Reviews
5 stars out of 5 - "At times, it's unerringly beautiful and soft. At others, it howls like a blue mountain banshee.", Ranked #3 in Uncut's "Best New Albums of 2004" - "The songs are all Lynn originals - many of the deeply autobiographical...", 4 stars out of 5 - "A classic Loretta Lynn album. There's no Nashville glitz, no crossover schlock--as the lady used to sing, you're lookin' at country....Jack White has helped her make the album we all dreamed she would make.", Ranked #8 in Spin's "40 Best Albums of the Year" - "VAN LEAR ROSE may be Lynn's greatest album to date - a triumphant steel-and-rhinestones hootenanny.", 4 stars out of 5 - "The effect is nothing short of remarkable....Lynn's strong, womanly tones are absolutely beguiling.", "The woman who wrote 'Rated X' and 'The Pill' never worried about finger-waggers. That's why her music still matters today, and why ROSE pricks like a rueful morning after." - Grade: A, 5 stars out of 5 - "A perfect album - typically understated, characteristically jubilant, and 100 per cent Loretta Lynn.", Included in Rolling Stone's Top 50 Records Of 2004 - "A one-of-a-kind classic, rootsy but deeply weird..."
