Linda Ronstadt - Linda Ronstadt's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & 2
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Artist: Linda RonstadtBrand: RONSTADT,LINDA
Edition: Music CD
Format: Import
CD Release Date: 2007-04-09
Music Label: Rhino/Wea UK
Soundtracks:
- You're No Good
- Silver Threads & Golden Needles
- Desperado
- Love Is A Rose
- That'll Be The Day
- Long, Long Time
- Different Drum
- When Will I Be Loved
- Love Has No Pride
- Heat Wave
- It Doesn't Matter Anymore
- Tracks Of My Tears
- It's So Easy
- I Can't Let Go
- Hurt So Bad
- Blue Bayou
- How Do I Make You
- Back In The U.S.A.
- Ooh Baby Baby
- Poor, Poor Pitiful Me
- Tumbling Dice
- Just One Look
- Someone To Lay Down Beside Me
Music reviews of Linda Ronstadt's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & 2
Music Review: Very successful with cover versions
Rating: 5 Stars
Linda Ronstadt didn't need original material to have plenty of American hits during the seventies with her versions of mostly well known songs, although she also helped to gain recognition for Warren Zevon and for Kate and Anna McGarrigle via her recordings of their songs. This formula was markedly less successful for her in Britain, where none of her singles made the top 20, although that could be due first to Brits being slow to recognize her talents, then to changing fashions as punk took over for a while. Nevertheless, Linda's music found a market in Britain and I am part of that market.
Pairing the hits compilations originally released in 1976 and 1980, this set contains all her important solo hits in the American pop charts and four of her six top ten solo hits in the country charts. Linda's biggest hits thereafter were a duet with James Ingram (Somewhere out there) and two duets with Aaron Neville (Don't know much, All my life) and some country hits taken from the first Trio album that she recorded with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. If you particularly want any of those later tracks, they are all available elsewhere. For the period up to 1980, this contains all the essentials although it most certainly does not contain everything worth hearing; you only get that by acquiring the individual albums from the period.
Among the pop hits, seven of the tracks here made the American top ten including You're no good, which made number one, having previously been an American hit for Betty Everett and a UK hit for the Swinging Blue Jeans, and When will I be loved (previously a hit for the Everly brothers), which made number two in the American pop charts and number one in the country charts. The only other single to do well for Linda in both pop and country charts was Blue bayou (a cover of the Roy Orbison classic), which made the top three in both charts.
The other country hits represented here are Love is a rose (a Neil Young song that became a minor pop hit) and I never will marry (a traditional song featuring Dolly Parton on backing vocals that didn't make the pop charts). Two other top ten country hits (Crazy, I can't help it if I'm still in love with you) are not featured. As some non-hits are included, their omission is curious, but those tracks are available elsewhere.
Two of the three minor UK hits (Tracks of my tears, Blue bayou) are here, but Alison is omitted; all of them did much better in America.
If you only want one collection of Linda's music and you are primarily interested in her seventies music, this is a good choice.
Description of Linda Ronstadt's Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & 2
Fantastic 2007 UK compilation that features all 23 tracks found on Ronstadt's original Greatest Hits (1976) and Greatest Hits, Vol. Two (1980). Although often overlooked today, Ronstadt was one of the most popular female vocalists throughout the '70s and '80s, helping to usher many musical styles (from Country Rock to New Wave) into the charts. Plus, she's a fabulous singer to boot! She successfully covered a variety of oldies like 'It's So Easy', 'Tracks Of My Tears' and 'Ooh Baby Baby' and managed to make them sound like Ronstadt originals! Features all the hits including 'You're No Good', 'Different Drum', 'When Will I Be Loved', 'Hurt So Bad', 'How Do I Make You' and many more. Rhino.Broadway & Vocalists CDs
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