20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Loretta Lynn

by Loretta Lynn

Overview

Like any record company worth their salt, MCA knows a good gimmick when they see it, and when the millennium came around, the 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection wasn't too far behind. Supposedly, the millennium is a momentous occasion, but it's hard to feel that way when it's used as another excuse to turn out a budget-line series. But apart from the presumptuous title, 20th Century Masters -- The Millennium Collection turns out to be a very good budget-line series. True, it's impossible for any of these ten-track collections to be definitive, but they're nevertheless solid samplers that don't feature a bad song in the bunch. For example, take Loretta Lynn's 20th Century volume. Yes, there are some great songs missing, but what's here is terrific, including "Coal Miner's Daughter," "You Ain't Woman Enough," "Lead Me On," "Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)," "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man," and "Blue Kentucky Girl." Serious fans will want something more extensive and neophytes would be best-served by better-chosen collections, but this disc is quite entertaining, considering its length and price. That doesn't erase the ridiculousness of the series title, but the silliness is excusable when the music and the collections are good. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	08/17/1999
Label:	Mca
UPC:	0008817010625

Tracks

1. Coal Miner's Daughter
2. You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)
3. She's Got You
4. Lead Me On
5. Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
6. Love Is the Foundation
7. One's on the Way
8. Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man
9. I Wanna Be Free
10. Rated X
11. Woman of the World (Leave My World Alone)
12. Blue Kentucky Girl

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Loretta Lynn   Primary Artist
Conway Twitty   Primary Artist,Guest Artist

Technical Credits

Andy McKaie   Reissue Compiler,Reissue Producer
Becki Bluefield   Composer
Erick Labson   Digital Remastering
Joseph F. Laredo   Liner Notes
Loretta Lynn   Composer
John Mullins   Composer
Leon Chase Copeland   Composer
Jim Owen   Composer
Owen Bradley   Producer
William C. Hall   Composer
Sharon Higgins   Composer
Peggy Sue Wells   Composer
Jim Owens   Composer
Hank Cochran   Composer
Mike Fink   Artwork
Shel Silverstein   Composer
Margaret Goldfarb   Production Coordination
Johnny Mullins   Composer
Leon Copeland   Composer