Loretta Lynn albums discography

The discography of American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn includes sixty studio albums (consisting of forty-six solo studio albums, ten studio albums with Conway Twitty, three studio albums with Ernest Tubb and one studio album with Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette), two live albums, twenty-six compilation albums, five video albums and two box sets.

Loretta Lynn discography
Lynn performing in Austin, Texas in 2016.
Studio albums59[lower-alpha 1]
Live albums2
Compilation albums33[lower-alpha 2]
Video albums5
Tribute albums2
Box sets2

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 seventh 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 1971 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][7][8] 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.[7][17] 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 twelve 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 9, 1963
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl
2
Before I'm Over You
  • Released: June 22, 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. and Mrs. Used to Be
(with Ernest Tubb)
  • Released: August 2, 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 12, 1966
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl, 8 Track
1 140
Country Christmas
  • Released: October 17, 1966
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl
Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)
  • Released: February 6, 1967
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl
1 80
Singin' Again
(with Ernest Tubb)
  • Released: May 29, 1967
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl
2
Singin' with Feelin'
  • Released: October 9, 1967
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl
3
Who Says God Is Dead!
  • Released: January 29, 1968
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl, 8 Track
44
Fist City
  • Released: April 15, 1968
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl
1
Your Squaw Is on the Warpath
  • Released: February 17, 1969
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl
2 168
If We Put Our Heads Together
(with Ernest Tubb)
  • Released: June 9, 1969
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl
19
Woman of the World/To Make a Man
  • Released: July 7, 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
Coal Miner's Daughter
  • Released: January 4, 1971
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl
4 81
I Wanna Be Free
  • Released: May 3, 1971
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl
5 110
You're Lookin' at Country
  • Released: September 20, 1971
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl
7
One's on the Way
  • Released: March 6, 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
  • 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 2, 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 13, 1978
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: Vinyl, cassette
16
We've Come a Long Way, Baby
  • Released: January 15, 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: March 3, 1980
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: Vinyl, cassette
24 5
Lookin' Good
  • Released: October 13, 1980
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: Vinyl, cassette
17
I Lie
  • Released: February 1, 1982
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: Vinyl, cassette
33
Making Love from Memory
  • Released: September 6, 1982
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: Vinyl, cassette
Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You
  • Released: May 30, 1983
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: Vinyl, cassette
60
Just a Woman
  • Released: July 8, 1985
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: Vinyl, cassette
63
Who Was That Stranger
  • Released: May 24, 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, 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
Making More Memories
  • Released: February 8, 1994
  • Label: Nashville Sound
  • Formats: CD
All Time Gospel Favorites
  • Released: August 1997
  • Label: Heartland Music
  • Formats: CD
Still Country
  • Released: September 12, 2000
  • Label: Audium
  • Formats: Cassette, CD
37
Van Lear Rose 2 24 32 23
Full Circle
  • Released: March 4, 2016
  • Label: Legacy
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download
4 19 54 137 23 23
White Christmas Blue
  • Released: October 7, 2016
  • Label: Legacy
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download
26
Wouldn't It Be Great
  • Released: September 28, 2018
  • Label: Legacy
  • Formats: Vinyl, CD, music download
8 78
"—" 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/
Sales
US Country
[19]
Here's Loretta Lynn
  • Released: April 22, 1968
  • Label: Vocalion
  • Formats: Vinyl
Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits
  • Released: June 10, 1968
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl
6
Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em and Sings 'Em
  • Released: June 8, 1970
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl
8
Alone with You
  • Released: June 1972
  • Label: Vocalion
  • Formats: Vinyl
Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn Story
(with Ernest Tubb)
  • Released: June 1973
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: Vinyl
43
Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits Vol. II
  • Released: May 13, 1974
  • Label: Decca
  • Formats: Vinyl, cassette
5
Country Roads
  • Released: 1976
  • Label: MCA
  • Formats: Vinyl, cassette
All My Best
  • Released: 1978
  • Label: Tee Vee
  • Formats: Vinyl, cassette
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
22
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
48
"—" 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
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"[34] 1979 Frankie Bleu The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh (soundtrack)
"Answer the Phone" and "Thanks a Lot" N/A Ernest Tubb: The Legend and the Legacy
"Count on Me" 1981 N/A Sesame Street Country[35]
"We Sure Make Good Love"[36] 1984 George Jones Ladies' Choice
"Nobody Loves Me But My Mother" 1987 Eugene Chadbourne LSD C&W: The History of the Chadbournes in America
"The First Noel"[37] 1988 N/A Tennessee Christmas
"Shopping for Dresses"[38] 1990 Randy Travis Heroes & Friends
"Out of My Head and Back in My Bed"[39]
(Live)
1999 N/A Live at Gilley's, Vol. 1–4
"She's Got You"[39]
(Live)
N/A
"Mind Your Own Business" N/A Lost Highway: A Tribute to Hank Williams
"You Ain't Woman Enough"[40] 2004 N/A Nashville Rebel (soundtrack)
"Country Music Has the Blues"[41]
(also featuring George Jones)
2006 Billy Ray Cyrus Wanna Be Your Joe
"I Know How"[42] 2007 N/A The Best of the Johnny Cash TV Show
"Will You Visit Me on Sunday"[43] Marty Stuart Compadres: An Anthology of Duets
"Wildwood Flower"[44] N/A Anchored in Love: A Tribute to June Carter Cash
"Where No One Stands Alone"[45] 2008 N/A How Great Thou Art: Gospel Favorites from the Grand Ole Opry
"I Wanna Be Free"[46] Daniel O'Donnell Country Boy
"Don't Tempt Me"[47] 2009 Todd Snider The Excitement Plan
"Somewhere Between"[48] 2013 Willie Nelson To All the Girls...
"Take Your Gun and Go, John"[49] N/A Divided & United: The Songs of the Civil War
"It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" 2016 N/A Remembering Kitty Wells: The Queen of Country Music
"Half a Mind" 2018 N/A King of the Road: A Tribute to Roger Miller
"Mountain Momma" davidxrussell It's All for Her
"Put It Off Until Tomorrow" 2019 Crystal Gayle and Peggy Sue You Don't Know Me

Tribute albums

Notes

  1. This total includes duet albums released with Conway Twitty, which are listed on the Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn discography page.
  2. This total includes duet compilations released with Conway Twitty, which are listed on the Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn discography page.

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