The Village Voice Loretta's #3 on The Village Voice critics poll   With 'Rose,' Lynn's career blossoms anew To country and rock separatists, honky-tonker Loretta Lynn's partnership with garage revivalist Jack White seemed like a freaky, fleeting alignment of planets from opposite ends of the solar system. Loretta Tops 2004 Loretta and Van Lear Rose were at the Top of list for fans and critics alike. Click here to take a look! The Wall Street Journal As the first tentative strums reel you into Loretta Lynn's first album in four years, and her voice leads you into the heartfelt, folksy narrative that is "Van Lear Rose," the most startling facet of the sound is not the guitar textures of her improbable collaborator, White Stripes man Jack White. The Rolling Stone Review No matter who you are, one thing is for sure: You ain't woman enough to take Loretta Lynn's man. Miss Loretta has been a country legend for more than forty years, but she still sings with all the passion of the blue Kentucky girl who busted out of Butcher Hollow, the coal miner's daughter who got married at thirteen and fought her way to fame. Blender Magazine Finally, Jack White has met his match. Recuperating from a broken finger last year, the White Stripes’ combatant put down his dukes and pulled into a Nashville studio with Loretta Lynn. Billboard Magazine The artistic marriage of producer Jack White of the White Stripes and country icon Loretta Lynn might seem a stretch. But the end result, "Van Lear Rose," proves the pairing incredibly inspired. USA Today With 50-plus top 10 hits far behind her, Loretta Lynn isn't the likeliest candidate to revitalize country music. In a welcome throwback and stunning comeback, she might be the genre's freshest hope. The Tennessean None of this should be all that surprising. Of course, red-hot rock 'n' roll star Jack White of the White Stripes wanted to produce an album for Loretta Lynn. She's a monumentally important figure in American music, and her finest recordings embody the honest emotional directness that White seeks to deliver in his own music.   Seatlepi.com The young guns of Nashville dominate today's country music charts, leaving many country legends on the sidelines. Teaming up with Jack White of the White Stripes, beloved, 68-year-old country singer Loretta Lynn has crafted a stirring, heartfelt record that takes her music in a new direction.