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Abandoning California for Nashville, Linda Ronstadt does take a stab at relatively straight-ahead country on her second album, Silk Purse. She's changed location and producers -- Elliot Mazer, who'd later be Neil Young's right-hand man for archival projects, helmed this -- but she hasn't quite thrown herself into the maelstrom of Music City here. Many of the soft, flowery flourishes of Hand Sown…Home Grown have been traded in for steel guitars and echoing acoustics, a move that definitely reads country, but Ronstadt's sensibility remains rooted on the West Coast, favoring great emerging songwriters and revived, reworked versions of classics. Only a couple of these are classic country, however -- just Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" and Mel Tillis' "Mental Revenge," which are balanced by Goffin/King's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "I'm Leaving It All Up to You," R&B hits given nice country rearrangements (the latter in particular feels suited to its new barroom rendition). These rearrangements, alongside covers of Gene Clark & Bernie Leadon's "He Darked the Sun" and Paul Siebel's "Louise," suggest that Ronstadt's sensibility is a bit more cosmopolitan than country, but that's the great thing about Silk Purse: perhaps she didn't find her voice, not in the way she would a year later on her eponymous record, but this Nashville excursion had a clarifying effect, whittling down the musical excesses and strengthening her aesthetic while winding up a nifty little record in its own right.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Adam Mitchell, Musical Director - Linda Ronstadt, MainArtist - Kenneth Buttrey, Conductor - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Cliff Friend, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Moss, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elliot F. Mazer, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Hazin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Gale, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Adam Mitchell, Musical Director - Linda Ronstadt, MainArtist - Kenneth Buttrey, Conductor - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Mickey Newbury, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Moss, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elliot F. Mazer, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Hazin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Gale, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Adam Mitchell, Musical Director - Gerald Goffin, ComposerLyricist - Linda Ronstadt, MainArtist - Kenneth Buttrey, Conductor - Carole King, ComposerLyricist - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Moss, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elliot F. Mazer, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Hazin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Gale, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Adam Mitchell, Musical Director - Gary White, ComposerLyricist - Linda Ronstadt, MainArtist - Kenneth Buttrey, Conductor - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Moss, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elliot F. Mazer, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Hazin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Gale, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Adam Mitchell, Musical Director - Linda Ronstadt, MainArtist - Kenneth Buttrey, Conductor - PAUL SIEBEL, ComposerLyricist - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Moss, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elliot F. Mazer, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Hazin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Gale, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Gary White, ComposerLyricist - Linda Ronstadt, MainArtist - Elliot Mazer, Producer
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Adam Mitchell, Musical Director - Linda Ronstadt, MainArtist - Kenneth Buttrey, Conductor - Mel Tillis, ComposerLyricist - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Moss, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elliot F. Mazer, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Hazin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Gale, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Adam Mitchell, Musical Director - Don F. Harris, ComposerLyricist - Dewey Terry, ComposerLyricist - Linda Ronstadt, MainArtist - Kenneth Buttrey, Conductor - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Moss, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elliot F. Mazer, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Hazin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Gale, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Bernie Leadon, ComposerLyricist - Adam Mitchell, Musical Director - Gene Clark, ComposerLyricist - Linda Ronstadt, MainArtist - Kenneth Buttrey, Conductor - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Moss, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elliot F. Mazer, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Lee Hazin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Gale, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Adam Mitchell, Musical Director - Linda Ronstadt, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Kenneth Buttrey, Conductor - Traditional, ComposerLyricist - Fred Catero, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Moss, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Elliot F. Mazer, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel, ComposerLyricist - Lee Hazin, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Howard Gale, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
(C) 1995 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1970 Capitol Records, LLC
Albumbeschreibung
Abandoning California for Nashville, Linda Ronstadt does take a stab at relatively straight-ahead country on her second album, Silk Purse. She's changed location and producers -- Elliot Mazer, who'd later be Neil Young's right-hand man for archival projects, helmed this -- but she hasn't quite thrown herself into the maelstrom of Music City here. Many of the soft, flowery flourishes of Hand Sown…Home Grown have been traded in for steel guitars and echoing acoustics, a move that definitely reads country, but Ronstadt's sensibility remains rooted on the West Coast, favoring great emerging songwriters and revived, reworked versions of classics. Only a couple of these are classic country, however -- just Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" and Mel Tillis' "Mental Revenge," which are balanced by Goffin/King's "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" and "I'm Leaving It All Up to You," R&B hits given nice country rearrangements (the latter in particular feels suited to its new barroom rendition). These rearrangements, alongside covers of Gene Clark & Bernie Leadon's "He Darked the Sun" and Paul Siebel's "Louise," suggest that Ronstadt's sensibility is a bit more cosmopolitan than country, but that's the great thing about Silk Purse: perhaps she didn't find her voice, not in the way she would a year later on her eponymous record, but this Nashville excursion had a clarifying effect, whittling down the musical excesses and strengthening her aesthetic while winding up a nifty little record in its own right.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:29:14
- Main artists: Linda Ronstadt
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Capitol Records
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 1995 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1995 Capitol Records, LLC
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