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Still Country

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after years without an original new material album, Loretta is back with "Still Country". And Loretta has every right to smile in the many album pictures; this album is good - actually outstanding. As suggested by the album title, Still Country, this is a true country sounding album. But you won't find any of those lyin', cheatin', honky-tonkin', having babies, and fighting songs that are so identified with Loretta. What is carried over from the 'old days' is a strong voice in fine vocals, quality musical material and packaging all wrapped up in one, very enjoyable and listenable package - not exactly a small accomplishment. All the songs are winners. There are four fast songs, the best being Country In My Genes and The Blue's Aren't Working On Me. Most of the songs, are what I would consider medium tempo and seem much shorter than the three minutes most of them last. The best song by far on the album is I Can't Hear the Music - a beautiful tribute to Loretta's late husband that will leave even the strongest listener with moist eyes; a definite award winning song. Overall, Loretta and crew have done a fine job on this outstanding album. Let's hope we don't have to wait 12 years again for Loretta's next album, you will want to hear more after listening to this.

Wow! How refreshing to hear a collection of songs sung so wonderfully by a "legend" who lives up to the title "Still Country". Loretta is such a professional, class act who can stand her own among any female vocalist today. The music on this CD ranges from modern day working girl, to proud country roots, to the heartache of losing someone you love. "I Can't Hear The Music" is a song co-written by Loretta as a dedication to her late husband. With raw emotion and real-life tears this is a song that is full of beauty and heart-break together. Loretta deserves a lot of credit and many congratulations for this CD -- this treasure! I encourage and challenge country radio to grace the airways with this great country music. This is a "must-have" addition to anyone's music collection. Thank you Loretta!

When you think of Loretta Lynn you think of all of the songs that she has recorded over the years... Coal Miner's Daughter talked about her childhood. Don't Come Home a Drinkin' , You Ain't Woman Enough, Squaw is On the Warpath and Fist City spoke of marital woes. One's On the Way and Pregnant Again talked about having children and raising them. We have heard her literally sing through an entire woman's life.... Somehow her popularity fell off in the 90's and late 80's... I have often wondered why. This albums shows why - Loretta has to be Loretta and here she is again and this time singing through the death of a spouse. The heart and soul that is felt on this album is unmistakably LORETTA LYNN and it is wonderful to hear such and incredible artist still singing and "STILL COUNTRY!" It is unfortunate that "Country In My Genes" is the first single.... it is not the best this album has to offer. By far the emotion of "I Can't Hear The Music Anymore" and "On My Own Again" are some of the best music I have heard out of Nashville since Reba McEntire's album after the untimely death of her band. The best up tempo music on a genuinely strong CD is "The Blue's Ain't Workin' On Me" and Loretta is at her classic best with tunes like, "Don't Open That Door" and "Hold Her." Music is suppose to express real emotion and heart and so often it misses the mark.... not this CD. This is the OLD honesty of Loretta Lynn with the new wisdom and grace that comes from life experience. GET THIS CD!!!! Best I have heard in years!

What a pleasure to have another original studio recording from the great Loretta Lynn after over a decade! She's come back with a stellar collection of songs, including two which allude to her late husband: "On My Own Again" and "I Can't Hear the Music." They're just some of the highlights on this CD. I only wish there were more than ten songs and that Loretta had a hand in writing more of the material. Still, the selections are most definitely her style and her voice sounds both mature and girlish at the same time. Get this CD and support a singer who's light years ahead of the current crop of country entertainers!

I must admit that "comeback" albums frequently disappoint me, so I tried to hold back my expectations for this one, although with Loretta Lynn being one of my favorite artists, that was difficult. I needn't have been concerned. This is one of her best efforts, taking its place alongside her classic work from the 1960s and '70s.

In this, her first new album of original material since 1988's WHO WAS THAT STRANGER?, Loretta states once and for all that she is still not only country, but a talent to be reckoned with. The songs are almost uniformly good, but I must admit that "I Can't Hear the Music", her tribute to her late husband, reduced me to tears. The beauty and emotion that she conveys in it is both heartbreaking and liberating. It is unlike anything she has ever done before, and that is no small compliment.

If you appreciate country music (traditional or modern) or Loretta Lynn's work at all, don't hesitate to buy this CD. It is truly a wonderful achievement from an artist absent from the NEW RELEASE section far too long.

Loretta is back singing better than ever. The CD STILL COUNTRY is the greatest.

Please request your local radio stations to play her music. Loretta paved the way for many artist yesterday & today. Let's help her to have a number 1 album today.

This was one of the best CD's I have bought in quite a while. Usually when you buy a CD you get one or two good songs. This entire CD is great. Loretta Lynn has been absent from the radio for too long. I hope that this gets the airplay it deserves. One warning. Listening to this CD causes a true fan of Country Music to "feel good" from beginning to end. I hope Loretta puts another album out next year too.

This CD is Loretta's first cd with all new songs in 12 years. I got an advance copy that was sold at her concerts. This is incredible! There is not a bad song on this Cd and she is indeed Still Country just like the title says. The highlights include the following: On My Own Again, God's Country(a song about Loretta's Kentucky roots), Table for Two(Just me and your memory), I Can't Hear the Music(A song about Loretta's late husband Doo...She was crying as she recorded this and you can hear it in her voice...beautiful), and Country in My Genes(She's a Kentucky Hillbily and she ain't about to change!) There is lots of steel guitar on this CD as well as some banjo. When it comes from Loretta, you know its good. This is one lady who will never change and never dissapoint. They don't call Loretta a Legend for nothing...she's earned it once again with this CD. Way to show em Loretta!

Loretta is back with a new album. Overall, a very good album. It's just great to get to hear something from this legend. This time around Loretta is singing from a different perspective, with the loss of her husband, "Mooney", the song selection finds Loretta in a new musical territory. The opening "On My Own Again" sets the mood. Really, there's nothing to not like here, if anything "Working Girl" is the only clunker. The song is forgettable and when sung by Loretta holds little to no meaning. Maybe one the teeny-bopper so called country singers out there could do it justice, but Loretta deserves better. The best track on the album is "I Can't Hear The Music". The song tells of life without "Mooney" by her side anymore. On her short-lived TNN series, she sang "Love Is The Foundation" to Mooney and both were brought to tears, one imagines that while recording "I Can't Hear The Music" Loretta shed a tear or two. If you're a fan of Loretta's don't miss out on this one. Modern country radio will surely avoid this album which is too bad, Loretta proves on this album that she is "still country" even if today's "country" radio isn't.

Loretta Lynn's 2000 album STILL COUNTRY is an excellent album from start to finish. This newly released 2004 version contains the original album and a bonus dvd with two videos for the song "Country In My Genes". This was her first new album in a long time. Her husband died in 1996 and she is heartfelt throughout this album, but nothing is more apparant than the emotional tribute in "I Can't Hear The Music", which is definately the best song on the album. "Country In My Genes" is a great fun uptempo country song that digs at Nashville. Randy Scruggs focuses mainly on her voice, which sounds excellent throughout. Other highlights include "Somewhere Someone's Falling In Love", "Hold Her", "Working Girl", "On My Own Again" and many others.