Linda Ronstadt

by Linda Ronstadt

Overview

In many regards, Linda Ronstadt's self-titled third album isn't much different than her first two. Like Hand Sownâ?¦Home Grown and Silk Purse, Linda Ronstadt combines classic country songs -- Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone," Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces," Jerry Lee Lewis' "Crazy Arms," the folk standard "Ramblin' Round" -- with new songs from rising songwriters (Jackson Browne, Eric Kaz, Livingston Taylor, Neil Young, Eric Andersen) and an R&B cover (Fontella Bass' "Rescue Me"), but the difference is synthesis. Here, Ronstadt doesn't run from her Californian base, nor does she attempt to fit into the confines from Nashville; she finds the common threads between the songs and sounds, tying together her love of the old and new right along with her love of country, rock, and soul. Certainly, she's assisted by a versatile, sympathetic backing band assembled by producer John Boylan, a band that would later work on their own as the Eagles, but there's never a suggestion that the band is attempting to outshine the singer. All are united by the music, enjoying turning "I Still Miss Someone" and "Crazy Arms" into country ballads, breathing full life into Browne's "Rock Me on the Water," playing "I Fall to Pieces" with a muscularity that avoids overt homage, and reveling in the harmonies on Young's "Birds." This is music for the dawn of the '70s, music that shakes off some of the hippie dreams of the '60s in favor of lushly detailed authenticity that has an eye on the past while living for the present. Ronstadt might not have wound up with a smash hit here -- "Rock Me on the Water" did make some radio waves -- but this is the birth of the aesthetic that would serve her well throughout the '70s, and it remains potent. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	04/04/1995
Label:	Capitol/Emi Records / Capitol
UPC:	0077778012726

Tracks

1. Rock Me on the Water
2. Crazy Arms
3. I Won't Be Hangin' Round
4. I Still Miss Someone
5. In My Reply
6. I Fall to Pieces
7. Ramblin' Round
8. Birds
9. I Ain't Always Been Faithful
10. Rescue Me

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Linda Ronstadt   Primary Artist,Vocals,Tambourine
Herb Pedersen   Guitar (Steel),Banjo,Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Nashville),Vocals (Background)
J.D. Souther   Vocals (Background),Guest Artist,Vocals,Vocal Harmony
Gib Guilbeau   Guest Artist,Fiddle,Violin,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Buddy Emmons   Guest Artist,Guitar (Steel)
Eagles   Guest Artist
Randy Meisner   Vocals (Background),Bass,Vocals
John Boylan   Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar
Richard Bowden   Guitar
Merry Clayton   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Mike Botts   Drums
Dianne Davidson   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Miss Ona   Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Wesley Pritchett   Bass
John Martin   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Michael Bowden   Bass
Moon Martin   Guitar,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Tippy Armstrong   Guitar
Glenn Frey   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Barry Beckett   Keyboards
Sneaky Pete Kleinow   Pedal Steel,Guitar (Steel)
Bernie Leadon   Guitar,Vocals (Background)
Don Henley   Drums,Vocals,Vocals (Background)
Weldon Myrick   Guitar (Steel)
Lyle Ritz   Bass
David Hood   Bass
Dean Webb   Mandolin
Roger Hawkins   Drums
Jimmie Fadden   Horn,Harmonica

Technical Credits

John Boylan   Audio Production,Producer,Arranger
Wally Heider   Audio Engineer,Engineer
Raynard Miner   Composer
Johnny Cash   Composer
Roy Cash, Jr.   Composer
Hank Cochran   Composer
Mike Shields   Engineer
Al Coury   Production Coordination
John Hoernle   Art Direction
Ed Caraeff   Photography
Charles Seals   Composer
Charles Smith   Composer
Woody Guthrie   Composer
Harlen Howard   Composer
Glenn Frey   Arranger
Harlan Howard   Composer
Linda Ronstadt   Arranger
Eric Andersen   Composer
Eric Anderson   Composer
Larry Hamby   Engineer
Lead Belly   Composer
Chuck Seals   Composer
Jackson Browne   Composer
Don Blake   Engineer
Eric Kaz   Composer
Dean Torrence   Design
John A. Lomax   Composer
Livingston Taylor   Composer
Huddie Ledbetter   Composer
Ralph Mooney   Composer
Roy Cash   Composer
Ray Thompson   Engineer
Rudy Hill   Engineer
Neil Young   Composer