Prisoner in Disguise
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| Prisoner in Disguise | ||
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| Studio album by Linda Ronstadt | ||
| Released | September 1975 | |
| Genre | Rock/Country | |
| Length | 35:57 | |
| Label | Asylum | |
| Producer(s) | Peter Asher | |
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| Linda Ronstadt chronology | ||
| Heart Like a Wheel (1974) |
Prisoner in Disguise (1975) |
Hasten Down the Wind (1976) |
Prisoner in Disguise (1975) is Linda Ronstadt's sixth solo LP release and the second of hers for the label Asylum Records. It followed Ronstadt's breakthrough album, Heart Like a Wheel, which reached No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart in February 1975. The producer of that album, Peter Asher, also helmed Prisoner.
Similar to its predecessor, Prisoner consists of covers of songs written by James Taylor, Lowell George of Little Feat, J. D. Souther and Anna McGarrigle as well as one written and originally recorded by Jimmy Cliff and a re-make of Dolly Parton's 1974 hit "I Will Always Love You."
Prisoner in Disguise debuted in September 1975. Steve Simels of Stereo Review's December 1975 issue described Ronstadt's singing on Parton's "...Love You" as "absolutely gorgeous, full-bodied and intense" (link). The album peaked early on the Billboard album chart at No. 4, ultimately spending 28 weeks on the chart all together (link). It reached No. 2 on the country album chart (link) and has been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
"Heat Wave," a rockified re-make of the 1963 hit by Martha and the Vandellas, peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart. Its B-side, a countrified version of Neil Young's "Love Is a Rose," generated its own airplay and peaked at No. 5 on the Hot Country Songs chart (link). The double-sided hits "Tracks of My Tears," a re-make of a 1965 hit by the Miracles, and "The Sweetest Gift," an older country standard then most recently recorded by the Seldom Scene (see link), also made it to the country singles chart, peaking at Nos. 11 and 12 respectively in early 1976. "Tracks" also peaked at No. 25 on the Hot 100 and No. 4 on the adult contemporary songs chart.
[edit] Track listing
- "Love is a Rose" - Neil Young – 2:46
- "Hey Mister, That's Me Up On the Jukebox" - James Taylor – 3:56
- "Roll Um Easy" - Lowell George – 2:58
- "Tracks of My Tears" - Warren "Pete" Moore/William "Smokey" Robinson Jr./Marvin Tarplin – 3:12
- "Prisoner in Disguise" - J. D. Souther (also singing harmony) – 3:54
- "Heat Wave" - Lamont Dozier/Brian Holland/Eddie Holland – 2:46
- "Many Rivers to Cross" - Jimmy Cliff – 4:05
- "The Sweetest Gift" (featuring Emmylou Harris on harmony vocals) - James B. Coats – 3:00
- "You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down" (featuring Wendy Waldman on harmony vocals) - C. S. Holland/Anna McGarrigle – 3:17
- "I Will Always Love You" - Dolly Parton – 3:00
- "Silver Blue" - J. D. Souther (also singing harmony) – 3:03
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