I Like 'Em Country

I Like 'em Country
Studio album by Loretta Lynn
Released 1966
Genre Country
Label Decca
Producer Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn chronology

Blue Kentucky Girl
(1965)		 I Like 'em Country
(1966)		 You Ain't Woman Enough
(1966)
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I Like 'em Country is a 1966 studio album by American country singer-songwriter, Loretta Lynn.

I Like 'em Country was Loretta Lynn's fifth studio album and was released by Decca Records. The album unlike Lynn's previous two albums released two singles instead of only one single. The first single, "The Home You're Tearing Down" was released in 1965 and became a Top 10 hit, followed by the second single, "Dear Uncle Sam", a self-penned single by Lynn about the Vietnam War. The song was Lynn's only self-penned composition on this album. The album was another 12-track album by Lynn. Well-known cover versions that Lynn covered for the album included Hank Williams' "Your Cheatin' Heart" and Johnny Cash's "Cry, Cry, Cry." The album was one of two Country studio albums Lynn would release for 1966. The album peaked at #2 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, her highest position on that chart since her debut album.

Track listing

  1. "Two Mules Pull This Wagon" (Johnny Russell)
  2. "It's Been So Long Darlin'" (Ernest Tubb)
  3. "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" (Smokey Stover)
  4. "If Teadrops Were Pennies" (Carl Butler)
  5. "Your Cheatin' Heart" (Hank Williams)
  6. "Go on and Go" (Betty Sue Perry)
  7. "Cry Cry Cry" (Johnny Cash)
  8. "The Home You're Tearin' Down" (Betty Sue Perry)
  9. "Hurtin' for Cheatin'" (Richard D. Steadtler)
  10. "Today Has Been a Day" (Jackie Webb)
  11. "Jealous Heart" (Jenny Lou Carson)
  12. "Dear Uncle Sam" (Loretta Lynn)

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1966 Country Albums 2
1966 Pop Albums N/A

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1965 "The Home You're Tearin' Down" Country Singles 10
1966 "Dear Uncle Sam" Country Singles 4

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review