Living in the USA

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Living in the USA
Studio album by Linda Ronstadt
Released	September 19, 1978 CD Released, November 11, 1995
Recorded	The Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California from May 5 to July 3, 1978
Genre	Rock, Pop
Length	42:57
Label	Festival Mushroom Records / Warner Bros. Records
Producer	Peter Asher
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Circus Magazine link Crawdaddy! link Rolling Stone (mixed) link
Linda Ronstadt chronology
Simple Dreams (1977) Living in the USA (1978) Mad Love (1980)

For the Steve Miller album, see Living in the U.S.A..

Living in the USA is a 1978 album by Linda Ronstadt. The album hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart and was the first album in history to ship double platinum. The album has gone on to be certified by the RIAA for 2 million copies sold in the US alone and has estimated real sales of 4 million units sold in the US alone.^{[1][dubious – discuss]}

Vocal interpretations of Elvis Costello's "Alison (My Aim Is True)," Smokey Robinson's "Ooh Baby Baby" (alto work from Dave Sanborn) and a jazzed-out rendition of Little Feat's surrealist ballad, "All That You Dream" highlight this effort. Another winner is Warren Zevon's, "Mohammed's Radio," in which Godot turns out to be rock & roll and Mohammed's radio is the grail.

[edit] Track listing

1. Back in the U.S.A. (Chuck Berry)
2. When I Grow Too Old To Dream (Oscar Hammerstein II/Sigmund Romberg)
3. Just One Look (G. Carroll/D. Payne)
4. Alison (Elvis Costello)
5. White Rhythm & Blues (J.D. Souther)
6. All That You Dream (Paul Barrere/Bill Payne)
7. Ooh Baby Baby (William "Smokey" Robinson/Warren Moore)
8. Mohammed's Radio (Warren Zevon)
9. Blowing Away (Eric Kaz)
10. Love Me Tender (Elvis Presley/Vera Matson)

[edit] Personnel

• Linda Ronstadt (vocals)
• Dan Dugmore (electric & pedal steel guitars)
• Waddy Wachtel (electric guitar, background vocals)
• David Sanborn (alto saxophone); Don Grolnick (piano)
• Mike Mainieri (vibraphone)
• Kenny Edwards (bass, background vocals)
• Russell Kunkel (drums)
• Peter Asher (cowbell, tambourine, background vocals)
• Andrew Gold, Pat Henderson, Sherlie Matthews, David Lasley,Arnold McCuller (background vocals)

[edit] References

Preceded by Don't Look Back by Boston

Billboard 200 number-one album November 4 - November 10, 1978

Succeeded by Live and More by Donna Summer