Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)

Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams (1977)

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Linda Ronstadt - Simple Dreams

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Side one

1. "It's So Easy"   2:27

2. "Carmelita"   3:07

3. "Simple Man, Simple Dream"   3:12

4. "Sorrow Lives Here"   :57

5. "I Never Will Marry"   Traditional   3:12

Side two

1. "Blue Bayou"   3:57

2. "Poor Poor Pitiful Me"   3:42

3. "Maybe I'm Right"   3:05

4. "Tumbling Dice"   3:05

5. "Old Paint"   Traditional    3:05

Total length:   31:49

Linda Ronstadt Musicians

Linda Ronstadt – lead vocals, backing vocals (1, 10), acoustic guitar (5, 10), arrangements (5, 10)

Dan Dugmore – acoustic guitar (1, 2), steel guitar (3, 6), electric guitar (9)

Waddy Wachtel – electric guitar (1, 2, 7, 8, 9), backing vocals (1, 2, 9), acoustic guitar (2, 5, 6, 8), slide guitar solo (9)

Mike Auldridge – dobro (5, 10)

Don Grolnick – clavinet (1, 7), organ (2), electric piano (3, 6), acoustic piano (4, 9)

Kenny Edwards – bass guitar (1, 2, 3, 6-9), backing vocals (1, 2, 6, 7, 9, 10), mandolin (6)

Rick Marotta – drums (1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 9), syndrums (2, 6, 7), shaker (3), cowbell (6)

Steve Forman – marimba (6)

Peter Asher – backing vocals (1, 8, 10), tambourine (7), maracas (7)

David Campbell – string arrangements (3), viola (3)

Dennis Karmazyn – cello (3)

Charles Veal – violin (3)

Richard Feves – double bass (3)

Dolly Parton – harmony vocals (5)

Don Henley – backing vocals (6)

Larry Hagler – backing vocals (7)

JD Souther – backing vocals (8)

Herb Pedersen – backing vocals (10)

Simple Dreams is the 8th studio album by the American rock singer Linda Ronstadt, released in 1977 by Asylum Records. It includes several of her best-known songs, including her cover of the Rolling Stones song "Tumbling Dice" (featured in the film FM) and her version of the Roy Orbison song "Blue Bayou", which earned her a Grammy nomination for Record of the Year. The album also contains covers of the Buddy Holly song "It's So Easy!" (a top-5 hit) and the Warren Zevon songs "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (another top-40 hit) and "Carmelita". The album was the best selling album of her career, and at the time was the second best-selling album by a female artist (behind only Carole King's Tapestry). It was her first album since Heart Like a Wheel without long-time musical collaborator Andrew Gold, though it features several of the other Laurel Canyon-based session musicians who appeared on her prior albums, including guitarists Dan Dugmore and Waddy Wachtel, bassist Kenny Edwards, and producer and multi-instrumentalist Peter Asher.