| LINDA RONSTADT |
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| We Ran (Elektra) |
| Long before she got hooked on Nelson Riddle classics or dug into her ancestral mariachi roots, Ronstadt ruled the airwaves by giving classics from the Stones, Motown, and country music a decidely Californian light-rock treatment. Here, accompanied by her longtime guitarist Waddy Wachtel, Ronstadt recaptures the spirit of her early '70s heyday, with glowing results. Despite a sandy-eyed lilt on a few tracks, overall she sounds wiser, not weathered. Her renditions of Bruce Springsteen's "If I Should Fall Behind" and John Hiatt's "When We Ran" rival her peak '70s hits: In a voice that's still as smooth as a pearl, she sings of lost innocence and old flames that continue to burn deep within. |
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