I Wanna Be Free (Loretta Lynn album)
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I Wanna Be Free is a 1971 studio album by American country music singer-songwriter, Loretta Lynn
.
This was Lynn's third studio album of 1971 and her second studio album as a solo artist of the year. The lead single was the title track. The song peaked at #3 on the Billboard Country Chart and also made the Billboard Hot 100. The album peaked at #5 on the Billboard 200
and #110 on the Billboard 200
. The album's 11 tracks includes Lynn's self-penned "I Wanna Be Free" and hit singles from the year, including Janis Joplin
's "Me and Bobby McGee", Sammi Smith
's "Help Me Make It Through the Night", and Lynn Anderson
's "Rose Garden". The back cover liner notes are written by Teddy Wilburn.
Singles - Billboard (North America)
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...
.
This was Lynn's third studio album of 1971 and her second studio album as a solo artist of the year. The lead single was the title track. The song peaked at #3 on the Billboard Country Chart and also made the Billboard Hot 100. The album peaked at #5 on 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...
and #110 on 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 album's 11 tracks includes Lynn's self-penned "I Wanna Be Free" and hit singles from the year, including Janis Joplin
Janis Joplin
Janis Lyn Joplin was an American singer, songwriter, painter, dancer and music arranger. She rose to prominence in the late 1960s as the lead singer of Big Brother and the Holding Company and later as a solo artist with her backing groups, The Kozmic Blues Band and The Full Tilt Boogie Band...
's "Me and Bobby McGee", Sammi Smith
Sammi Smith
Sammi Smith was an American country music singer and songwriter. Born Jewel Faye Smith, she is best known for her 1971 country/pop crossover hit, "Help Me Make It Through the Night", which was written by Kris Kristofferson...
's "Help Me Make It Through the Night", and Lynn Anderson
Lynn Anderson
Lynn Rene Anderson is an American country music singer and equestrian known for a string of hits throughout the 1970s and early 1980s, most notably her Grammy Award-winning, worldwide mega-hit, " Rose Garden." Helped by her regular exposure on national television, Anderson was one of the most...
's "Rose Garden". The back cover liner notes are written by Teddy Wilburn.
Track listing
- "I Wanna Be FreeI Wanna Be Free (Loretta Lynn song)"I Wanna Be Free" is a single by American country music artist Loretta Lynn. Released in February 1971, it was the first single from her album I Wanna Be Free. The song peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. It also reached number 1 on the RPM Country Tracks chart in...
" - (Loretta Lynn) - "Help Me Make It Through the NightHelp Me Make It Through the Night"Help Me Make It Through the Night" is a country music ballad composed by Kris Kristofferson and released on his 1970 album Kristofferson.Kristofferson said that he got the inspiration for the song from an Esquire magazine interview with Frank Sinatra...
" - (Kris KristoffersonKris KristoffersonKristoffer "Kris" Kristofferson is an American musician, actor, and writer. He is known for hits such as "Me and Bobby McGee", "For the Good Times", "Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down", and "Help Me Make It Through the Night"...
) - "See That Mountain" (Connie Moore)
- "When You Leave My World" (Sharon Higgins)
- "Put Your Hand In the Hand" - (Gene MacLellanGene MacLellanGene MacLellan was a Canadian singer-songwriter from Prince Edward Island.Among his notable compositions were "Snowbird", made famous by Anne Murray, "Put Your Hand in the Hand, "The Call", "Pages of Time" and "Thorn in My Shoe"...
) - "If I Never Love Again (It Will Be Too Soon)" (Loretta Lynn, Teddy Wilburn)
- "Me and Bobby McGeeMe and Bobby McGee"Me and Bobby McGee" is a song written by Kris Kristofferson and Fred Foster, originally performed by Roger Miller. Others performed the song later, including Kristofferson himself, and Janis Joplin who topped the U.S. singles chart with the song in 1971 after her death, making the song the second...
" - (Fred FosterFred FosterFred Foster is an American songwriter, record producer, and founder of Monument Records.-Biography:...
, Kris Kristofferson) - "When You're Poor" (Tracy Lee)
- "Rose Garden" - (Joe SouthJoe SouthJoe South is a multi-talented American singer-songwriter and guitarist.-Career:...
) - "Drive You Out of Mind" (Loretta Lynn, Lorene Allen)
- "I'm One Man's Woman" (Lynn, Peggy SuePeggy Sue"Peggy Sue" is a rock and roll song written by Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, and Norman Petty, and originally performed, recorded and released as a single by Buddy Holly in early July of 1957. The Crickets are not mentioned on the single but both Joe B. Mauldin and Jerry Allison are known to be...
Wells)
Chart positions
Album – Billboard (North America)| Year | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Country Albums | 5 |
| 1971 | Pop Albums | 110 |
Singles - Billboard (North America)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | "I Wanna Be Free" | Country Singles | 1 |
| Pop Singles | 94 | ||