflection of about every rascist trope in the US. In the same vein, I think every mock leveled at country music must be on this album - except she left out her truck and her dog. This set of ditties averages just over 2 minutes - ready made for the Eddy Arnold in your 65 chevy. Mostly, it sounds like an America I was never part of, nor wanted to be.

two flavours of songs basically tomorrow never comes

Cant say i didnt have a fun time but still just 60s boring country music nothing too exciting

Wonderful voice and very classy kinda country music , she spread her songs out but still stayed true to the theme of the album . Personally found it very relaxing and not too long either with only a handful of songs

Pretty much just an average country album to me

Quite food!

words of an outsider, i write like an alien. pale hand holds the pen, a liar trying to confess. a buzz when i press, but its all in jest. this gesture is like an empty stage, making my own rumours even though its just a guess. my head hurts like a tumour but i dont want to feel less. im trying to play before it turns posthumorous, this one whispers "never doom her, shes a bloomer". broken womb, i lift the pen, again i drew her kinda one note, but it is a beautiful note

No wonder she was having so much trouble with her man if had to listen to that all the time !!!!

The saving grace with this one is that it's short. This is my least favorite genre, so take it with a grain of salt, but this feels like the exact same swing/honky-tonk beat all the way through. Her voice isn't too bad, but just didn't do anything for me. The lyrical content left a lot to be desired too. Fav tracks: Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind), Get What 'Cha Got And Go

Anyone who knows me well enough knows that I don't like country music. I'd go as far as to say that I am a country music hater. With the country music I've grown up with, it's easy to see why and how. But THIS??? This is fantastic. The day they stopped making it like this is the day the genre died a grisly death. Straying from this was a massive mistake. This was lovely in every way.

p125. 1967. 3 stars. Tremendous voice and some great songs, let down by a lot of filler and a surfeit of steel guitars. Yeehaw.

Leuke muziek als je country lief hebt, maar in het algemeen is het wat recht-door-zee muziek en niet heel bijzonder. **

It's just another country album that's officially not my personal preference, but I enjoyed the first song. It sounds old school, even for the '60s.

Classic country, and a classic country voice.

3.5

I learned that The Simpsons character Lurleen Lumpkin is presumably based on Loretta Lynn. The songs in the Colonel Homer episode are way better than any on this album. If I imagine country music in my head, this is what I sounds like, which I guess is why this album makes the list, but I am really not a fan of the genre. The opening riff on I Got Caught is kind of cool, I guess.

Yeah this was inoffensive. I feel like Americans would be turned off by this but as a Brit we rarely encounter this kind of country so it was nice as a novelty.

Every somg is a bop

I wanted to like this more. It's nostalgic for me, my mom loved Conway Twitty so I heard a lot of his duets with Loretta. I loved the honky tonk piano & steel guitar but the songs all started to sound alike. If rate 3.5 but boosting to a 4 for the memories

A fine album. I'd have to be in the mood.

I'm just not into country music. Could only get halfway through because it gave me a headache.

Catchy pissy lyrics

Loretta ate with this one. If the other country oldies men like Hank Williams and Bob Wills are in the doghouse, some country old gal had to put them there. Her voice is lovey and the band all swangin. Solid folk music, although I can't believe that she broke my heart at the end and cheated too.

People will be quick to shoot this album down just because it's "country", but this stuff is absolutely great. Loretta Lynn has a great voice and the instruments all hit. Put this on the jukebox in your local dive bar and get to foot tappin. Love the vibes.

Classic stuff. Great quality recording, solid all around. This style has a pretty low ceiling imo.

A full country album about a relationship where the dude is drinking too much. Not bad, but not especially interesting. Good voice, repetitive music and lyrics.

Rating: 6/10

Finally some variety.

Classic country. Quite ok but will never be my favourite.

A lovely record. Great collection of songs, clean production and very good performance by Loretta. A nice album for dinners and after noon coffee. I'm not a big country guy, but this is one of the better I've heard

I guess this is another one of those albums that was made before the invention of songs that aren't about love

The legendary Loretta Lynn doesn't disappoint. It's a surprisingly good mix for the 60s. Highlight - Saint To a Sinner

some decent old country

Honky Tonk Country. This album didn't really do anything for me, I was over it midway through the second song. Don't really see what's so essential about this album but that could be due to my ignorance of the genre. Overall I guess there wasn't anything glaringly bad, just not my cup of tea. Loretta does have a really nice voice though, I will admit that. Not really a classic in my eyes. Probably won't revisit except for maybe the title track.

Delightful

God damn, this is one angry woman. Why don't you leave the bastard, Loretta? At least it takes two to tango, and as Loretta said herself about her own marriage: "he never hit me one time that I didn't hit him back twice." I'd guess that songs like "The Shoe goes on the other foot tonight", and "I got caught", about a woman being unfaithful, and not being sorry about it at all, made quite some waves in USA in the late sixties. Great lyrics, not my kind of music at all.

Nobody hates men like straight women, whew. It's funny bc she'd gladly play a Trump rally in 2024 and they wouldn't like her lyrics from the 60's. 3.

Kind of cool to see lyrics like this coming from a woman. She's no Dolly, though.

Modern country could learn a thing or three from old school country music. Fantastic from start to finish! Standout tracks: Don't Come Home A-Drinkin', Tomorrow Never Comes, The Shoe Goes on the other Foot Tonight

Plinky plonky country outdated social values meh

Loretta Lynn's "Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind" is a country classic. While Nashville country isn't everybody's favorite, there is something special about this album.

Country is not my thing, but this is completely tolerable. She doesn’t twang her voice to hell. The lyrics are simple, but not stupid or Jesus-ed to oblivion. The music is on point, and the songs get to their point and then end. The 28 minute run time is absolutely no chore whatsoever which is about the best compliment I’ve ever given a country album.

Immediately reject album title. I do like the stereo mixing, the bass/drums in the left and vocals/strings in the right. Other than that, this is old-school country through and through, it's not my thing.

Oh no…old country is not for me at all. Do not like the instrumentation, the harmonies, the beat. Nothing about it is enjoyable to me.

This whole record is great. Loretta Lynn’s voice is perfect for these tunes. Her band is cracking. With a 28 minute runtime you can’t go wrong.

Production is bad. Lyrics are boring. Guitar ain’t bad when it’s doing something different, so not often. 1 stars

The quintessential breakup album by the queen of country. This is everything.

Loretta Lynn weeps, wails, and sings her way through a collection of country classics. Her voice is a treat, mournful but not whiny, and powerful enough to push the gain on her tracks. The backing band is a tight, minimalist country ensemble featuring some excellent slide guitar work. Song selection is very focused on heartbreak, troubled love, and threats of leaving, which does get repetitive, but that may be more a product of the genre at the time then conscious curation. Stand out tracks include "Don't Come Home A-Drinkin'", "I Really Don't Want To Know", "Saint To A Sinner", "The Devil Gets His Due", and "I Got Caught".

Solid country album. Kinda one vibe one theme

Loved it. Like the spiritual sister (in a less croony and more country/western) of Elvis Blue Hawaii. Good fun!

A truly great album I enjoyed thoroughly. Happy this was suggested to me.

Beautiful vocals, but it’s just housewive country and we don’t like that in these parts (women)

PERFECTION

Straight from Butcher's holler!!

3,5

Nightmare music

A couple of these could be on the Mojave Radio in NV, 4/5

Sja. Prima country opzich. Maar ik ben er echt na een paar nummers al wel klaar mee. Ik ga dit nou niet echt snel vaker opzetten. Laat staan dat het totaal niet goed door de tijd gekomen is, met een nummer als 'Don't Come Home A Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind)'. As boomer as it gets.

I mean I guess it’s good for country, I really don’t know, it literally sounds all the same. Stop crying over men, they aren’t even worth the sheet music used for this. Like there goes my reason for living?? Bitch be so fucking for real, unless he died, condolences. I also don’t like country

It's hard to imagine how a 28 minute album dragged so much. There were a couple of songs that I really liked too. Definitely a lot more complex than a lot of country music. It even made me feel like I was playing Fall Out New Vegas as times which might be why I'm rating it as high as I am. Overall I thought it was pretty repetitive and I don't know how much she really innovated on the genre.

Just not my music.

Phenomenal lyrics and vocal performance. The classic country accompaniments are not my preferred jam, but are very listenable nonetheless, and don't get in Loretta's way.

3s across the board. Johnny Cash vibes, good stuff!

hate

Slow paced and predictable, not an album I would revisit

Couldn't relate. Sounds ok

I don’t know who hurt her but she’s out for his blood. 6/10

It just not for me. Too country. 4/10

Meh, good music but kind of boring. 5/10

Taylor Swift of the sixties. The entire album is basically a dis track. 6/10

Country

That's not my taste in musik. But ok

Twenty-eight minutes of complaining about shitty partners.

I’m not a huge fan of country music but i think this was one of the standouts of classic country music. She has a Very nice voice. I’m probably not going to listen to this one again but I can appreciate the art.

Not my type of music but I'll give it two stars for its popularity back in the day.

Good country or bad country? Bad country. How does a 28 minute album manage to feel like an eternity? It's so, so dull.

It's easy to hate on country music, but recognizing when an artist understands the assignment and absolutely nails their genre is something to be admired no matter what type of music it is. The coal miner's daughter - Loretta Lynn - is OG royalty of country music. "Don't Come Home a Drinkin'" was a great listen. To have such a long career and stay relevant for close to 60 years tells you what you need to know about Loretta Lynn's music.

This was a surprise. Usually old country I struggle to get through. While the music was really not my thing the songwriting and delivery I thought were great. Really happy to have listened to this one.

Girl just leave him he ain't worth it

I have not heard of this album or artist probably because it’s country. Some of the songs sounded alright but none really stood out to me. I don’t think I’d bother listening again.

I do love a country song but this isnt ticking my fancy !

Nice

67 was the same year Hendrix had two of his absolute GOAT albums. Disraeli Gears by Cream. The Doors, by (you guessed it) The Doors. SERGEANT FUCKING PEPPERS. leave this shite in the dark ages.

This was a grind to get through. A whole album of Loretta complaining about her abusive relationship. Instead of feeding your persecution complex, just leave him ffs. I think hearing one of these songs in isolation, or in a playlist would be fine, but hearing them all together like this is grating.

I was only familiar with Miss Lynn because of the film The Coal Miner's Daughter. I'm not a country fan but this was enjoyable

Love old country music! Great artist and sound!

I use to really enjoy these types of albums, but just don’t really anymore. I’m not a big drinker, and don’t want to be in a relationship that is so broken. Loretta has a beautiful voice, but these lyrics don’t speak to me or my life. That makes it much harder to relisten.

Kinda loved it

6/10

Very nice

I love Loretta Lynn’s voice. But this doesn’t feel like one of her essential records. A pleasant enough listen. I doubt I listen to any of these again. 2.5/5

This is a great example of how "great music" has morphed and shifted over the years. This album is like nails on a chalkboard. Couldn't get through the first two songs. The production is so thin and Loretta's vocals crackling over the mic don't entice me to want to continue the experience. 1/5

For a variety of reasons, this style of country does not work for me. I tried and couldn't finish a single song. This is not a reflection of this album, but the entire genre.

Can’t say Loretta doesn’t have a good voice but this album ain’t my thing.

I wanted to like it but the songs aren't good. Well sung and played well though.

duplicate

Really not a fan of country music. This is at least more bearable than modern pop country. Yeah not saying it's bad. But it's really not for me.

Well I am irritated my review of yesterday's album didn't stick. Also I am irritated by this album. This woman appears to have been in awful relationships. Also, this woman appears to have been awful in relationships. Dated, stale, grating, repetitive content about how terrible she and everyone around her are.

Good. Not great. The song writing (lyrics) were cutting edge. The melodies were very similar and a bit repetitive. Coal miners daughter is waaaaay better than any of these tracks.

Ok so I like some old country, but I don’t think I can count this one as one I enjoyed

Genius

Some tie-tappin’ tunes with a string feminist theme - if only we had listened then.

Get ekki að því gert, en ég hugurinn rennur alltaf til Lurleen Lumpkin. En nú finnst mér Lurleen mjög skemmtileg, svo þetta er hið mesta hrós. Lögin renna svolítið saman í eitt og tónlistarlega kemur ekkert á óvart. En hey, þetta er vel flutt og skemmtilegt fyrir því.

goes hard af

i like sad music, and this is depressing country.

I love this style and era of country, and this has to be one of the best titles for any album on this list. Some great songs here, although the careworn, downtrodden wife stories do get a little samey after a while. Also particularly loved 'Get What'Cha Got'. I do enjoy a good yarn, and some of these are great.

The Voice of Heartbreak. I can't decide which leads the way here - the songs or the tearful delivery. Put them both together and it's a combination that is going to leave you feeling a little down on yourself. Perfect for a rainy Wednesday morning in January.

Don't Come Home A Drinkin' - 8.5/10 I Don't Really Wanna Know - 8/10 Tomorrow Never Comes - 7.5/10 There Goes My Everything - 7/10 The Shoe Goes On The Other Foot Tonight - 7/10 Saint to A Sinner - 7.5/10 The Devil Gets His Due - 7/10 I Can't Keep Away From You - 7.5/10 I'm Living In Two Worlds - 7/10 Get What 'Cha Got and Go - 6.5/10 Making Plans - 7/10 I Got Caught - 7/10 TOTAL - 88/120

The music follows a straightforward formula, which isn’t a problem - that’s the same for the rap and the metal. And within that the songs are really good. It’s the lack of agency that the women have in the songs that troubles me, nearly always the victim and never in control. If you want to understand why feminism was necessary, then listen to this.

Great title. Impressive how she manages to fit so many syllables into ni-i-i-i-ight. Good in its genre; not for me.

I like country music in some ways. But this isn’t it for me. 2/5

Country when country was country.

My favourite coal miner’s daughter.

Could have done with skipping this album, it's not my style or taste. Lots of treble, almost no bass or even mid-range tones throughout. Reminds me of my grandparents and their gramophone records though, so it gets an extra star.

Ain’t no hell like a country girl scorned

Mooie stem! Grappig hoe teksten van bijna 60 jaar oud nogsteeds relevant zijn, al zijn ze wel een beetje cheesy haha Vind het erg leuke muziek, kan county wel waarderen maar zou het niet zo vaak opzetten, dus would not buy en 3 sterren

Oh, shut up, Loretta! Your man probably wouldn't have to come home a drinkin' if you could stop being home a whinin' constantly.

This one felt like a run by the mill country record? I don't want to offend, but it just didn't stand out that much. Her voice is good, not too special, the music fits, but it never really took off. 6 out of 10

New Artist for me. Great album. Relatively new to older country, solid entry album. Will explore more

It was ok, for very much not a country fan I appreciate her voice and could picture a time where I might enjoy listening to this

I really liked the vibe of this album. This wouldn’t be one that I would ever choose to listen to, but I loved it. The feel of the lyrics and the brutality of being in a cheating relationship was palpable through the descriptive lyrics. Will probably listen again.

A quick, fun and easy listen! Sounds like she shouldn't have been putting up with that husband, though.

Für ein country album eigentlich Recht okay

She's a national treasure, but Van Lear Rose is the Loretta Lynn album everyone should listen to before shuffling off. That said, as dated as this can sound, the Loretta Lynn magic holds up, especially on the title track. It's the perfect Loretta Lynn song title that works catchy as a chorus that can be read a few different ways. In Loretta's world, I'm sure her rule to Doolittle was that he could go out and paint the town with the boys all he wanted. He just couldn't expect to get a piece of ass when he eventually crawled into bed. That's probably why he cheated on her so many times. As Loretta Lynn would say, I ain't excusing, I'm explaining.

The Lynn-written joints felt strongest, lyrically, and followed the template established at the top. The players on Don't Come Home are clearly top-notch, provide an ultra-polished Nashville sound. So the record sits right on the border of dismissable, leaving aside the lucre.

non mi piace la country e mai mi piacera' . niente da fare. noia

8/10 cute, silly lil folk tunes she has an absolutely beautiful voice

Really not a country fan, no matter how hard I try!

Hyggeligt lille country album.

Absolutely cutting lyrics, especially for 1967

Absolute Queen.

Shit marriage + slide guitar = country music

Another country album that I didn’t enjoy. I do feel a bit sorry for poor Loretta though, sounds like she’s been with a lot of terrible men.

There’s nothing technically wrong with it, it’s just boring.

not a fan of the country sounds, but some songs are quite catchy. Fairly strange to listen to half an hour of bad lovers. favourite track : 'The Shoe Goes on the Other Foot Tonight'

Sorry, not a fan.

Good country

Nice wavering sound to voice. All the songs sound kind of the same.

Simple old time country music.

Torn between 4 and 5 stars. I mean, there's not a ton of variety here. But when every pitch is an unhittable fastball who cares?

Tolerable but that’s about it

This is not my thing. Apparently the only country I like is outlaw country.

I'm not a country fan but this was kinda fun

Pretty flawless Country of this Sad Lady subgenre, all about that pure voice. Not my genre generally but I can appreciate it.

This was sad and also pretty clever for its time.

I'm not a big fan of country music, but sometimes it sounds so damn good that you forget you've never even been to America. This woman is a legend and Making Plans is the sweetest song, so it's 4 from me, Loretta!

This was nice. Nothing really reached out and grabbed me, but I'd happily listen to this again.

This goes crazy

Not every song made me wish the day was over

An archetypal country album. The songs are stories with the customary tropes and sum up the genre. Her voice is so country she might as well be playing a banjo in a hay barn with a bottle of whiskey at her feet and straw in her teeth. It takes a bit more than this to engage me in Country. It’s all a bit too one-note and devoid of variety but it’s fine. More a 2.5 but it’s all covers and colourless

Meh… I feel I should love her. And I did like ‘A Coal Miner’s Daughter’.

If this were the first release of Loretta Lynn's, I might have written off the male pandering lyrics to be something that was entirely out of her control. But I've got to think that, even in 1967, on the 10th album, Lynn must have had some say in the material, and if this is what stood for feminism... ugh. I was pretty disappointed in the whole affair, as it were. After listening to Dolly and Emmylou, I also can't say Lynn's is my favorite vocal effort — at least on this album. I found this rather tedious.

I dug this. I only knew the title track, but the others did not disappoint. LL is a treasure to be sure. I love how each of these songs comes from the heart. Her vocal styling won me over, as well. And of course that Nashville production with perfect arrangements and impeccable musicianship brings this whole thing home. Man, the late '60s to early '70s was such a golden age of country music. The album Loretta made with Jack White, Van Lear Rose, is excellent as well.

I found this album charming and sweet and I love me a good country song title. (Side note: my friend Craig came up with a country song title called "There Ain't Enough Bars in Heaven (To Keep Me From Thinking 'Bout My Baby in Hell." Andre made it into a most excellent song on his solo album) But back to Loretta Lynn. I loved this.

Didn't age well

60’s country. Fine. End.

Felt like walking through a Tarantino movie. A lot more nuanced than I imagined it would be, too.

Actually pretty good great!

1. Don’t Come Home a-Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind) - very old style country so don’t love it 2. I Really Don’t Want To Know 3. Tomorrow Never Comes 4. There Goes My Everything 5. The Shoe Goes On the Other Foot Tonight 6. Saint To a Sinner 7. The Devil Gets His Due 8. I Can’t Keep Away from You 9. I’m Living In Two Worlds 10. Get What’cha Got and Go 11. Making Plans 12. I Got Caught Very traditional country so I do not like it sorry

Meh, it was relaxing, I could see listening to it in my grandparnets house while sipping tea and it would be better than the alternative. But it's kind of a downer.

Country folksy music. Not the worst thing ever. Not great

Great lyrics, with a nice touch of feminist wit and a heartbreakingly honest sadness in places. But the trite, predictable arrangements let it down.

Just has too old of a sound for my personal preference

It’s ok, not my thing really but nothing especially bad

Really enjoyable singing

4.5