Loretta Lynn Album: “Making Love from Memory”

This CD is a forgotten gem! Produced by the one and only Owen Bradley, there is no filler here. Every cut is great, some better than others, but definitely keepers. Unfortunately, at the time of this release, Loretta was not being promoted anymore. So it didn't even chart. The title single "Making Love From Memory" is hauntingly beautiful, but only charted at #19 on Billboard. "There's All Kinds of Smoke in the Barroom" is a great country shuffle tune that should have been released as a single. There's a little bit of everything here but plenty of pedal steel to keep things moving along greatly in the country vein. Compared to today's wafer thing country offerings, this CD is as country as ducks sitting on the window sill.

This is a great CD from Loretta's early years. There just aren't enough CDs available of Loretta's early years but this is a really good one!Thanks,

This album was recorded at a time when her record company wanted her to record more pop sounding sounds. The result is an album that doesn't represent the typical Loretta Lynn sound or material. There aren't any forgotten Loretta Lynn hits to be found on this album, and with so many wonderful Loretta Lynn albums yet to be released, I wonder why this album was selected. Vocals and production are first rate, the material is not. This makes a good addition to round out a Loretta Lynn album collection, however, for the casual Loretta Lynn purchaser the better albums are: Coal Miner's Daughter and Loretta Lynn Sings the Hits of Patsy Cline. Perhaps another reviewer will have a more positive response to this album.