Loretta Lynn albums discography

Loretta Lynn discography
Loretta Lynn on stage in Birmingham, Alabama, 2006.
Studio albums	47
Live albums	2
Compilation albums	25
Video albums	5
Box sets	2
Other appearances	17

American country artist Loretta Lynn has released forty seven studio albums, two live albums, twenty five compilation albums, five video albums, two box sets, and has appeared on seventeen additional albums. Briefly recording with the Zero label, she signed an official recording contract with Decca Records in 1961, remaining there for over twenty years^[1] The first under the label was her debut studio album Loretta Lynn Sings (1963). It peaked at number two on the Billboard Top Country Albums survey.^[2] Lynn would issue several albums a year with her growing success, including a duet album with Ernest Tubb (1965), a gospel album (1965), and a holiday album (1966).^[3] Her eighth studio album You Ain't Woman Enough (1966) was her first release to top the country albums chart and to chart within the Billboard 200.^[4] Other albums to reach number one during this period were Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (1967) and Fist City.^[5][6] Don't Come A'Drinkin would also become Lynn's first album to certify gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).^[7]

Lynn's 1970 album Coal Miner's Daughter reached number four on the country albums chart, number eighty three on the Billboard 200 and certified gold in the United States.^[3][8][7] Her third album of gospel music God Bless America Again was issued in 1972 and reached number seven on the country chart.^[9] She topped the Top Country Albums list twice in 1973 with the studio albums Entertainer of the Year – Loretta and Love Is the Foundation.^[10][11] Her second greatest hits album appeared in 1974 and would certify gold in the United States.^[7] After topping the country albums chart again with Somebody Somewhere (1976), Lynn released a tribute album dedicated to her friend and mentor Patsy Cline, I Remember Patsy (1977).^[12][13]

Lynn entered the 1980s with the studio album Loretta (1980), which became her first release to chart on the Canadian RPM Country Albums survey.^[14] She recorded albums with less frequency as the decade progressed.^[15] Who Was That Stranger (1988) was Lynn's final studio album with the MCA (formerly Decca Records) label, reaching number sixty three on the Top Country Albums chart.^[16] In 1993, she collaborated with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette to record the studio album Honky Tonk Angels.^[15] Reaching number six on the country albums list and forty two of the Billboard 200, the album would also certify gold in the United States and Canada.^[17][7] Lynn then paused her music career due to her husband's failing health. Following his passing, she returned in 2000 with her first solo studio album in eleven years, Still Country.^[1] Lynn's next studio album was the critically acclaimed Van Lear Rose (2004). Produced by rock musician Jack White, the album reached number two on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and number twenty four on the Billboard 200.^{[15] [18]} Recording hundreds of songs over the next several years, Lynn issued her most recent studio album Full Circle in 2016.^[15]

Studio albums

1960s

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing other relevant details

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions		Certifications
		US Country [19]	US [19]
Loretta Lynn Sings	Released: December 16, 1963 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	2	—
Before I'm Over You	Released: June 15, 1964 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	11	—
Songs from My Heart	Released: February 15, 1965 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	8	—
Blue Kentucky Girl	Released: June 14, 1965 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	14	—
Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be (with Ernest Tubb)	Released: August 19, 1965 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	13	—
Hymns	Released: November 15, 1965 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	10	—
I Like 'em Country	Released: March 28, 1966 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	2	—
You Ain't Woman Enough	Released: September 10, 1966 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	1	140
Country Christmas	Released: October 10, 1966 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	—	103
Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)	Released: February 13, 1967 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	1	80	RIAA: Gold[20]
Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn Singin' Again (with Ernest Tubb)	Released: June 12, 1967 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	2	—
Singin' with Feelin'	Released: October 16, 1967 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	3	—
Who Says God Is Dead!	Released: February 14, 1968 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	44	—
Fist City	Released: April 29, 1968 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	1	—
Your Squaw Is on the Warpath	Released: February 24, 1969 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	2	168
If We Put Our Heads Together (with Ernest Tubb)	Released: June 2, 1969 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	19	—
Woman of the World / To Make a Man	Released: June 13, 1969 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	2	148
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1970s

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing other relevant details

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions			Certifications
		US Country [19]	US [19]	CAN Country [14]
Wings Upon Your Horns	Released: January 5, 1970 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	5	146	—
Loretta Lynn Writes 'em & Sings 'em	Released: June 1, 1970 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	8	—	—
Coal Miner's Daughter	Released: December 28, 1970 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	4	81	—	RIAA: Gold[21]
I Wanna Be Free	Released: May 3, 1971 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	5	110	—
You're Lookin' at Country	Released: September 13, 1971 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	7	—	—
One's on the Way	Released: February 28, 1972 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	3	109	—
God Bless America Again	Released: June 5, 1972 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	7	—	—
Here I Am Again	Released: October 2, 1972 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl, cassette	4	—	—
Entertainer of the Year – Loretta	Released: February 26, 1973 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	1	—	—
Love Is the Foundation	Released: August 13, 1973 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	1	183	—
They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy	Released: September 3, 1974 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	6	—	—
Back to the Country	Released: February 3, 1975 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	2	182	—
Home	Released: August 11, 1975 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	7	—	—
When the Tingle Becomes a Chill	Released: February 2, 1976 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	6	—	—
Somebody, Somewhere	Released: October 4, 1976 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	1	—	—
I Remember Patsy	Released: April 4, 1977 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	2	—	—
Out of My Head and Back in My Bed	Released: February 1978 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	16	—	—
We've Come a Long Way Baby	Released: January 1979 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	19	—	5
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1980s

List of albums, with selected chart positions, showing other relevant details

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions
		US Country [19]	CAN Country [14]
Loretta	Released: February 1980 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	24	5
Lookin' Good	Released: October 1980 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	17	—
I Lie	Released: December 1981 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	33	—
Making Love from Memory	Released: September 1982 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	—	—
Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You	Released: June 1983 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	60	—
Just a Woman	Released: July 1985 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	63	—
Who Was That Stranger	Released: April 1988 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette, CD	63	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

1990s–2010s

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing other relevant details

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions									Certifications
		US Country [19]	US [19]	AUS [22]	BEL [23]	CAN Country [14]	CAN [24]	NLD [25]	NOR [26]	SWE [27]
Honky Tonk Angels (with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette)	Released: November 2, 1993 Label: Columbia Formats: Cassette, CD	6	42	—	—	6	44	—	—	—	MC: Gold[28] RIAA: Gold[29]
Making More Memories	Released: March 1994 Label: Nashville Sound Formats: CD	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Still Country	Released: September 12, 2000 Label: Audium Formats: Cassette, CD	37	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Van Lear Rose	Released: April 27, 2004 Label: Interscope Formats: CD, music download	2	24	—	—	—	—	—	32	23
Full Circle	Released: March 4, 2016 Label: Legacy Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download	4	19	54	137	3	23	23	—	—
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of albums, showing relevant details

Title	Album details
On the Road with Loretta and the Coal Miners	Released: 1976 Label: Loretta Lynn Formats: Vinyl
Live from the Wheeling Jamboree	Released: 1986 Label: Loretta Lynn Formats: Vinyl

Compilation albums

List of albums, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing other relevant details

Title	Album details	Peak chart positions	Certifications
		US Country [19]
Here's Loretta Lynn	Released: April 1968 Label: Vocalion Formats: Vinyl	—
Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits	Released: June 17, 1968 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl	6	RIAA: Gold[30]
Alone with You	Released: June 1972 Label: Vocalion Formats: Vinyl	—
Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn Story (with Ernest Tubb)	Released: 1973 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl	43
Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits Vol. II	Released: May 1974 Label: Decca Formats: Vinyl, cassette	5	RIAA: Gold[31]
Country Roads	Released: 1976 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	—
All My Best	Released: 1978 Label: Tee Vee Formats: Vinyl, cassette	—	MC: Platinum[32]
Allis-Chalmers Presents Loretta Lynn	Released: 1978 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl	—
Blue Eyed Kentucky Girl	Released: 1985 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette	—
Great Country Hits	Released: 1985 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl	—
20 Greatest Hits	Released: 1987 Label: MCA Formats: Vinyl, cassette, CD	—
The Country Music Hall of Fame	Released: February 5, 1991 Label: MCA Formats: Cassette, CD	—
Just a Closer Walk with Thee (with Patsy Cline)	Released: February 20, 1992 Label: MCA Formats: Cassette, CD	—
Loretta Lynn & Patsy Cline on Tour #1 (with Patsy Cline)	Released: May 14, 1996 Label: MCA Formats: Cassette, CD	—
Loretta Lynn & Patsy Cline on Tour #2 (with Patsy Cline)	Released: May 14, 1996 Label: MCA Formats: Cassette, CD	—
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection	Released: August 17, 1999 Label: MCA Formats: Cassette, CD	—
All Time Greatest Hits	Released: May 21, 2002 Label: MCA Formats: CD	—
The Gospel Spirit	Released: August 24, 2004 Label: MCA Formats: CD, music download	—
The Definitive Collection	Released: June 7, 2005 Label: MCA Formats: CD, music download	—
Gold	Released: March 7, 2006 Label: MCA Formats: CD, music download	—
50th Anniversary Collection	Released: April 6, 2010 Label: Humphead Formats: CD, music download	44
Icon	Released: March 1, 2011 Label: MCA Nashville Formats: CD, music download	58
All Time Gospel Favorites	Released: March 1, 2011 Label: Time Life Formats: CD	67
Number 1's	Released: August 29, 2011 Label: MCA Nashville Formats: CD	—
Hymns & Gospel Favorites	Released: April 14, 2015 Label: Gaither Formats: CD	49
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Box sets

List of albums, showing relevant details

Title	Album details
Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection	Released: September 13, 1994 Label: MCA Formats: Cassette, CD
Chronicles	Released: March 28, 2006 Label: MCA Nashville Formats: CD

Video albums

List of albums, showing relevant details

Title	Album details
Honky Tonk Girl	Released: 1996 Label: White Star Formats: VHS, DVD
Two Great Life Stories in One: Loretta Lynn and Patsy Cline	Released: 2001 Label: Prism Leisure Formats: DVD
In Concert	Released: October 5, 2004 Label: DPTV Formats: DVD
Let Your Love Flow: In Concert	Released: September 9, 2014 Label: Laser Media Formats: DVD
Remembering Van Lear Rose (with Jack White)	Released: June 24, 2015 Label: Third Man Formats: DVD

Other album appearances

List of guest album appearances, with other performing artists, showing year released and album name

Title	Year	Other artist(s)	Album
"Is It Love, It Must Be Love"[33]	1979	Frankie Bleu	The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (soundtrack)
"Count on Me"	1981	N/A	Sesame Street Country[34]
"We Sure Make Good Love"[35]	1984	George Jones	Ladies' Choice
"The First Noel"[36]	1988	N/A	Tennessee Christmas
"Shopping for Dresses"[37]	1990	Randy Travis	Heroes & Friends
"Out of My Head and Back in My Bed"[38] (Live)	1999	N/A	Live at Gilley's, Vol. 1–4
"She's Got You"[38] (Live)		N/A
"You Ain't Woman Enough"[39]	2004	N/A	Nashville Rebel (soundtrack)
"Country Music Has the Blues"[40] (also featuring George Jones)	2006	Billy Ray Cyrus	Wanna Be Your Joe
"I Know How"[41]	2007	N/A	The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show
"Will You Visit Me on Sunday"[42]		Marty Stuart	Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
"Wildwood Flower"[43]		N/A	Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash
"Where No One Stands Alone"[44]	2008	N/A	How Great Thou Art: Gospel Favorites from the Grand Ole Opry
"I Wanna Be Free"[45]		Daniel O'Donnell	Country Boy
"Don't Tempt Me"[46]	2009	Todd Snider	The Excitement Plan
"Somewhere Between"[47]	2013	Willie Nelson	To All the Girls...
"Take Your Gun and Go, John"[48]		N/A	Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War

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External links

• Loretta Lynn albums at Discogs