How Can I Unlove You (album)

The album's name derive's from Anderson's No. 1 hit late that year, "How Can I Unlove You". Written by Joe South (who had previously wrote her 1970 No. 1 Country and Pop hit, "(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden", the song also reached No. 63 on the Pop music charts and No. 30 on the Adult Contemporary charts, and was Anderson's third No. 1 hit. This album includes remakes of such songs as John Denver's "Take Me Home, Country Roads" and Freddie Hart's "Easy Loving". The album also includes a remake of Anderson's mother, Liz's 1970 minor hit, "All Day Sucker", which would later appear on Lynn's compilation album, The World of Lynn Anderson later that year. This album was aimed towards Pop listeners at the time.

The How Can I Unlove You reached the No. 2 position on the "Top Country Albums", chart as well as reaching No. 132 on the "Billboard 200" list, one of her most successful album Anderson ever released during her career. The album was additionally given a "Gold" rating by the RIAA, being it sold more than 500,000 copies. This was one of seventeen gold-certified albums by Lynn Anderson during her career.