''Making Love from Memory'' is the thirty-fifth solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter
Loretta Lynn. It was released on September 6, 1982, by
MCA Records
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Pre-history
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This was Lynn's only album to not chart on the ''Billboard'' Top Country Albums chart during her time at
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Commercial performance
The album failed to chart on the ''Billboard''
Top Country Albums
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chart, despite the first single, "Making Love from Memory", peaking at No. 19 on the ''Billboard''
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chart. The album's second single, "
Breakin' It", peaked at No. 39.
Track listing
Personnel
Adapted from album liner notes.
*Owen Bradley – producer
*
David Briggs – synthesizer, piano
*
Jimmy Capps
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– rhythm guitar
*Gene Chrisman – drums
*
Ray Edenton
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Ray Edenton was born into a musical family on November 3, 1926, and grew up near Mineral, Virginia. His f ...
– rhythm guitar
*
Buddy Harman – drums, backing vocals
*
The Jordanaires – backing vocals
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Millie Kirkham – backing vocals
*Slick Lawson – photography
*Mike Leech – bass
*Bret Lopez – photography
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Grady Martin – electric guitar
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Charlie McCoy – harmonica
*Glenn Meadows – mastering
*Joe Mills – engineer
*
Bob Moore
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– bass
*The Nashville Sounds – backing vocals
*The Nashville String Machine – strings
*George Osaki – art direction
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Hargus "Pig" Robbins – piano
*Hal Rugg – steel guitar
*Dennis Solee – saxophone
*Bobby Thompson – rhythm guitar
*Bill Vandevort – engineer
*Pete Wade – electric guitar
*
Reggie Young
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– electric guitar
Chart positions
Singles –
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References
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1982 albums
Loretta Lynn albums
Albums produced by Owen Bradley
MCA Records albums