Gold

Personnel: Loretta Lynn (vocals); ConwayTwitty, Dolly Parton, Ernest Tubb, TammyWynette (vocals). Liner Note Author: Rich Kienzle. Recording information: 1960 - 1995. The two-disc Lorretta Lynn set GOLD rivals 2005's THE DEFINITIVECOLLECTION as the best one-stop introduction to Lynn's groundbreaking work. The truth is, it's very hard to go wrong with these classic recordings. After Patsy Cline, Lynn did more than anyone else toestablish the notion of a strong female presence in country music, but that wouldn't mean nearly as much if she hadn't recorded some of the best songs in the country canon. If only for the inclusion of "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take MyMan), " "Fist City, " and the controversial "The Pill, " GOLD is a sure bet for theuninitiated, but nearly every track hereis a winner, including many of Lynn's lesser-known tracks from the 1970s. So GOLD is both a great listen, and a historical document, a fact suggested by Lynn's 1993 collaborative take on "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" with Dolly Partonand Tammy Wynette, two other key figuresin the early wave of women's country.

Track Listing

• Disc 1
• • 1 i'm a honky tonk girl
  • 2 success
  • 3 before i'm over you
  • 4 wine, women and song
  • 5 mr. and mrs. used to be
  • 6 happy birthday
  • 7 blue kentucky girl
  • 8 dear uncle sam
  • 9 you ain't woman enough (to take my man)
  • 10 don't come home a-drinkin' (with lovin'
  • 11 fist city
  • 12 you've just stepped in (from stepping ou
  • 13 your squaw is on the warpath
  • 14 woman of the world (leave my world alone
  • 15 to make a man (feel like a man)
  • 16 you wanna give me a lift
  • 17 coal miner's daughter
  • 18 after the fire is gone
• Disc 2
• • 1 you're looking at country
  • 2 i wanna be free
  • 3 one's on the way
  • 4 rated "x"
  • 5 the pill
  • 6 love is the foundation
  • 7 louisiana woman, mississippi man
  • 8 hey loretta
  • 9 they don't make 'em like my daddy anymor
  • 10 trouble in paradise
  • 11 when the tingle becomes a chill
  • 12 somebody somewhere (don't know what he's
  • 13 she's got you
  • 14 out of my head and back in my bed
  • 15 i can't feel you anymore
  • 16 i lie
  • 17 silver threads and golden needles
  • 18 country in my genes