Here's Loretta Singing "Wings Upon Your Horns"

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Here's Loretta Singing "Wings Upon Your Horns"
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Studio album by
Loretta Lynn
ReleasedJanuary 5, 1970
RecordedJanuary 18, 1967–October 3, 1969
StudioBradley's Barn (Mount Juliet)
Genre Country
Length28:21
Label Decca
Producer Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn chronology
Woman of the World/To Make a Man
(1969)		Here's Loretta Singing "Wings Upon Your Horns"
(1970)		 Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em and Sings 'Em
(1970)
Singles from Here's Loretta Singing "Wings Upon Your Horns"
  1. "Wings Upon Your Horns"
    Released: October 27, 1969

Here's Loretta Singing "Wings Upon Your Horns" is the fifteenth solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on January 5, 1970, by Decca Records. [1]

Contents

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

The review published in the January 24, 1970 issue of Billboard said, "Loretta Lynn socks it to you with "Wings Upon Your Horns" and "You Wouldn't Know an Angel (If You Saw One)". Toil and jilted love are the main themes of nearly all the songs on this LP. She wrote or helped write seven of the tunes. Also good are "I'm Dynamite", "When I Reach the Bottom (You'd Better Be There)" and "This Big Ole Hurt"." [3]

Cashbox published a review in the January 17 issue which said, "Teeing off with her recent mash, "Wings Upon Your Homs", Loretta Lynn offers an album that has, as all of her albums do, everything going for it. From the opening notes to the last strains, the set is up to the artist's perennially high standards and should do as well, if not better, for her, as her previous LP ventures. Save a special spot on your shelves for this one." [4]

Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 5 on the US Billboard Hot Country LP's chart and at No. 146 on the US Billboard Top LP's chart.

The album's only single, "Wings Upon Your Horns", was released in October 1969 [5] and peaked at No. 11 on the US Billboard Hot Country Singles chart.

Recording

Recording sessions for the album took place on October 1, 2, and 3, 1969, at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. Five of the album's tracks were from previous recording sessions. "Big Ole Hurt" was recorded during the January 18, 1967 session for 1967's Singin' with Feelin' . "This Stranger (My Little Girl)" and "I Only See the Things I Want to See" were recorded during sessions for 1969's Your Squaw Is on the Warpath on August 30 and November 19, 1968, respectively. "When I Reach the Bottom (You'd Better Be There)" and "You Wouldn't Know an Angel (If You Saw One)" were recorded during sessions for 1969's Woman of the World/To Make a Man on April 2 and May 14, 1969, respectively. [6]

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."Wings Upon Your Horns" Loretta Lynn October 1, 19692:35
2."When I Reach the Bottom (You'd Better Be There)"
  • Lorene Allen
  • Lynn
April 2, 19692:20
3."This Stranger (My Little Girl)"
  • Ann Burns
  • Barbara Fairchild
  • Ruby VanNoy
August 30, 19683:35
4."I Only See the Things I Want to See"
  • Loudilla Johnson
  • Lynn
November 19, 19682:16
5."If You Handle the Merchandise" Peggy Sue Wells October 3, 19692:22
6."I'm Dynamite"LynnOctober 2, 19692:50
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Recording dateLength
1."Big Ole Hurt"LynnJanuary 18, 19672:25
2."I'd Rather Be Gone" Merle Haggard October 3, 19692:32
3."You Wouldn't Know an Angel (If You Saw One)"
  • Lynn
  • Frances Rhodes
May 14, 19692:55
4."I'll Still Be Missing You"Warner McPhersonOctober 3, 19692:30
5."Let's Get Back Down to Earth"LynnOctober 2, 19692:01

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes and Decca recording session records. [6]

Charts

Album

Chart (1970)Peak
position
US Hot Country LP's ( Billboard ) [7] 5
US Top LP's ( Billboard ) [8] 146

Singles

TitleYearPeak position
US
Country
[9] 		CAN
Country
[10]
"Wings Upon Your Horns"1969113

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References

  1. ↑ "Loretta Lynn – Wings Upon Your Horns". Discogs.
  2. ↑ Here's Loretta Singing "Wings Upon Your Horns" at AllMusic
  3. ↑ "Billboard - January 24, 1970" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard. Retrieved 7 July 2018.
  4. ↑ "Cashbox - January 17, 1970" (PDF). American Radio History. Cashbox. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  5. ↑ "Billboard - November 8, 1969" (PDF). American Radio History. Billboard. Retrieved 19 April 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Loretta's Recording Sess". LORETTA LYNN FAN WEBSITE.
  7. ↑ "Loretta Lynn Chart History - Hot Country Albums". Billboard. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  8. ↑ "Loretta Lynn Chart History - Billboard 200". Billboard. Retrieved 17 April 2019.
  9. ↑ "Loretta Lynn Chart History - Hot Country Songs". Billboard. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  10. ↑ Canada, Library and Archives (17 July 2013). "Results: RPM Weekly". www.bac-lac.gc.ca. Retrieved 20 April 2019.
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