Linda Ronstadt\u2019s self-titled third solo album would effectively close the first phase of her career. By the time Don\u2019t Cry Now<\/i> was released two years later, her sound would be much smoother and honed to a degree, leading to her greatest period of commercial appeal.<\/p>\n
On this album, Ronstadt continued her trend of gathering an eclectic mix of material to interpret. The sound was not as country-oriented as her previous release, Silk Purse<\/i>, but was rather more of a pop\/country fusion. Many of the songs themselves had a country background, as did the instrumental backing, but her powerful voice was pure pop.<\/p>\n
Three of the tracks were recorded live with members of the Eagles providing support and all give a good example of her concert style before she became a superstar. Patsy Cline\u2019s classic country hit, \u201cI Fall To Pieces,\u201d was a perfect vehicle for Ronstadt\u2019s voice. Neil Young\u2019s \u201cBirds\u201d received a nice and gentle interpretation as well. She even managed a credible pop rendition of Fontella Bass\u2019 r&b hit \u201cRescue Me.\u201d<\/p>\n
Straight country songs such as \u201cCrazy Arms\u201d and \u201cI Still Miss Someone\u201d suffered a little from underproduction while Livingston Taylor\u2019s \u201cIn My Reply\u201d and Eric Andersen\u2019s \u201cI Ain\u2019t Always Been Faithful\u201d proved just a difficult match for her style. The most interesting track was the old Leadbelly\/Woody Guthrie tune, \u201cRamblin\u2019 Round,\u201d which may seem an odd choice, but she moved it over into her pop comfort zone.<\/p>\n
Overall Linda Ronstadt<\/i> is somewhat unpolished and finds her not quite settled on a style. While it may not have the consistent level of quality that her next group of releases would attain, it does contain several excellent performances which foreshadowed some of the best-crafted albums in pop history. It remains one of the lost albums in her long and distinguished career and is ultimately more interesting than it is essential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":34823,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[8264],"rating":[5612],"class_list":["post-46690","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-linda-ronstadt","rating-rating-b-minus"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46690","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46690"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/46690\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46690"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=46690"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=46690"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}