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Van Lear Rose (CD)

By: Loretta Lynn (Artist)

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Loretta Lynn Artist Snapshot:

The first country feminist, Lynn developed a hard-hitting persona as the wife who stood no nonsense from her rivals or her husband. Her 1966 hit "You Ain't Woman Enough" exemplified her uncompromising honky tonk approach. She answered Tammy Wynette's "Stand By Your Man" in 1975 with the double-standard message song "The Pill," which was banned by several US radio stations. She also formed a successful alliance with Conway Twitty, scoring numerous duet hits. Lynn's bestselling autobiography, COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER, became a popular 1980 film, in which Sissy Spacek won an Oscar for her portrayal of Lynn.

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DISC 1 for Van Lear Rose (CD) Album By Loretta Lynn (Artist)
1   Van Lear Rose
2   Portland Oregon - (with Jack White)
3   Trouble On The Line
4   Family Tree
5   Have Mercy
6   High On A Mountain Top
7   Little Red Shoes
8   God Makes No Mistakes
9   Women's Prison
10   This Old House
11   Mrs. Leroy Brown
12   Miss Being Mrs.
13   Story Of My Life
 

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Review

Rolling Stone (No. 948, p.70) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[A] classic Loretta Lynn album. There's no Nashville glitz, no crossover schlock--as the lady used to sing, you're lookin' at country....[Jack White has] helped her make the album we all dreamed she would make."
Rolling Stone (p.146) - Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "[A] one-of-a-kind classic, rootsy but deeply weird..."
Spin (p.105) - "[T]he woman who wrote 'Rated X' and 'The Pill' never worried about finger-waggers. That's why her music still matters today, and why ROSE pricks like a rueful morning after." - Grade: A
Spin (p.67) - Ranked #8 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of the Year" - "VAN LEAR ROSE may be Lynn's greatest album to date - a triumphant steel-and-rhinestones hootenanny."
Q (p.102) - 4 stars out of 5 - "[T]he effect is nothing short of remarkable....Lynn's strong, womanly tones are absolutely beguiling."
Uncut (pp.84-5) - 5 stars out of 5 - "At times, it's unerringly beautiful and soft. At others, it howls like a blue mountain banshee."
Uncut (p.74) - Ranked #3 in Uncut's "Best New Albums of 2004" - "The songs are all Lynn originals - many of the deeply autobiographical..."
Mojo (Publisher) (p.98) - 5 stars out of 5 - "[A] perfect album - typically understated, characteristically jubilant, and 100 per cent Loretta Lynn."

Title Note

Personnel: Loretta Lynn (vocals, acoustic guitar); Jack White (vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, piano, organ, percussion); Dan John Miller (acoustic guitar, percussion, background vocals); Dave Feeny (slide guitar, pedal steel guitar, dobro, percussion, background vocals); Dirk Powell (banjo, fiddle, bass guitar); Jack Lawrence (bass guitar, percussion, background vocals); Patrick Keeler (drums, percussion, background vocals).

Recording information: Nashville, Tennessee (2004).

Regardless of opinions about White Stripes leader Jack White's credentials to produce country-music queen Loretta Lynn (he toured with the legendary singer and dedicated 2001's WHITE BLOOD CELLS to her), there's no denying that VAN LEAR ROSE significantly kick-started Lynn's career both commercially and artistically. In a move similar to Rick Rubin's 1990s Johnny Cash productions, White enlists members of his garage-rock cohorts the Greenhornes, along with a couple of country ringers, to back Lynn, giving her the grittiest, most rock-tinged production of her long reign.

Encouraged to come up with an album's worth of original tunes for the very first time, Lynn sounds plucky and full of fire. Her marvelous voice is as powerful and graceful as ever, as the septuagenarian singer gamely leads the band of youngsters through honky-tonk burners, bluegrass-tinged acoustic numbers, and even an evocative spoken-word recitation. Closer in spirit to Lynn's spunky '60s classics than anything she'd released in decades, VAN LEAR ROSE is built to reassemble the faithful and snare some new ears as well.

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