(2015) Linda Ronstadt - Just One Look
Review:
The chronologically-assembled collection 'Just One Look' begins with Michael Nesmith’s timeless “Different Drum” as performed by The Stone Poneys featuring Linda, then jumps forward to the 1973 solo album Don’t Cry Now, overlooking Ronstadt’s three earliest Capitol solo LPs. From that point on, Just One Look touches on all of Ronstadt’s LPs through 1982’s Get Closer. Concentrating on the versatile vocalist’s contemporary pop material, no tracks are culled from her Nelson Riddle and Trio collaborations or her Spanish-language albums; the collection picks up with 1989’s smash Aaron Neville pairing Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind and concludes with tracks from 1993’s Winter Light. No material is included from any of Ronstadt’s subsequent recordings. Just One Look includes key hit singles from this period including “You’re No Good, “Tracks of My Tears,” “Heat Wave,” “Blue Bayou,” “It’s So Easy” and “Just One Look.” However, note that the tracklisting lacks major hits and favorites from the Ronstadt catalogue such as “Long, Long Time,” “When Will I Be Loved,” “That’ll Be the Day,” “Back in the U.S.A.,” “Ooh, Baby, Baby” and the Grammy-winning American Tail duet “Somewhere Out There.”
Track Listing:
CD 1
01.Different Drum
02.Love Has No Pride
03.Desperado
04.Willin’
05.I Can’t Help It (If I’m Still In Love With You)
06.You’re No Good
07.Tracks Of My Tears
08.Heat Wave
09.Someone To Lay Down Beside Me
10.Crazy
11.Blue Bayou
12.Poor Poor Pitiful Me
13.It’s So Easy
14.Tumbling Dice
15.I Never Will Marry
CD 2
01.Just One Look
02.How Do I Make You
03.Hurt So Bad
04.I Can’t Let Go
05.Get Closer
06.I Knew You When
07.Sometimes You Just Can’t Win
08.Lies
09.Tell Him
10.When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (with Aaron Neville)
11.Don’t Know Much (feat. Aaron Neville)
12.Winter Light
13.A River For Him
14.Heartbeats Accelerating
15.Anyone Who Had A Heart
CD 1, Track 1 from The Stone Poneys, Evergreen Vol. 2, 1967
CD 1, Tracks 2-3 from Don’t Cry Now, Asylum, 1973
CD 1, Tracks 4-6 from Heart Like a Wheel, Capitol, 1974
CD 1, Tracks 7-8 from Prisoner in Disguise, Asylum, 1975
CD 1, Tracks 9-10 from Hasten Down the Wind, Asylum, 1976
CD 1, Tracks 11-15 from Simple Dreams, Asylum, 1977
CD 2, Track 1 from Living in the USA, Asylum, 1978
CD 2, Tracks 2-4 from Mad Love, Asylum, 1980
CD 2, Tracks 5-9 from Get Closer, Asylum, 1982
CD 2, Tracks 10-11 from Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind, Elektra, 1989
CD 2, Tracks 12-15 from Winter Light, Elektra, 1993
Media Report:
Genre: folk-rock, pop, soft rock
Country: USA
Format: FLAC
Format/Info: Free Lossless Audio Codec, 16-bit PCM
Bit rate mode: Variable
Channel(s): 2 channels
Sampling rate: 44.1 KHz
Bit depth: 16 bits
