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By nature, Linda Ronstadt isn't a solo singer. She started her career in the Stone Poneys and during the height of her fame she was happy to harmonize on records by friends; later still, she joined Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris in the group Trio. Duets, a compilation released on the eve of her 2014 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, doesn't concentrate on this considerable legacy as a harmonizer, preferring instead to pick 14 previously released duets from throughout Ronstadt's career, adding an unreleased version of "Pretty Bird" with Laurie Lewis as mild collector bait. Much of this dates from the latter part of Linda's career: it opens with three selections from Adieu False Heart, her 2006 album with Ann Savoy, and is anchored by her hit duets with Aaron Neville ("Don't Know Much," "All My Life") and James Ingram ("Somewhere Out There"), making a sideways glance at her career as a standards singer via an OK selection from Frank Sinatra's Duets album ("Moonlight in Vermont"). The liveliest stuff comes from her golden age of the late '70s -- "Hasten Down the Wind" with Don Henley, "Prisoner in Disguise" with J.D. Souther, "I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine" with James Taylor, "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" with Emmylou Harris -- but generally, this Duets emphasizes the sweeter, softer, and slower side of Ronstadt, a move that makes for pleasant listening.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Ann Savoy, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Arthur Smith, Writer
© 2014 Rhino Entertainment ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company.
Ann Savoy, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Julie Brown, Writer
© 2014 Rhino Entertainment ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company.
Ann Savoy, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Mike Brown, Composer - Bob Calilli, Composer - Tony Sansone, Composer
© 2014 Rhino Entertainment ℗ 2006 Vanguard Records, A Welk Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
Val Garay, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Peter Asher, Producer - Linda Ronstadt, Arranger, Acoustic Guitar, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Waddy Wachtel, Acoustic Guitar - Dan Dugmore, Acoustic Guitar - Traditional, Writer - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Dolly Parton, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Mike Auldridge, Dobro - Mark Howlett, Assistant Mixing Engineer, AssistantEngineer
© 2014 Rhino Entertainment ℗ 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records
Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Laurie Lewis, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Hazel Dickens, Writer
© 2014 Rhino Entertainment ℗ 2014 Linda Ronstadt
Val Garay, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - David Campbell, String Arranger, Strings Conductor - Kenny Edwards, Bass Guitar - Peter Asher, Producer - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Andrew Gold, Piano, Tambourine - Waddy Wachtel, Electric Guitar - Bernie Grundman, MasteringEngineer - Warren Zevon, Writer - DON HENLEY, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Greg Ladanyi, Assistant Mixing Engineer, AssistantEngineer - Russell Kunkel, Drums - Charles Veal, Viola - Dennis Karmazyn, Cello - Paul Polivnick, Viola - Richard Feves, Double Bass
© 2014 Rhino Entertainment ℗ 1976 Elektra/Asylum Records
J. D. SOUTHER, Acoustic Guitar, Writer, FeaturedArtist, With Vocals - Val Garay, Engineer - David Campbell, Conductor - Peter Asher, Producer - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Andrew Gold, Piano, Harmony Vocals - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer
© 2014 Rhino Entertainment ℗ 1975 Elektra/Asylum Records
Val Garay, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Peter Asher, Producer - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Andrew Gold, Percussion - Waddy Wachtel, Electric Guitar - Dan Dugmore, Electric Guitar - Don Grolnick, Synthesizer - JAMES TAYLOR, FeaturedArtist, With Vocals - Doug Sax, MasteringEngineer - Jim Horn, Baritone Saxophone - BOB GLAUB, Bass Guitar - Rick Shlosser, Drums - George Massenburg, Audio Recording Engineer, MixingEngineer - Sylvia McKinney, Writer - Rose Marie McCoy, Writer
© 2014 Rhino Entertainment ℗ 1982 Elektra/Asylum Records
David Campbell, Conductor - Robbie Buchanan, Keyboards - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Don Grolnick, Piano - Aaron Neville, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Barry Mann, Writer - Carlos Vega, Drums - Lee Sklar, Bass Guitar - Michael Fisher, Percussion - Mike Landau, Electric Guitar - Tom Snow, Writer - Cynthia Weil, Writer
© 2014 Rhino Entertainment ℗ 1989 Iconic Artists Group
Karla Bonoff, Writer - David Campbell, Conductor - Robbie Buchanan, Additional Keyboards - Linda Ronstadt, Lead Vocals, MainArtist - Andrew Gold, Electric Guitar - Don Grolnick, Piano - Aaron Neville, Vocals, FeaturedArtist - Lee Sklar, Bass Guitar - Michael Fisher, Percussion - Mike Landau, Electric Guitar - Russell Kunkel, Drums
© 2014 Rhino Entertainment ℗ 1989 Iconic Artists Group
Album review
By nature, Linda Ronstadt isn't a solo singer. She started her career in the Stone Poneys and during the height of her fame she was happy to harmonize on records by friends; later still, she joined Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris in the group Trio. Duets, a compilation released on the eve of her 2014 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, doesn't concentrate on this considerable legacy as a harmonizer, preferring instead to pick 14 previously released duets from throughout Ronstadt's career, adding an unreleased version of "Pretty Bird" with Laurie Lewis as mild collector bait. Much of this dates from the latter part of Linda's career: it opens with three selections from Adieu False Heart, her 2006 album with Ann Savoy, and is anchored by her hit duets with Aaron Neville ("Don't Know Much," "All My Life") and James Ingram ("Somewhere Out There"), making a sideways glance at her career as a standards singer via an OK selection from Frank Sinatra's Duets album ("Moonlight in Vermont"). The liveliest stuff comes from her golden age of the late '70s -- "Hasten Down the Wind" with Don Henley, "Prisoner in Disguise" with J.D. Souther, "I Think It's Gonna Work Out Fine" with James Taylor, "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)" with Emmylou Harris -- but generally, this Duets emphasizes the sweeter, softer, and slower side of Ronstadt, a move that makes for pleasant listening.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 15 track(s)
- Total length: 00:50:18
- Main artists: Linda Ronstadt
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Rhino
- Genre: Pop/Rock Pop
© 2014 Rhino Entertainment ℗ 2014 Rhino Entertainment, a Warner Music Group Company. All Rights Reserved.
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