Linda Ronstadt - The Early Years (2026)

Tracklist

1.  Different drum - 2:40

2.  Break my mind - 2:53

3.  I'll be your baby tonight - 3:45

4.  Bet no one ever hurt this bad - 2:42

5.  Silver threads and golden needles - 2:21

6.  Will you love me tomorrow - 2:27

7.  Long, long time - 4:22

8.  Rescue me - 2:44

9.  Rock me on the water - 3:38

10.  I fall to pieces - 3:07

11.  Willin´ - 3:00 

12.  The dark end of the street - 3:52

13.  When will I be loved - 2:07

14.  You're no good - 3:41

15.  Faithless love - 3:13

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright ℗ – Iconic LR Masters LLC
• Copyright © – Iconic LR Masters LLC
• Manufactured By – Iconic Artists Group
• Marketed By – Iconic Artists Group

Notes

Released:  Jan 30, 2026

Genre:  Folk, World, & Country

Style:  Country

Runtime:  46:41

Label:  Iconic Artists Group 

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Linda Ronstadt - We Ran (1998)

We Ran is a 1998 rock album by American singer, songwriter, and producer Linda Ronstadt. The disc featured back-up from Tom Petty's band, The Heartbreakers. It spent two weeks on the Billboard albums chart, peaking at #160.

On this album, Ronstadt interprets a mixture of rock material by various songwriters, including Bruce Springsteen, John Hiatt, and Bob Dylan. 

For much of the '90s, it seemed as if Linda Ronstadt was avoiding pop music. She recorded only two pop albums, 1994's Winter Light and 1995's Feels Like Home, which seemed like diversions from the Latin and children's records that were occupying her time. 

In 1998, she returned with We Ran, a full-fledged pop comeback produced by Glyn Johns (George Massenberg, Peter Asher, and Waddy Wachtel also produced a handful of songs) and featuring support from such '70s soft rock stalwarts as Waddy Wachtel and Bernie Leadon, as well as Heartbreakers Mike Campbell, Howie Epstein, and Benmont Tench. The pedigree is in place, leaving it up to Ronstadt and her songs to deliver the goods, which, more often than not, she does. Her voice remains strong and surprisingly robust, and her choice of songs, while not surprising, is quite satisfying. 

There are a couple of cuts that are a little bland and others, such as Dylan's "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues," aren't suited for her polished delivery, but most of the album is quite enjoyable. It's nice to hear Ronstadt tackle classics like "Ruler of My Heart," but the moments of We Ran that truly capture the spirit of Heart Like a Wheel are when she tries contemporary songs like John Hiatt's "Icy Blue Heart"and Bruce Springsteen's "If I Should Fall Behind." 

Granted, Hiatt and Springsteen are predictable choices -- she could have been more adventurous and sought out songs by such '90s songwriters as Ron Sexsmith or Aimee Mann -- but they are just contemporary enough to help make We Ran a successful update of her classic '70s sound. 

Track listing

1."When We Ran" - 5:08

     Written-By - John Hiatt 

2."If I Should Fall Behind" - 4:06

     Written-By - Bruce Springsteen 

3."Give Me a Reason" - 3:59

     Written-By - Marion Hall  

4."Ruler of My Heart" - 3:37

     Written-By - Naomi Neville 

5."Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" - 7:48

     Written-By - Bob Dylan 

6."Cry 'Til My Tears Run Dry" - 4:01

     Written-By - Scott Fagan, Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman 

7."I Go to Pieces" - 3:47

     Written-By - Troy Newman, Waddy Wachtel 

8."Heartbreak Kind" - 3:31

     Written-By - Paul Kennerley, Marty Stuart 

9."Damage" - 3:19

     Written-By - Waddy Wachtel  

10."Icy Blue Heart" - 4:57

       Written-By - John Hiatt 

11."Dreams of the San Joaquin" - 5:15

       Written-By - Jack Wesley Routh, Randy Sharp  

Personnel

• Linda Ronstadt – lead and backing vocals
• Ethan Johns – acoustic, electric and slide guitars; mandolin, ukulele, drums
• Bernie Leadon – acoustic and electric guitars, mandocello, backing vocals
• Andy Fairweather Low – acoustic, electric and electric baritone guitars
• Mike Campbell – electric six and twelve string guitars
• Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar
• Benmont Tench – acoustic piano, Hammond organ
• James "Hutch" Hutchinson – electric bass
• Bob Glaub – electric bass
• Leland Sklar – electric bass
• Russ Kunkel – drums, percussion
• Plas Johnson – saxophone

Production

• Glyn Johns – producer (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 10 & 11), mixing (Tracks 1, 2, 3, 5 & 7-11)
• Peter Asher – producer (Tracks 4 & 6)
• George Massenburg – producer (Tracks 4 & 6), mixing (Tracks 4 & 6)
• Linda Ronstadt – producer (Track 6)
• Waddy Wachtel – producer (Tracks 7 & 9)
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Ivy Skoff – project coordinator
• John Kosh – art direction, design
• Ira Koslow – management

Companies, etc.

• Made By – WEA Manufacturing Inc.
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra Entertainment Group
• Copyright (c) – Elektra Entertainment Group
• Recorded At – The Site
• Recorded At – Ocean Way Recording
• Recorded At – Jim Brady Recording Studios
• Mixed At – Ocean Way Recording
• Mastered At – Gateway Mastering
• Glass Mastered At – WEA Mfg. Olyphant – W3051
• Pressed By – WEA Mfg. Olyphant

Notes

Released:  June 23, 1998 

Recorded:  1998 Studio The Site, San Rafael, California; Ocean Way Recording, Los Angeles, California; Jim Brady Recording, Tucson, Arizona. 

Genre:  Roots Rock 

Length:  49:28 

Label - Elektra Records

Linda Ronstadt - Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (1980)

"Greatest Hits, Volume 2" is a hits compilation album from American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt. It was released in 1980 on Asylum Records. The disc covers mostly Ronstadt's heavier rocking songs.
The latter part of the '70s found Ronstadt roughing up her image a bit, covering songs by the Rolling Stones and Warren Zevon and eventually taking inspiration from the burgeoning punk and new-wave scenes. All of this was a long way away from the laid-back country-rock sound that established her as one of the top female artists of the day. On the material collected here, Ronstadt remains as strong a singles artist as ever. Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 contains winners such as "It's So Easy," "Blue Bayou," and the Chuck Berry romp "Living in the U.S.A.," as well as edgier material such as the Stones' "Tumbling Dice" and Zevon's "Poor Poor Pitiful Me." This album give us many of Linda's formidable hits, with a definitive play list that anyone would want to have to ensure an accurate representation of her volumes of work, from dozens of hit albums recorded and released over more than a decade of popular work. Nobody articulates the southern California folk rock style as well or as consistently as Linda Ronstadt, the little woman with the big, big voice.

Track List:

01. "It's So Easy" (Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) – 2:26
02. "I Can't Let Go" (Chip Taylor, Al Gorgoni) – 2:43
03. "Hurt So Bad" (Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Wilding, Bobby Hart) – 3:12
04. "Blue Bayou" (Roy Orbison, Joe Melson) – 3:54
05. "How Do I Make You" (Billy Steinberg) – 2:21
06. "Back in the U.S.A." (Chuck Berry) – 2:59
07. "Ooo Baby Baby" (William "Smokey" Robinson, Warren Moore) – 3:18
08. "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (Warren Zevon) – 3:41
09. "Tumbling Dice" (Keith Richards, Mick Jagger) – 3:05
10. "Just One Look" (Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne) – 3:15
11. "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" (Karla Bonoff) – 3:58

Released: 1980
Recorded: 1977-1980
Genre: Pop, Country Rock
Label: Asylum
Length: 34:52
Producer: Peter Asher

Personnel:
Linda Ronstadt - vocals
Dan Dugmore - acoustic, electric & steel guitars
Waddy Wachtel - electric & slide guitar, background vocals
Mark Goldenberg - guitar, electric guitar, background vocals
Bob Glaub - bass
Charles Veal - violin
Dennis Karmazyn - cello
David Sanborn - saxophone
Danny Kortchmar - guitar, electric guitar
Don Grolnick - acoustic, electric piano, clavinet, keyboards
Andrew Gold - piano, clavinet
Bill Payne - keyboards
Steve Forman - marimba, percussion
Kenny Edwards - bass, mandolin, background vocals
Russ Kunkel, Michael Botts - drums
Rick Marotta - drums, syn-drums, cowbell
Peter Asher - tambourine, maracas, cowbell, background vocals
Richard Wachtel - vocals, guitar
Nicolette Larson, Don Henley, Karla Bonoff, Wendy Waldman, Pat Henderson, Sherlie Matthews, Rosemary Butler, James Gilstrap, John Lehman, Larry Hagler - background vocals