''We've Come a Long Way, Baby'' is a studio album by American country music singer-songwriter

Loretta Lynn Loretta Lynn (; April 14, 1932 – October 4, 2022) was an American country music singer and songwriter. In a career spanning six decades, Lynn released multiple gold albums. She had numerous hits such as "Hey Loretta", "The Pill (song), The P ...

, released in 1979 by

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Commercial performance

The album peaked at No. 19 on the ''Billboard''

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chart. The album's first single, "We've Come a Long Way, Baby", peaked at No. 10 on the ''Billboard''

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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 Bradley's Barn was a music recording studio founded in the mid-1960s by Owen Bradley. The studio was built in a converted barn on farmland in the Nashville suburb of Mount Juliet, and was the site of numerous notable recordings by artists includ ...

in Mount Juliet, Tennessee. 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.

Track listing

Chart positions

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(North America) Singles –

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References

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