Loretta Lynn
Still Woman Enough
Release Date: Mar 19, 2021
Genre(s): Country, Honky Tonk, Country-Pop, Traditional Country
Record label: Sony Music
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Album Review: Still Woman Enough by Loretta Lynn
Very Good, Based on 2 Critics
Based on rating 7.5/10
Loretta Lynn is country music incarnate, and that's not even a point worth arguing. Her 50th studio album, Still Woman Enough, marks her first new project since 2016's Full Circle, which trafficked heavily in the traditional and takes a similar approach: part time-capsule, part declaration of her legacy, and a little bit of "I ain't goin' nowhere!" attitude. This time, she's brought some younger friends along for the ride and declared this record a "celebration of women in country music." For a new album, though, the material is mostly old--some dating back nearly a century.
Based on rating 7/10
Loretta Lynn has broken enough ground in her career to make way for the paving of a few interstate highways. To say that her 50th album as a solo artist doesn't chart any new territory may be true. But at 88 years old, Lynn's voice remains strong and surrounded by a few friends she romps her way through a baker's dozen of traditional songs, her own classics, and one new song.
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