Love Is the Foundation

Love Is the Foundation
Studio album by Loretta Lynn
Released	1973
Genre	Country
Label	MCA
Producer	Owen Bradley
Loretta Lynn chronology
Entertainer of the Year - Loretta (1973) Love Is the Foundation' (1973) Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man (1973)

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Love Is the Foundation is a 1973 studio album by American country music singer-songwriter, Loretta Lynn.

Love Is the Foundation was Lynn's second studio album of the year, as well as her second album off of MCA Records. The album's title track was released as the first single, and peaked at #1 on the Billboard Country Chart soon after. The second single was released following the release of a duet hit with Conway Twitty. Titled, "Hey Loretta", written by Shel Silverstein, peaked in the Top 5, and nearly reached #1 as well. The album consists of 11 tracks. Lynn's own compositions appear here, including "Five Fingers Left", and a song written one of Lynn's siblings, "You're Still Lovin' Me". The album also includes cover versions of hits, including Kris Kristofferson's "Why Me" and Jeanne Pruett's "Satin Sheets", both #1 hits from 1973.

A composition written by Marty Robbins, "I Gave Everything" is also featured here.

The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart and #183 on the Billboard 200. The album became Lynn's fifth album to top the Top Country Albums chart.

Track listing

1. "Love Is the Foundation" - (William Cody Hall) 2:26
2. "What Sundown Does to You" - (Carl Knight) 2:12
3. "I Love You, I Love You" - (Don Gibson) 2:38
4. "Just to Satisfy (The Weakness in a Man)" - (Carol Jones) 2:37
5. "There's More to Leaving, Than Just Saying Goodbye" - (Bob Hampton, K. L. Starr) 2:31
6. "Satin Sheets" - (John E. Volinkaty) - 2:29
7. "Why Me" - (Kris Kristofferson) 2:35
8. "Five Fingers Left" - (Loretta Lynn) 2:09
9. "I Gave Everything" - (Marty Robbins) 2:49
10. "Hey Loretta" - (Shel Silverstein) 2:48
11. "You're Still Lovin' Me" - (Jay Lee Webb, John Wilson) 2:44

Chart positions

Album – Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

References

Loretta Lynn
Studio albums	Loretta Lynn Sings Before I'm Over You Songs from My Heart Blue Kentucky Girl I Like 'Em Country You Ain't Woman Enough Don't Come Home A-Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) Singin' with Feelin' Fist City Your Squaw Is on the Warpath Woman of the World / To Make a Man Wings Upon Your Horns Loretta Lynn Writes 'Em & Sings 'Em Coal Miner's Daughter I Wanna Be Free You're Lookin' At Country One's on the Way Here I Am Again Entertainer of the Year - Loretta Love Is the Foundation They Don't Make 'em Like My Daddy Back to the Country Home When the Tingle Becomes a Chill Somebody Somewhere I Remember Patsy Out of My Head and Back in My Bed We've Come a Long Way Baby Loretta Lookin' Good I Lie Making Love from Memory Lyin', Cheatin', Woman Chasin', Honky Tonkin', Whiskey Drinkin' You Just a Woman Who Was That Stranger Still Country Van Lear Rose Full Circle
Gospel albums	Hymns Who Says God Is Dead! God Bless America Again
Collaborations	Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn Singin' Again If We Put Our Heads Together Honky Tonk Angels
Compilation albums	A Country Christmas Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits Loretta Lynn's Greatest Hits Vol. II All-Time Greatest Hits
Related topics	Albums discography Singles discography Discography with Conway Twitty Crystal Gayle Decca Records MCA Records Butcher Hollow, Kentucky Coal Miner's Daughter Still Woman Enough
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