Reissue producers: Glenn Meadows and Milan Bogdan.
Includes liner notes by Doyle Wilburn.
Personnel: Loretta Lynn (vocals).
Liner Note Author: Doyle Wilburn.
Editor: Milan Bogdan.
Unlike the song, autobiography and film of the same name, the album Coal Miner's Daughter isn't a reflection on Loretta Lynn's upbringing. Instead, it's merely a standard, early '70s collection of originals and covers, all performed with gusto by Lynn. Coal Miner's Daughter boasts a stronger, more consistent selection of material than most of her other albums from the period, and contains a number of her classics, like the title song and "I'm a Honky Tonk Girl," plus a handful of lesser-known gems. ~ Thom Owens
One of Lynn's better albums, but very much of its time (the early '70s). The covers are particularly good, including a fine feminist-by-implication take on Conway Twitty's "Hello Darlin'" (although the soprano descant on Kris Kristofferson's "For the Good Times" is so corny it hurts). Lynn's own contributions are classic (the title track--which spawned a book and a movie--and the very funny "What Makes Me Tick.") minimize