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24 May 2006

Have you heard Loretta Lynn's new album, Van Lear Rose?→[More:] It's crazy amazin'. The duet with Jack White (Portland, Oregon) is my top pick, with smoking hard-country guitar. Title track is great, too.

I don't have it yet so I can't YSI it. Like all the good music I hear lately, I've been listening to bits and pieces of it on Paste Radio.

post by: Miko at: 10:25 | 15 comments

It's not really that new? But yeah, it's really good.

posted by keswick 24 May | 10:29

Yes, it's amazing.

posted by essexjan 24 May | 10:29

Honestly, I was kind of disappointed in it. I think Jack White's production was kind of heavy handed, but that's just me.

posted by jonmc 24 May | 10:32

I like it.

posted by omiewise 24 May | 10:34

Like I said, it was mainly the production that edged it into Electric Mud territory. Some of the songs were fairly good. And Jack White's heart's in the right place, but the execution was off is all.

posted by jonmc 24 May | 10:37

I dug it - the over-the-top fuzz is what I really like.

I have no idea when it came out. It's only new to me, I guess.

posted by Miko 24 May | 10:45

I dug it - the over-the-top fuzz is what I really like.

I'm glad you like it, and I like over-the-top fuzz myself, in it's place, and Loretta's greatest strength as a singer has been her sense of nuance and I think that all the clatter drowns her out. YMMV.

(also, I'm not trying to be all jonmc/contrarian/music snob here, that's my honest impression)

posted by jonmc 24 May | 10:51

It's OK, you don't have to like it, but I sure do. I appreciate that it's a new sound for Loretta. It brings out things in her I hadn't heard before.

posted by Miko 24 May | 11:10

You know which country grand dame is overdue for a revival by some svengali? Bobbi Gentry. I'm not kidding.

posted by jonmc 24 May | 11:13

That's a VERY cool album. I've never been a fan of Loretta's before this album (she always seemed like a great person, but her music was a little too cornpone for me). The title song and "Mrs. Leroy Brown" are my favorites, but "Little Red Shoes" is wonderful as well.

Word has it that Loretta didn't know White was rolling tape when she told the story about the shoes, which is probably why it's so sweet and unaffected.

posted by BoringPostcards 24 May | 11:14

I love Loretty. Years ago, I saw her interview with Craig Kilborn back when he hosted the Daily Show. (At least I think that's what it was.) He asked her to name two famous people from Butcher's Hollow and she said, "Ain't nobody famous from Butcher's Hollow!" When he reminded her that she and her sister, Crystal Gayle, were both from there she seemed genuinely complimented and said, "Ah, well, we aren't much."

It could all be an act, but even if it is, it's so nice to see someone at least play at humility these days.

posted by jrossi4r 24 May | 11:49

Thanks for the new music tip, Miko. I've been itching for something new.

posted by jelly 24 May | 11:58

I liked some of the songs on it when it came out, but country isn't enough of my thing for the album to have made it into heavy rotation.

posted by matildaben 24 May | 12:16

I liked some of the songs on it when it came out, but country isn't enough of my thing for the album to have made it into heavy rotation.
posted by matildaben

/begins programming playlist for matildaben's ride from Atlanta into the Blue Ridge Mountains

posted by BoringPostcards 24 May | 17:39

Don't get me wrong. I love country. Alt-country and classic country, but not really mainstream Nashville radio play.

posted by matildaben 24 May | 17:41

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