We've Come a Long Way, Baby

We've Come a Long Way, Baby
We've Come a Long Way, Baby
Studio album by Loretta Lynn
Released	January 15, 1979
Recorded	Mar. 5, 1973—Feb. 3, 1978
Studio	Bradley's Barn, Mount Juliet, TN
Genre	Country
Length	25:38
Label	MCA
Producer	Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn chronology
Singles from We've Come a Long Way, Baby
	"We've Come a Long Way, Baby"; Released: October 16, 1978; "I Can't Feel You Anymore"; Released: April 23, 1979;

We've Come a Long Way, Baby is the thirty-first solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on January 15, 1979, by MCA Records.^[1]^{[unreliable source]}

Commercial performance[]

The album peaked at No. 19 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The album's first single, "We've Come a Long Way, Baby", peaked at No. 10 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart. The second single, "I Can't Feel You Anymore", peaked at No. 3.

Recording[]

Recording sessions for the album took place at Bradley's Barn in Mount Juliet, TN. There were no sessions specifically for this album. The earliest recording featured on the album is "True Love Needs to Keep in Touch", from a March 5, 1973 session for 1973's Love Is the Foundation. "My Conscience Goes to Sleep" was recorded on June 20, 1974, during a session for They Don't Make 'Em Like My Daddy. "The Lady That Lived Here Before" was the third song to be released from the October 8, 1974 session. "Easy Street" was recorded during a December 17, 1974 session for 1975's Back to the Country. Two songs were from sessions for 1976's Somebody Somewhere; "Lullabies to a Memory" and "We've Come a Long Way, Baby", recorded on June 28 and June 29, 1976 , respectively. "Between the Preacher and the Lawyer" was the third song to be released from the September 29, 1976 session. The newest recordings to be featured on the album were "I Can't Feel You Anymore" and "Standing at Our Bedroom Door", both recorded on February 3, 1978.^[2]^{[unreliable source]}

Track listing[]

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"We've Come a Long Way, Baby"	L. E. White, Shirl Milete	June 29, 1976	2:02
2.	"Easy Street"	Kenny O'Dell	December 17, 1974	2:36
3.	"The Lady That Lived Here Before"	Vera Lakey	October 8, 1974	2:41
4.	"Lullabies to a Memory"	Lola Jean Dillon	June 28, 1976	2:55
5.	"I Can't Feel You Anymore"	Theresa Beaty, Meredith Stewart	February 3, 1978	3:12

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recording date	Length
1.	"True Love Needs to Keep in Touch"	Dallas Frazier, Sanger D. Shafer	March 5, 1973	2:25
2.	"My Conscience Goes to Sleep"	Carl Knight	June 20, 1974	2:15
3.	"No Love Left Inside of Me"	Shel Silverstein	June 29, 1976	2:41
4.	"Between the Preacher and the Lawyer"	Lola Jean Dillon	September 29, 1976	2:53
5.	"Standing at Our Bedroom Door"	Theresa Beaty	February 3, 1978	2:10

Chart positions[]

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Peak position
1979	Country Albums	19^{[citation needed]}

Singles – Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Peak position
1978	"We've Come a Long Way, Baby"^[3]	Country Singles	10
1979	"I Can't Feel You Anymore"^[4]	Country Singles	3

References[]

^ "Loretta Lynn – We've Come A Long Way, Baby". Discogs.
^ "Loretta's Recording Sess". Loretta Lynn Fan Website.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 210.
^ Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 210.

[1] "Loretta Lynn – We've Come A Long Way, Baby". Discogs.

[2] "Loretta's Recording Sess". Loretta Lynn Fan Website.

[3] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 210.

[4] Whitburn, Joel (2004). The Billboard Book Of Top 40 Country Hits: 1944-2006, Second edition. Record Research. p. 210.

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