Loretta Lynn 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Loretta Lynn

Personnel includes: Loretta Lynn, Conway Twitty (vocals).

Producer: Owen Bradley.

Compilation producer: Andy McKaie.

Recorded in Nashville & Mt. Juliet, Tennessee between 1965 and 1976. Includes liner notes by Joesph F. Laredo.

Digitally remastered by Erick Labson (MCA Music Media Studios, North Hollywood, California).

This is part of MCA's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection series.

Liner Note Author: Joseph F. Laredo.

Recording information: Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, Ten (11/11/1965-06/30/1976); Nashville, TN (11/11/1965-06/30/1976).

This intelligently programmed mid-price best-of doesn't pretend to be the definitive Loretta Lynn collection--with only 12 tracks, how could it? What's here, however, is hard to quibble with, whether it's one of her signature songs ("Blue Kentucky Girl," "Coal Miner's Daughter," "One's on the Way"), her stellar duets with Conway Twitty, ("Lead Me On," "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man"), or interestingly chosen album tracks, including the ravishing version of "She's Got You" from a 1977 Patsy Cline tribute. Not the whole story, but you can't go wrong with it, anyway.