Just a Woman
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Just a Woman is a country music
album recorded by Loretta Lynn
and released on MCA Records
in 1985. The album was co-produced by Jimmy Bowen
and Lynn, her first time as co-producer. This was her only album produced by Bowen and only the second album of her career not produced by Owen Bradley
.
The album featured three single releases, "Heart Don't Do This To Me", which was a top 20 country success for Lynn, and "Wouldn't it Be Great" and "Just a Woman".
Country music
Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...
album recorded by 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...
and released on MCA Records
MCA Records
MCA Records was an American-based record company owned by MCA Inc., which later gave way to the larger MCA Music Entertainment Group , of which MCA Records was still part. MCA Records was absorbed by Geffen Records in 2003...
in 1985. The album was co-produced by Jimmy Bowen
Jimmy Bowen
Jimmy Bowen is an American record producer and former pop music performer.Bowen was born in Santa Rita, New Mexico. He began as a teenage recording star in 1957 with "I'm Stickin' With You," originally the flip side of the hit record "Party Doll" by Buddy Knox, but ultimately a Top 20 recording...
and Lynn, her first time as co-producer. This was her only album produced by Bowen and only the second album of her career not produced by Owen Bradley
Owen Bradley
Owen Bradley was an American record producer who, along with Chet Atkins and Bob Ferguson, was one of the chief architects of the 1950s and 1960s Nashville sound in country music and rockabilly.-Before the fame:...
.
The album featured three single releases, "Heart Don't Do This To Me", which was a top 20 country success for Lynn, and "Wouldn't it Be Great" and "Just a Woman".
Album tracks
- "Stop the Clock" (Bobby BraddockBobby BraddockRobert Valentine Braddock is an American country music songwriter and record producer. A member of the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame, Braddock has contributed numerous hit songs during more than 40 years in the industry, including 13 number-one hit...
, Ron Hollard, Bucky Jones) - "Heart Don't Do This To Me" (Kin VassyKin VassyCharles Kindred "Kin" Vassy was a singer-songwriter who in addition to his solo recordings also recorded with other artists, most notably Kenny Rogers, Frank Zappa and Elvis Presley....
, Justin Wilde) - "Wouldn't it Be Great" (Loretta Lynn)
- "When I'm in Love All Alone" (Dave LogginsDave LogginsDavid Allen "Dave" Loggins is a singer, songwriter and musician. He is widely remembered for his 1974 composition "Please Come to Boston", which was a top-10 hit in the U.S. for him, and was subsequently covered by numerous other artists. He was inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame...
, Judy RodmanJudy RodmanJudy Rodman is an American Country Music Singer. In the mid-80s, she was a successful country music singer, making all the way to number one on the country charts in 1986 with the song "Until I Met You." She also won the Academy of Country Music's "Top New Female Vocalist" award in 1985.Today,...
) - "I Can't Say it on the Radio" (Chris WatersChris WatersChristopher Waters Dunn is an American country music singer and songwriter, known professionally as Chris Waters. The brother of singer Holly Dunn, Waters has co-written singles for other artists, including Number Ones for Tim McGraw and Cyndi Thomson.-Biography:Christopher Waters Dunn was born in...
, Tom ShapiroTom ShapiroTom Shapiro is an American songwriter and occasional record producer, known primarily for his work in country music. To date, he holds four Country Songwriter of the Year awards from Broadcast Music Incorporated, as well as the Songwriter of the Decade award from the Nashville Songwriters...
) - "I'll Think of Something" (Jerry Foster, Bill RiceBill RiceWilbur Steven "Bill" Rice is an American country music singer and songwriter. Rice charted six singles between 1971 and 1978, including the Top 40 hit "Travelin' Minstrel Man", but is better known for his songwriting...
) - "Adam's Rib" (Loretta Lynn)
- "Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me" (Tom Damphier)
- "Just a Woman"(Stewart Harris, Carlotta McGee)
- "One Man Band" (Don Ruth, Timmy Toppan)