Don’t Come Home A Drinkin’ (With Lovin’ On Your Mind)/Before I’m Over You/If You’re Not Gone Too Long/Dear Uncle Sam/The Other Woman/Wine Women & Song/You Ain’t Woman Enough/Blue Kentucky Girl/Success/The Home You’re Tearin’ Down/Happy Birthday
The first compilation LP from the Kentucky country star Loretta Lynn. As a songwriter she often focussed on issues concerning working class women and the problems they faced.
“Lynn's early records at Decca like Wine Women & Song and Blue Kentucky Girl were very much in the traditional female country vein and had a subservient theme. 1965's You Ain't Woman Enough and 1966's Don't Come Home A Drinkin' drastically altered that doormat persona. From then on, Lynn would become a voice and role model for women everywhere.”
“I love Loretta Lynn's voice, lyrics and most of all, the fact that she is so true to herself. She doesn't try to use correct grammar in her songs or employ vocal tricks to add drama. Her voice is so natural and pure.”
“Loretta Lynn is a wonderful lyricist and melody maker. Each song is infused with her own wit and realism. Although her husband brought her 'out' into the world, had it not been for talent, there would have been nothing to bring out. This is a classic album of her talent.”
“Perhaps her incredible music stems from the fact that her marriage and personal life wasn't always pretty; she has experienced ups and downs along the way in life, and I think that helps her sing and write songs straight from the heart. Indeed, Loretta performs so well many people can identify with her feelings in everything she sings.”
“At a time when radio is glutted with manufactured country stars who 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.”
“Make no mistake, Loretta Lynn was a feminist at a time when that wasn't easy, especially in ultra conservative country radio. I'm talking about someone being a strong woman and not taking any nonsense from anybody. This music must have given comfort to thousands of repressed young rural women who could never have expressed these sentiments themselves.”
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