Fist City is a 1968 studio album by American country singer-songwriter, Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn

Loretta Lynn is an American country music singer-songwriter, author and philanthropist. Born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky to a coal miner father, Lynn married at 13 years old, was a mother soon after, and moved to Washington with her husband, Oliver Lynn. Their marriage was sometimes tumultuous; he...

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This was Lynn's eleventh studio album as a solo artist and was released by Decca Records

Decca Records

Decca Records began as a British record label established in 1929 by Edward Lewis. Its U.S. label was established in late 1934; however, owing to World War II, the link with the British company was broken for several decades....

. The album spawned two singles. The first single, "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" was released in late 1967 and became a Top 5 Country hit. The second single was the title track, about a real-life incident Lynn experienced that peaked at #1 in 1968 and became Lynn's second #1 hit on the Billboard Country Chart. Unlike Lynn's other albums, this album included 11 tracks, unlike her previous albums that included 12. Lynn covers a few Country hits by other artists in this album including, "Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town" by Norma Jean

Norma Jean (singer)

Norma Jean Beasler , better known as Norma Jean, is an American country music singer who was a member of The Porter Wagoner Show from 1961–1967. She had a number of country singles in the Top 10 and Top 20 between 1963 and 1967, including "Go Cat Go" and "The Game of Triangles", and was...

, "A Satisfied Mind" by Jean Shepard

Jean Shepard

Ollie Imogene Shepard , better known as Jean Shepard, is an American honky tonk singer-songwriter who was a pioneer for women in country music. Shepard released a total of 73 singles to the Hot Country Songs chart, one of which reached the #1 spot...

, and "I Don't Wanna Play House" by Tammy Wynette

Tammy Wynette

Virginia Wynette Pugh, known professionally as Tammy Wynette , was an American country music singer-songwriter and one of the genre's best-known artists and biggest-selling female vocalists....

. The album also has compositions Lynn wrote herself. Five of the songs were either written or co-written by Lynn, making this album to have the most Lynn ever wrote for an album up to that point.

The album was released in early 1968, and became Lynn's second album to top the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album did not chart the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...

. The cover of this album was later used on Lynn's 2005 compilation album, The Definitive Collection, which included the title track from this album.

Track listing

1. "Fist City
   Fist City
   "Fist City" is a country music song written and performed by Loretta Lynn, released in 1968. Inspired by her husband's dalliances with other women who pursued him while she was busy touring, Lynn wrote the song as a warning for other women to stay away from him if they do not wish to be soundly...
   
   " - (Lynn)
2. "Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town" - (Vic McAlphin)
3. "You Didn't Like My Lovin'" - (Joe "Red" Hayes
   Red Hayes
   Joe "Red" Hayes was a fiddle player singer song writer who co wrote "Satisfied Mind" Born April 24, 1926, toured with Faron Young and Vassar Clements on their 1973 UK Tour and died on stage on March 2, 1973 in Manchester UK, on the tour they were known as the "County Deputies" with Connie...
   
   , Lynn, Teddy Wilburn)
4. "I've Got Texas In My Heart" - (Mildred Burk, Rose Burk)
5. "You Never Were Mine" - (Jay Lee Webb)
6. "Somebody's Back In Town" - (Lynn, Doyle Wilburn, Teddy Wilburn)
7. "A Satisfied Mind
   A Satisfied Mind
   A Satisfied Mind is a compilation of 9 of the 12 songs from the 1962 Capitol album Big Bluegrass Special plus "A Satisfied Mind" which was previously released as flipside of Glen Campbell's 1966 Capitol single "Can’t You See I’m Trying"....
   
   " - (Joe "Red" Hayes, Jack Rhodes
   Jack Rhodes
   Andrew Jackson Rhodes was an American country music producer and songwriter, penning such hits as "A Satisfied Mind", "Silver Threads and Golden Needles", "Conscience I'm Guilty", "The Waltz of the Angels", "Beautiful Lies", and "Till the Last Leaf Shall Fall"...
   
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8. "How Long Will It Take" - (Warren McPherson)
9. "I Don't Wanna Play House" - (Billy Sherrill
   Billy Sherrill
   Billy Sherrill is a record producer and arranger who is most famous for his association with a number of country artists, most notably Tammy Wynette...
   
   , Glenn Sutton
   Glenn Sutton
   Glenn Sutton was a country music songwriter and producer. Born Royce Glenn Sutton in Hodge, Louisiana, he was one of two chief architects of the countrypolitan sound .Sutton wrote or co-wrote many of Tammy Wynette's early hits including, "You're Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad",...
   
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10. "I'm Shootin' for Tomorrow" - (Lynn)
11. "What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)" - (Lynn, Teddy Wilburn)

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1968	Country Albums	1
1968	Pop Albums	N/A

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1967	"What Kind of a Girl (Do You Think I Am)"	Country Singles	5
1968	"Fist City"	Country Singles	1