- Love Is the Foundation
Infobox Album |
Name = Love Is the Foundation
Type = studio
Artist =Loretta Lynn
Released = 1973
Recorded =
Genre = Country
Length =
Label = MCA
Producer =Owen Bradley
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dbfpxqr0ldte Link]
Last album = "Entertainer of the Year - Loretta "
(1973)
This album = "Love Is the Foundation'
(1973)
Next album = "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man "
(1973)"Love Is the Foundation" is a 1973 studio album by American country music singer-songwriter,
Loretta Lynn ."Love Is the Foundation" was Lynn's second studio album of the year, as well as her second album off of MCA Records. The album's title track was released as the first single, and peaked at #1 on the Billboard Country Chart soon after. The second single was released following the release of a duet hit with
Conway Twitty . Titled, "Hey Loretta", written byShel Silverstein , peaked in the Top 5, and nearly reached #1 as well. The album consists of 11 tracks. Lynn's own compositions appear here, including "Five Fingers Left", and a song written one of Lynn's siblings, "You're Still Lovin' Me". The album also includes cover versions of hits, includingKris Kristofferson 's "Why Me" andJeanne Pruett 's "Satin Sheets", both #1 hits from 1973.A composition written by
Marty Robbins , "I Gave Everything" is also featured here.The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard
Top Country Albums chart and #183 on theBillboard 200 . The album became Lynn's fifth album to top the Top Country Albums chart.Track listing
#"Love Is the Foundation" - (Hall)
#"What Sundown Does to You" - (Knight)
#"I Love You, I Love You" - (Gibson)
#"Just to Satisfy" - (Jones)
#"There's More to Leaving, Then Just Saying Goodbye" - (Hampton, Starr)
#"Satin Sheets " - (Volinkaty)
#"Why Me" - (Kristofferson)
#"Five Fingers Left" - (Lynn)
#"I Gave Everything" - (Robbins)
#"Hey Loretta" - (Silverstein)
#"You're Still Lovin' Me" - (Webb Wilson)Chart positions
Album – Billboard (North America)
Singles - Billboard (North America)
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