Lorraine (album)

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Lorraine
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Studio album by
Released25 January 2011 (2011-01-25)
Genre Folk music
Label Signature Sounds
Lori McKenna chronology
Unglamorous
(2007)
Lorraine
(2011)
Massachusetts
(2013)

Lorraine is the sixth studio album from American folk music singer Lori McKenna. Released January 25, 2011 on Signature Sounds, the album reached No. 6 on the Billboard Folk Albums chart. [1]

Contents

The title of the album is actually about the loss of McKenna’s mother (her namesake) whom she lost when she was 6 years old.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 73/100 [2]
Review scores
SourceRating
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Lorraine received positive reviews from critics. On Metacritic, the album holds a score of 73/100 based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". [2]

Track listing

  1. The Luxury of Knowing
  2. The Most
  3. If He Tried
  4. Lorraine
  5. You Get a Love Song
  6. Rocket Science
  7. Buy This Town
  8. All I Ever Do
  9. That's How You Know
  10. Sweet Disposition
  11. American Revolver
  12. Ladders and Parachutes
  13. Still Down Here

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
US Folk Albums [1] 6
US Top Heatseekers [6] 5
US Independent Albums [7] 30

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References

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  2. 1 2 "Lorraine by Lori McKenna Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 7 December 2017.
  3. "Lorraine - Lori McKenna". AllMusic . Retrieved 7 December 2017.
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