I Wanna Be Free (Loretta Lynn album)

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I Wanna Be Free
I Wanna Be Free cover
Studio album by Loretta Lynn
Released 1971
Genre Country
Length 28:50
Label Decca
Producer Owen Bradley
Professional reviews
Loretta Lynn chronology
We Only Make Believe
(1971)		 I Wanna Be Free
(1971)		 You're Lookin' At Country
(1971)

I Wanna Be Free is a 1971 studio album by American country music singer-songwriter, Loretta Lynn.

This was Lynn's third studio album of 1971 and her second studio album as a solo artist of the year. The lead single was the title track. The song peaked at #3 on the Billboard Country Chart and also peaked low on the Billboard Hot 100. The album peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200 and #110 on the Billboard 200. The album's 11 tracks includes Lynn's self-penned "I Wanna Be Free" and hit singles from the year, including Janis Joplin's "Me and Bobby McGee", Sammi Smith's "Help Me Make It Through the Night", and Lynn Anderson's "Rose Garden".

[edit] Track listing

  1. "I Wanna Be Free" - (Lynn)
  2. "Help Me Make It Through the Night" - (Kristofferson)
  3. "See That Mountain"
  4. "When You Leave My World"
  5. "Put Your Hand In the Hand" - (MacLellan)
  6. "If I Never Love Again"
  7. "Me and Bobby McGee" - (Foster, Kristofferson)
  8. "When You're Poor"
  9. "Rose Garden" - (South)
  10. "Drive You Out of Mind"
  11. "I'm One Man's Woman"

[edit] Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1971 Country Albums 5
1971 Pop Albums 110

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1971 "I Wanna Be Free" Country Singles 1
Pop Singles 94