Simple Dreams by Linda Ronstadt

Simple Dreams

Linda Ronstadt

1977

Simple Dreams is a Country album by Linda Ronstadt, originally released in 1977. On Gatefold: 138 pressings tracked, owned by 25 collectors.

Sound DNA

  • Country
  • Americana & Roots
  • warm
  • yearning
  • pastoral

About

With her Jagger-like cover of Buddy Holly’s “It’s So Easy” and spiky renditions of Warren Zevon’s “Poor, Poor Pitiful Me” and the Stones’ “Tumbling Dice,” <i>Simple Dreams</i> feels immediately tougher than Ronstadt’s preceding albums. However, like Fleetwood Mac, her edgy exultations are couched in immaculately smooth production, letting listeners partake in the emotional intensity without the violent aftershocks. And as with <i>Rumours</i>, the tumult is countered with moments of velveteen quiet, like “Simple Man, Simple Dream.” The country-rock flavors are outstanding. Zevon’s “Carmelita” feels like a song Ronstadt had waited on for years, while “I Never Will Marry” confirms an affinity with Dolly Parton that started with Ronstadt’s cover of “I Will Always Love You.” While a folksy rendition of “Old Paint” could have reduced Ronstadt to the hayseed persona of her early years, the old country song instead becomes an emblem for newfound qualities of maturity and restraint.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1It's So Easy2:27
  2. A2Carmelita3:07
  3. A3Simple Man, Simple Dream3:12
  4. A4Sorrow Lives Here2:57
  5. A5I Never Will Marry3:12

Side B

  1. B1Blue Bayou3:57
  2. B2Poor Poor Pitiful Me3:42
  3. B3Maybe I'm Right3:05
  4. B4Tumbling Dice3:05
  5. B5Old Paint3:05

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25 collectors on Gatefold own this · 138 pressings tracked on Gatefold