Simple Dreams CD

MUSIC

POP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. It's So Easy ~ Linda Ronstadt

2. Carmelita ~ Linda Ronstadt

3. Simple Man, Simple Dream ~ Linda Ronstadt

4. Sorrow Lives Here ~ Linda Ronstadt

5. I Never Will Marry ~ Linda Ronstadt

6. Blue Bayou ~ Linda Ronstadt

7. Poor Poor Pitiful Me ~ Linda Ronstadt

8. Maybe I'm Right ~ Linda Ronstadt

9. Tumbling Dice ~ Linda Ronstadt

10. Old Paint ~ Linda Ronstadt

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Personnel: Linda Ronstadt (vocals, acoustic guitar); Dan Dugmore (acoustic guitar, steel guitar); Waddy Wachtel (acoustic, electric & slide guitars, background vocals); Mike Auldridge (dobro); Charles Veal (violin); David Campbell (viola); Dennis Karmazin (cello); Don Grolnick (organ, Clavinet, electric piano); Steve Forman (marimba); Richard Feves (acoustic bass); Kenny Edwards (bass); Rick Marotta (drums, percussion); Peter Asher (percussion, background vocals); Herb Pederson, Larry Hagler (background vocals).

	Also available with PRISONER IN DISGUISE on 1 cassette.
	Personnel: Linda Ronstadt (vocals, background vocals); Peter Asher (vocals, guitar, percussion, background vocals); Richard Wachtel (vocals, guitar); J.D. Souther (vocals, acoustic guitar, background vocals); Don Henley (vocals, drums, background vocals); Herb Pedersen, Larry Hagler, Kenny Edwards (vocals, background vocals); Dolly Parton, Jim Gilstrap (vocals); Dan Dugmore (guitar, electric guitar); Mike Auldridge (guitar, dobro); Waddy Wachtel (electric guitar, background vocals); Charles Veal (violin); David Campbell (viola); Dennis Karmazyn (cello); Don Grolnick (piano, Clavinet, keyboards); Andrew Gold (piano, clavichord); Clarence McDonald (piano); Steve Forman (marimba, percussion); Richard Feves (double bass); Mike Bottis, Rick Marotta (drums); Pat Henderson, Karla Bonoff (background vocals).
	This was the fourth in a series of hit albums Linda Ronstadt made in the mid-seventies, starting with HEART LIKE A WHEEL. Like its predecessors, SIMPLE DREAMS is a rich collection of pensive folk ballads, pop with country leanings, and good old rock & roll. Her skill in navigating this rootsy terrain is exemplary, taking her from the swagger of her cover of The Rolling Stones' "Tumbling Dice" to the sweet whisperings of the acoustic "Maybe I'm Right." This record also features some of her most enduringly popular hits, such as "Blue Bayou" and "Poor Poor Pitiful Me."
	The rousing opening track, Buddy Holly's "It's So Easy" featuring her trademark growl, along with "Tumbling Dice" and the playful "Poor Poor Pititul Me," give the record moments of electrifying energy. It's the ballads, however, that comprise the majority of the tunes. Included are two traditional songs, "I Never Will Marry" (featuring Dolly Parton) and "Old Paint," both given simple but lovely arrangements by Ronstadt herself. The melodramatic "Sorrow Lives Here" is almost a hint of what is to come in the form of her collaborations with Nelson Riddle. Her artistry is perhaps best demonstrated in "Blue Bayou;" the shift from the quiet and husky verse to the yearning wail that is the chorus is nothing short of breathtaking.
Producer: Peter Asher
Musical Guests
	Dolly Parton
	Don Henley
	J. D. Souther

Artist Overview

Linda Ronstadt began as the clear-voiced, country-influenced singer for '60s folk-rockers the Stone Poneys, where she covered tunes by the likes of Mike Nesmith and Tim Buckley. That knack for choosing material served her well in the second half of the '70s, when she became a pop superstar interpreting songs by everyone from Dave Edmunds and Elvis Costello to Chuck Berry and Roy Orbison. Subsequently, she showed her diversity by cutting albums of jazz standards, traditional Mexican music, and pure country

Compilation Appearances

	Fm
	Power Of Great Music
	Grand Tour
	Duets Ii
	Parent Trap
	Great Ladies Of Rock & Roll The 70's
	Ultimate Dolly Parton
	Definitive American Songbook Vol.2
	Livin' Lovin' Losin'-Songs Of The Louvin Brothers
	Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs Of
	Essential Dolly Parton
	Duets & Duets Ii:90th Birthday
	Parent Trap
	In Harmony
	Essential Chieftains
	Romancing The 70S
	Easy 80S
	Singers Songwriters
	Country's Got Heart
	Country's Greatest Gospel:gold Ed
	Music Of Your Life
	Singers Songwriters:1974-1975
	The Very Best of Emmylou Harris
	Jazz Vocalists: Hear & Now
	Latin Music Usa
	Broadway Cast Album
	Best Of Aaron Neville - Millennium Collection

Associated Artists and Works

	Harris, Emmylou
	What's New ~ Nelson Riddle Orchestra
	Neville, Aaron
	Newman, Randy
	Trio ~ Parton, Dolly
	Seldom Scene (Bluegrass) (The)
	Seldom Scene (The)
	Duets II ~ Sinatra, Frank
	Stone Poneys

Technical Info

	Release Date : 06/12/2000
	Original Release Date : 1977
	Catalog ID : 7559605102
	Label : Asylum
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00075596051026

Professional Reviews

Q (8/00, p.121)
- 3 stars out of 5 - "...[Her] most successful album ever....continuing the commercial mix of classic and contemporary songs with stylish production values....emphasizing her great talent as an exponent of other people's work..."

Mojo (Publisher)
(7/00, p.128)
- "[She] is captured here at the pinnacle of her mid-'70s success....a 10-track collection of hand-picked country-rock covers..."

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Simple Dreams (1977)

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