Greatest Hits

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We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. The Stone Poneys had planned to record an acoustic version of the song, but producer Nick Venet had other plans: the perfect chamber-pop arrangement — complete with a harpsichord solo! Linda Ronstadt's appeal crossed so many genre lines it's impossible to categorize her as anything other than a gifted vocalist. Love Is a Rose" and "Tracks of My Tears" are good examples of the disparate styles she could navigate with equal aplomb.

The album was criticized by the Rolling Stone Record Guide for being "premature," as Ronstadt continued to have record-breaking mainstream successes for many years following this release. Linda Ronstadt’s Greatest Hits will be reissued on black 180g vinyl with a special textured jacket for International Women’s History Month on March 4, 2022. After setting the tone with a finger-picking pattern on guitar and Ronstadt's wistful reading of the lyrics, it builds into a more fleshed-out arrangement with tasteful strings and Sneaky Pete Kleinow on pedal steel guitar. We carry a broad range of CDs and vinyl (7”/12” singles and LPs) and specialise in indie, alternative, rock, punk, metal plus a few other genres.

It was written by Billy Steinberg, who has said it was "a little bit influenced" by "My Sharona," and it does feel like a Knack song, from the jagged New Wave accents to the frantic lead guitar break. on Billboard's Hot 100, despite it being relegated to the B-side of "Love Is a Rose," a Neil Young song that plays more to the country side of her aesthetic. She enjoyed success on country and rock charts alike with a voice that capably handled the requirements of both styles. Ronstadt's initial reaction to Peter Asher's guitar-driven production on her first chart-topping single, as revealed in the Grammy-winning documentary, "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice"? Ronstadt was among the biggest pop stars of the '70s, with three chart-topping albums and a string of Top 10 singles.

Ronstadt's vocal is flawless, from the understated pining of those early verses to the unadulterated show of force that kicks in when she promises, "I'm goin' back some day" and that high note on the last "bayou. Linda Ronstadt’s Greatest Hits reissued on black 180 gram vinyl with a special textured jacket for International Women’s History Month.The second Top 10 hit from "Mad Love," an exhilarating oddity that found the singer and producer Peter Asher meeting New Wave on their own terms, this one peaked at No. on Billboard's Hot 100, topping the Adult Contemporary charts and picking up a 1990 Grammy for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.