Blue Eyed Kentucky Girl is a
compilation album by American
country singer-songwriter
Loretta Lynn. It was released in 1985 via
MCA Records and was produced by
Owen Bradley. The album included ten previously-recorded hits by Lynn during a fifteen-year time span. All of the album's recordings were first cut on MCA/
Decca Records.
Background, release and reception
Blue Eyed Kentucky Girl was part of a series of compilations MCA released by Loretta Lynn during the 1980s.[2] A total of ten tracks were included on the album package.[3] The songs chosen were recorded in sessions over a fifteen-year time-span between 1964 and 1980. Eight of the album's tracks had been among Lynn's biggest hits in her career. This included signature songs, such as "
Coal Miner's Daughter"(1970), "
You're Lookin' at Country" (1971) and "
The Pill." Also included were other hits, such as "
Somebody Led Me Away" (1981) and "
The Home You're Tearing Down" (1965). All of the album's sessions had originally been produced by Owen Bradley, Lynn's long-time producer at MCA.[2]
Blue Eyed Kentucky Girl had first been released in 1985 via MCA Records. It was offered as both a
compact disc[2] and an
audio cassette.[4] It was later released again On November 15, 1995 via
Universal Special Products on a cassette.[3] The album did not reach any peak positions on any music publication charts, including Billboard. It also did not spawn any singles to radio.[5] The album was reviewed by Hank Small of
Allmusic following its re-release: "Blue Eyed Kentucky Girl assembles ten tracks from Loretta Lynn's 1970s recordings for RCA [MCA], perhaps the singer's most creatively fertile period."[3]
