Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn
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| Compilation album by Various Artists | ||
| Released | November 9, 2010 | |
| Genre | Country | |
| Length | 35:18 | |
| Label | Columbia | |
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| Singles from Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn | ||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| American Songwriter | |
| The Boston Globe | () |
| Country Weekly | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ |
| Los Angeles Times |  |
| Paste Magazine | (7.0) |
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Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn is a tribute album compiled by various music artists that is dedicated to country music icon Loretta Lynn. It was released in the United States on November 9, 2010 through Columbia Records. The release celebrates Lynn's 50th anniversary in the music industry.
The album features cover songs from Lynn's back catalogue by various artists, including a duet on "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man" by Alan Jackson and Martina McBride, and Gretchen Wilson's cover of "Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind)." Non-country artists on the release include the rock band Paramore who covered "You Ain't Woman Enough (To Take My Man)," and Kid Rock who covered "I Know How."
The album debuted at number 14 on the Billboard Top Country albums chart and #46 on the Billbaord Top 200 Albums chart selling 24,000 copies in the first week.
Upon its release, Coal Miner's Daughter: A Tribute to Loretta Lynn received generally positive reviews from most music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 74, based on 8 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews".
Rick Moore with American Songwriter gave the release a 4 star rating, saying "Though not every performance sets the house on fire, everybody’s heart is in the right place", and called Reba McEntire and The Time Jumpers's rendition of "If You’re not Gone Too Long", "the musical high point of the album". James Reed with The Boston Globe gave it a mixed review, saying "too many of the musicians pay their respects without adding anything interesting to the songs" but was also in high praise of Reba McEntire and The Time Jumpers's rendition of "If You’re Not Gone Too Long".
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