Don't Cry Now
Her first Asylum album, a slow year in the making, and the start of her work with Peter Asher.
Linda Ronstadt, 1973
- Released
- 1 October 1973
- Recorded
- 1972 to 1973
- Label
- Asylum
- Producer
- JD Souther, John Boylan, Peter Asher
- Length
- 35:34
Made over about a year and reported to have cost over $150,000, it was delayed chiefly by her tour with Neil Young. Souther produced overall, Boylan produced or co-produced four tracks and Asher co-produced two. Ronstadt said they were like kids in the studio, and that two days after finishing it she was back on the road. It reached number 45 on the Billboard 200 and number five on the country albums chart, and went gold. Billboard found it fresh and reflective; Robert Christgau gave it a C+.
Track listing
- I Can Almost See It3:50
- Love Has No Pride4:10
- Silver Threads and Golden Needles2:28
- Desperado3:30
- Don't Cry Now4:28
- Sail Away3:05
- Colorado4:18
- The Fast One3:40
- Everybody Loves a Winner3:15
- I Believe in You2:50
Personnel
- Linda Ronstadt vocals
- JD Souther producer
- John Boylan producer
- Peter Asher co-producer
- Sneaky Pete Kleinow steel guitar
- Buddy Emmons steel guitar on Don't Cry Now
- Ed Black steel guitar on Silver Threads and Golden Needles
- Larry Carlton, Glenn Frey, Spooner Oldham, Leland Sklar, Russ Kunkel, Craig Doerge, Chris Ethridge, Clydie King, Wendy Waldman players
- Jimmie Haskell, Jim Ed Norman string arrangements
More from Linda Ronstadt
Silk Purse (1970), Heart Like a Wheel (1974), Canciones de Mi Padre (1987)
Sources
- Don't Cry Now, Wikipedia
- Don't Cry Now, Asylum SD 5064, Discogs
- Ben Fong-Torres on Linda Ronstadt, Rolling Stone (via ronstadt-linda.com) (1975-03-27)