No Love at All (album)

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No Love at All
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Studio album by
Lynn Anderson
ReleasedAugust 1970 (1970-08)
RecordedApril 1970
StudioColumbia Recording Studio
Genre
Label Columbia
Producer Glenn Sutton
Lynn Anderson chronology
Songs My Mother Wrote (Lynn Anderson Sings Liz Anderson)
(1970)		No Love at All
(1970)		 I'm Alright
(1970)
Singles from No Love at All
  1. "No Love at All"
    Released: June 1970

No Love at All is a studio album by American country artist Lynn Anderson. It was released in August 1970 on Columbia Records and was produced by Glenn Sutton. No Love at All was Anderson's ninth studio recording as a music artist and the second released on the Columbia label. The album's only single, the title track, became a major hit on the Billboard country chart. The album itself also reached peak positions on a similar survey.

Contents

Background and content

No Love at All was recorded at the Columbia Recording Studio in Nashville, Tennessee. The sessions took place in April 1970 and were produced by Glenn Sutton. [2] Anderson had recently married Sutton and he began producing her music following her signing with Columbia Records in 1970. [3] The album was a collection of 11 tracks. It included two compositions written by her mother, Liz Anderson. One of these compositions, "All Day Sucker," had been a minor hit for her mother in 1970. [1] The album also included cover versions of songs first recorded by other artists. This included Conway Twitty's "Hello Darlin'," Ferlin Husky's "Heavenly Sunshine," Wanda Jackson's "A Woman Lives for Love" and Ernest Tubb's "Tomorrow Never Comes." [2]

Release and reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
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No Love at All was released in August 1970 on Columbia Records. It was Anderson's ninth studio album overall and her second issued on the Columbia label after signing with the company in 1970. [2] The album was issued as a vinyl LP, containing six songs on "side one" and five songs on "side two." [4] After spending 11 weeks on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart, the record peaked at number 22 in October 1970. [5]

No Love at All was reviewed positively by Pemberton Roach of Allmusic, who gave the project four out of five stars. He called the album "a lost gem of early 1970's Countrypolitan," and highlighted several tracks on the album. "No Love at All reminds the listener that she is a formidable talent whose work deserves to be re-examined," he concluded. [1] The title track was the only single released from the album. It was issued in June 1970. [6] The song spent a total of 15 weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles before reaching number 15 in September 1970, becoming a major hit. [7] In Canada, the single reached a minor position, peaking at number 42 on the RPM Country Songs chart. [8]

Track listing

Side one [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Time's Just Right"
2:15
2."A Woman Lives for Love"
2:32
3."Husband Hunting" Liz Anderson 2:20
4."Hello Darlin'" Conway Twitty 2:37
5."Heavenly Sunshine"
2:28
6."It's My Time" John D. Loudermilk 2:15
Side two [2]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."No Love at All"
2:48
2."Tomorrow Never Comes"
2:53
3."All Day Sucker"
  • Casey Anderson
  • L. Anderson
2:19
4."I Found You Just in Time"
  • Sherrill
  • Sutton
2:03
5."Alabam" Lloyd Copas 2:00

Personnel

All credits are adapted from the liner notes of No Love at All. [2]

Musical and technical personnel

Chart performance

Chart (1970)Peak
position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard) [9] 22

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
CanadaAugust 1970Cassette Columbia Records [10]
United StatesVinyl [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Roach, Pemberton. "No Love at All: Lynn Anderson: Songs, Reviews, Credits". Allmusic . Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Anderson, Lynn (August 1970). "No Love at All (Liner Notes & Album Information)". Columbia Records .
  3. ↑ Huey, Steve. "Lynn Anderson: Biography & History". Allmusic . Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  4. 1 2 "Lynn Anderson -- No Love at All (1970, Vinyl)". Discogs . Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  5. ↑ "No Love at All chart history". Billboard . Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2008). Hot Country Songs 1944 to 2008. Record Research, Inc. ISBN   0-89820-177-2.
  7. ↑ "No Love at All chart history (single)". Billboard . Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  8. ↑ "Results under "Country Singles" for Lynn Anderson". RPM. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2011.
  9. ↑ "Lynn Anderson Chart History (Top Country Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Lynn Anderson -- No Love at All (Canada)". Discogs . Retrieved 20 June 2020.
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