Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (Linda Ronstadt album)

Greatest Hits, Volume 2
Greatest hits album by Linda Ronstadt
Released October, 1980
Recorded 1976-1980
Genre Rock, Classic Rock, R&B
Label Asylum
Producer various
Linda Ronstadt chronology
Mad Love
(1980)		 Greatest Hits, Volume 2
(1980)		 Get Closer
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

Greatest Hits, Volume 2 is a hits compilation album from American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt. It was released in late 1980 on Asylum Records.[3] The disc covers mostly Ronstadt's hard rocking singles. The venerated release has sold close to two million copies in the United States alone and was the superstar's eighth consecutive Platinum-certified album.

This album simply named Linda Ronstadt was under lincense released by Supraphon recording company in 1980 in communist Czechoslovakia, where it sold over 350,000 copies, considering it a major success.

This album has never been out of print. Additionally, a limited edition 24K Gold CD issue was available for many years.

Track listing

Original release

Side one
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "It's So Easy"  Buddy Holly, Norman Petty 2:26
2. "I Can't Let Go"  Chip Taylor, Al Gorgoni 2:43
3. "Hurt So Bad"  Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Wilding, Bobby Hart 3:12
4. "Blue Bayou"  Roy Orbison, Joe Melson 3:54
5. "How Do I Make You"  Billy Steinberg 2:21
6. "Back in the U.S.A."  Chuck Berry 3:02
Side two
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Ooo Baby Baby"  William "Smokey" Robinson, Warren Moore 3:18
2. "Poor Poor Pitiful Me"  Warren Zevon 3:41
3. "Tumbling Dice"  Keith Richards, Mick Jagger 3:05
4. "Just One Look"  Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne 3:21
5. "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me"  Karla Bonoff 4:28

CD reissue

The CD reissue of the album was compiled with Ronstadt's earlier greatest hits collection and released by Rhino records in 2007 as Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & 2.[4]

No. Title Length
1. "You're No Good"   3:40
2. "Silver Threads and Golden Needles"   2:20
3. "Desperado"   3:30
4. "Love is a Rose"   2:46
5. "That'll Be the Day"   2:32
6. "Long, Long Time"   4:21
7. "Different Drum"   2:45
8. "When Will I Be Loved"   2:05
9. "Love Has No Pride"   4:10
10. "Heat Wave"   2:46
11. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"   3:26
12. "Tracks of My Tears"   3:12
No. Title Length
13. "It's So Easy"   2:26
14. "I Can't Let Go"   2:43
15. "Hurt So Bad"   3:12
16. "Blue Bayou"   3:54
17. "How Do I Make You"   2:21
18. "Back in the U.S.A."   3:02
19. "Ooo Baby Baby"   3:18
20. "Poor Poor Pitiful Me"   3:41
21. "Tumbling Dice"   3:05
22. "Just One Look"   3:15
23. "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me"   4:28

References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 701. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  3. ↑ "Linda Ronstadt – Greatest Hits, Vol. 2". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 2, 2015. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  4. ↑ Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & 2 at AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2015.


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