I Lie
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{{Infobox album
| name = I Lie
| type = studio
| artist = Loretta Lynn
| cover = I-lie.jpg
| alt =
| released = February 1, 1982
| venue =
| studio = *Bradley's Barn (Mount Juliet, Tennessee)
- Music City Music Hall (Nashville, Tennessee)
| genre = Country, urban cowboy
| length =
| label = MCA
| producer = Owen Bradley
| prev_title = Two's a Party
| prev_year = 1981
| next_title = Making Love from Memory
| next_year = 1982
| misc = {{Singles
| name = I Lie
| type = studio
| single1 = I Lie
| single1date = January 1982
}}
}}
I Lie is the thirty-fourth solo studio album by American country music singer-songwriter Loretta Lynn. It was released on February 1, 1982, by MCA Records.{{cite web|title=Loretta Lynn - I Lie|url=https://www.discogs.com/Loretta-Lynn-I-Lie/master/752252|website=Discogs|year=1982 |language=en}}
Commercial performance
The album peaked at No. 33 on the Billboard Top Country Albums chart. The only single release, the album's title track, peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart and is Lynn's most recent top 10 hit.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1 = I Lie
| writer1 = Thomas William Damphier
| length1 = 3:03
| title2 = If I Ain't Got It (You Don't Need It)
| writer2 = Max D. Barnes
| length2 = 2:29
| title3 = There Stands the Glass
| writer3 = Russ Hull, Mary Jean Shurtz, Audrey Greisham
| length3 = 2:20
| title4 = I Wanted You to Leave
| writer4 = Barbara Hart
| length4 = 3:01
| title5 = Stronger Than You Ever Thought I'd Be
| writer5 = Mitch Johnson, Robert John Jones
| length5 = 3:11
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title1 = Step Right Up and Break My Heart
| writer1 = Justin Dickens, Bill Curry
| length1 = 2:16
| title2 = Save Me
| writer2 = John E. Moffatt
| length2 = 2:53
| title3 = Going's Been Coming
| writer3 = Theresa Beaty
| length3 = 2:00
| title4 = Where Love Goes When It's Gone
| writer4 = L.E. White
| length4 = 2:44
| title5 = A Motel Match
| writer5 = Mitch Johnson, Theresa Beaty
| length5 = 2:20
}}
Personnel
Adapted from album liner notes.
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- Harold Bradley - guitar
- Owen Bradley - producer
- David Briggs - piano
- James Caddell - backing vocals
- Jimmy Capps - guitar
- Jean Ann Chapman - backing vocals
- Gene Chrisman - drums
- Johnny Christopher - guitar
- The Dottie Dee Singers - backing vocals
- Ray Edenton - guitar
- Sonny Garrish - steel guitar
- Buddy Harman - drums
- The Jordanaires - backing vocals
- Slick Lawson - photography
- Mike Leech - bass
- Kenny Malone - drums
- Grady Martin - guitar
- Charlie McCoy - harmonica
- Joe Mills - engineer
- Bob Moore - bass
- The Nashville Sounds - backing vocals
- Hargus "Pig" Robbins - piano
- Hal Rugg - steel guitar
- Joel Scarbury - backing vocals
- The Shelly Kurland Strings - strings
- Joan Sliwin - backing vocals
- Bobby Thompson - guitar
- Bill Vandevort - engineer
- Pete Wade - guitar
- Bobby Wood - piano
- Reggie Young - guitar
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