#12: Loretta Lynn - 'Van Lear Rose'

Say what you want about Jack White, but regardless of whatever legacy The White Stripes leave behind, he'll deserve some special place in history for showing us that Loretta Lynn can rock her ass off with the best of 'em. She can also still write songs that give Lucinda Williams a run for her money. Unlike the Rick Rubin/Johnny Cash collaborations (to which this project was inevitably compared), Van Lear Rose is not so much a reinvention as a reintroduction. Loretta Lynn's voice has barely lost a step, and Jack White has performed a great service to her and her fans by reminding all of us just who is the reigning, undisputed Queen of Country Music.