Released March 4, 2016 (US) Length 38:49 Release date 4 March 2016 Label Legacy Recordings | Recorded 2007-2015 Genre Americana | |
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Full Circle is an album by Loretta Lynn, released in 2016 and produced by Lynn's daughter Patsy Lynn Russell and John Carter Cash, the son of Johnny Cash and June Carter Cash. The recording became Lynn's 40th album to make the top ten of the Billboard Country Albums chart and her album career peak on the pop Billboard 200, debuting at number 19.
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Recorded at Cash Cabin Studio in Hendersonville, Tennessee, the album is Lynn's first new studio recording in over 10 years. The album is a mixture of recordings inspired by Appalachian folk songs Lynn learned as a child and newer versions of past hits, and includes duets with Elvis Costello and Willie Nelson.
Full Circle received a nomination for Best Country Album at the 59th Annual Grammy Awards.
Critical reception
Full Circle was released to strong reviews and near universal acclaim. It received a rating of 84 at Metacritic.com to date. Country Weekly called the album "a wonderful and welcome piece of work, 14 solid songs that shift easily from Appalachian mountain soul to pure country and even spiritual fare. Plus, Loretta has simply never sounded better." Pitchfork wrote "She makes a grab-bag late-late-career album feel not only emotionally grounded, but like a powerful choice." Houston Press' positive review writes "For an artist who has been so incredibly prolific, it’s statistically improbable that, at 83 years old, Lynn would be recording some of the best music of her career." Spin opined that it was "a mandatory look back at one of country music’s most essential artists."
Commercial performance
The album debuted at No. 4 on the Top Country Albums chart, the 40th top 10 on the chart for Lynn, selling 20,000 in its release week. It also debuted at No. 19 on Billboard 200, the highest in her career on that chart. The Album has sold 75,000 copies in the U.S. as of February 2017.
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Songs
1Whispering Sea (introduction)0:55
2Whispering Sea2:16
3Secret Love3:20