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  • Artist: Linda Ronstadt
  • Rating: StarStarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: 1975
  • Total Time: 35:57
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Linda Ronstadt followed the commercial and critical breakthrough success of Heart Like a Wheel with Prisoner in Disguise, a record that essentially repeats the formula of its predecessor. While it lacks the consistency of Heart Like a Wheel, it's thoroughly enjoyable, highlighted by sturdy remakes of the Motown classics "Tracks of My Tears" and "Heat Wave." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Love Is a Rose (Lyrics) Neil Young Linda Ronstadt (2:46)
Hey Mister, That's Me up on the Jukebox James Taylor Linda Ronstadt (3:56)
Roll Um Easy Lowell George Linda Ronstadt (2:58)
The Tracks of My Tears (Lyrics) Smokey Robinson, W. Prince Moore, Marvin Tarplin Linda Ronstadt (3:12)
Prisoner in Disguise (Lyrics) J.D. Souther Linda Ronstadt (3:54)
(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland, Brian Holland Linda Ronstadt (2:46)
Many Rivers to Cross (Lyrics) Jimmy Cliff Linda Ronstadt (4:05)
The Sweetest Gift James B. Coats Linda Ronstadt (3:00)
You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down (Lyrics) Anna McGarrigle Linda Ronstadt (3:17)
I Will Always Love You Dolly Parton Linda Ronstadt (3:00)
Silver Blue (Lyrics) J.D. Souther Linda Ronstadt (3:03)

Credits

Glen D. Hardin (Piano), Julia Tillman (Vocals (Background)), Peter Asher (Percussion), Andrew Gold (Guitar), Peter Asher (Cowbell), Andrew Gold (Guitar (Electric)), Don Francisco (Vocals (Background)), Mike Bottis (Drums), Dan Dugmore (Guitar (Steel)), David Paul Campbell (Woodwind Arrangement), Dan Dugmore (Guitar (Electric)), Andrew Gold (Guitar (Acoustic)), Maria Muldaur (Vocal Harmony), J.D. Souther (Guitar), Andrew Gold (Vocals (Background)), Dan Dugmore (Guitar), Val Garay (Mixing), David Lindley (Fiddle), David Kemper (Drums), Linda Ronstadt (Vocals), Peter Asher (Guitar), Shawn R. Britton (Mastering), Nigel Olsson (Drums), Pat Henderson (Vocals), Andrew Gold (Conga), Eddie Black (Guitar (Electric)), Herb Pedersen (Vocals (Background)), Russ Kunkel (Drums), Andrew Gold (Musette), Andrew Gold (Handclapping), Julia Tillman Waters (Vocals), Andrew Gold (Tambourine), David Paul Campbell (Conductor), Herb Pedersen (Banjo), Herb Pedersen (Vocals), Andrew Gold (Organ), Peter Asher (Vocals), Peter Asher (Handclapping), Andrew Gold (Piano (Electric)), Karla Bonoff (Vocals (Background)), Danny Kortchmar (Guitar (Electric)), Maxine Willard Waters (Vocals (Background)), Danny Kortchmar (Guitar), Emmylou Harris (Vocals), Peter Asher (Tambourine), David Grisman (Mandolin), David Paul Campbell (String Arrangements), Jim Connor (Harmonica), J.D. Souther (Vocals), Clarence McDonald (Piano), Dennis Karmazyn (Cello), Andrew Gold (Piano), Peter Asher (Vocals (Background)), Julia Tillman Waters (Vocals (Background)), Val Garay (Engineer), Lowell George (Slide Guitar), James Taylor (Guitar (Acoustic)), Andrew Gold (Drums), Andrew Gold (Arp Strings), Emmylou Harris (Vocal Harmony), David Paul Campbell (String Conductor), Andrew Gold (Vocals), Emmylou Harris (Guitar (Acoustic)), J.D. Souther (Guitar (Acoustic)), Peter Asher (Musette), Andrew Gold (Multi Instruments), Lowell George (Guitar), Kenny Edwards (Vocals (Background)), Kenny Edwards (Bass), Don Francisco (Vocals), J.D. Souther (Vocal Harmony), Maxine Willard Waters (Vocals), Pat Henderson (Vocals (Background)), Maria Muldaur (Vocals), David Lindley (Violin), Andrew Gold (Guitar (12 String)), Ed Black (Guitar (Electric)), Andrew Gold (Clavichord), Kenny Edwards (Vocals), James Taylor (Guitar), Ed Black (Guitar), Peter Asher (Guitar (Acoustic)), Peter Asher (Cabasa), Ethan Russell (Photography), Peter Asher (Shaker), Peter Asher (Producer), Andrew Gold (Keyboards)
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Prisoner In Disguise
Studio album by Linda Ronstadt
Released September 1975
Recorded The Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California between February and June 1975
Genre Rock, Country Rock, Pop
Length 35:57
Label Asylum
Producer Peter Asher
Professional reviews
Linda Ronstadt chronology
Heart Like a Wheel
(1974)		 Prisoner In Disguise
(1975)		 Hasten Down The Wind
(1976)

Prisoner In Disguise (1975) is Linda Ronstadt's sixth solo LP release and her second for the label Asylum Records. It followed Ronstadt's Multi-Platinum breakthrough album, Heart Like A Wheel, which became her first of three #1 albums on the Billboard album chart in February 1975.

Ronstadt chose songs from friends and songwriters such as James Taylor, Lowell George of Little Feat, J. D. Souther and Anna McGarrigle as well as one written and originally recorded by Jimmy Cliff and a heartfelt interpretation of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You."

Prisoner In Disguise debuted in October 1975. Steve Simels of Stereo Review's December 1975 issue described Ronstadt's singing on Parton's "I Will Always Love You" as "absolutely gorgeous, full-bodied and intense".[1] link The album peaked on the Billboard album chart at #4.[2] It also reached #2 on the Country album chart[3] and has been certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.

"Heat Wave," a rockified re-make of the 1963 hit covered by Martha and the Vandellas, peaked at #5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Its B-side, a countrified version of Neil Young's "Love Is A Rose," generated its own airplay and peaked at #5 on the Hot Country Songs chart.[4] The double-sided hits "Tracks Of My Tears," a re-make of a 1965 hit by the Miracles, and "The Sweetest Gift," an older country standard then most recently recorded by the Seldom Scene[5], also made it to the Country singles chart, peaking at Nos. 11 and 12 respectively in early 1976. "Tracks" also peaked at #25 on the Hot 100 and #4 on the Adult Contemporary songs chart.

Track listing

  1. "Love Is a Rose" (Neil Young) – 2:46
  2. "Hey Mister, That's Me Up On the Jukebox" (James Taylor) – 3:56
  3. "Roll Um Easy" (Lowell George) (also playing slide guitar) – 2:58
  4. "Tracks of My Tears" (Warren "Pete" Moore/William "Smokey" Robinson Jr./Marvin Tarplin) – 3:12
  5. "Prisoner in Disguise" (J. D. Souther) (also singing harmony) – 3:54
  6. "Heat Wave" (Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland/Eddie Holland) – 2:46
  7. "Many Rivers to Cross" (Jimmy Cliff) – 4:05
  8. "The Sweetest Gift" (featuring Emmylou Harris on harmony vocals) (James B. Coats) – 3:00
  9. "You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down" (featuring Wendy Waldman on harmony vocals) (C. S. Holland/Anna McGarrigle) – 3:17
  10. "I Will Always Love You" (Dolly Parton) – 3:00
  11. "Silver Blue" (J. D. Souther) (also singing harmony) – 3:03

References

  1. ^ http://www.ronstadt-linda.com/revpris1.htm
  2. ^ http://www.ronstadt-linda.com/toppopa.htm
  3. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:wh9gs36ba3xg~T3
  4. ^ http://www.ronstadt-linda.com/topcount.htm
  5. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yvde4j570wai
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