Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (Linda Ronstadt album)

Greatest Hits, Volume 2 is a hits compilation album from American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt. It was released in late 1980 on Asylum Records.[4] The record mostly covers Ronstadt's more uptempo singles. The release has sold close to two million copies in the United States alone and was the superstar's eighth consecutive Platinum-certified album.

Greatest Hits, Volume 2
Greatest hits album by
Linda Ronstadt
ReleasedOctober 1980 (1980-10)
Recorded1976–1980
Genre
Length36:00
LabelAsylum
ProducerVarious
Linda Ronstadt chronology
Mad Love
(1980)		 Greatest Hits, Volume 2
(1980)		 Get Closer
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Billboard(unrated)[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[3]

This album simply named Linda Ronstadt was releases under license by Supraphon recording company in 1980 in communist Czechoslovakia, where it sold over 350,000 copies.

Track listing

Original release
Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."It's So Easy"Buddy Holly, Norman Petty2:26
2."I Can't Let Go"Chip Taylor, Al Gorgoni2:43
3."Hurt So Bad"Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein, Bobby Hart3:12
4."Blue Bayou"Roy Orbison, Joe Melson3:54
5."How Do I Make You"Billy Steinberg2:21
6."Back in the U.S.A."Chuck Berry3:02
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Ooo Baby Baby"William "Smokey" Robinson, Warren Moore3:18
2."Poor Poor Pitiful Me"Warren Zevon3:41
3."Tumbling Dice"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards3:05
4."Just One Look"Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne3:21
5."Someone to Lay Down Beside Me"Karla Bonoff4:28

CD reissue

The CD reissue of the album was compiled with Ronstadt's earlier greatest hits collection and released by Rhino records in 2007 as Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & 2.[5]

No.TitleLength
1."You're No Good"3:40
2."Silver Threads and Golden Needles"2:20
3."Desperado"3:30
4."Love is a Rose"2:46
5."That'll Be the Day"2:32
6."Long, Long Time"4:21
7."Different Drum"2:45
8."When Will I Be Loved"2:05
9."Love Has No Pride"4:10
10."Heat Wave"2:46
11."It Doesn't Matter Anymore"3:26
12."Tracks of My Tears"3:12
No.TitleLength
13."It's So Easy"2:26
14."I Can't Let Go"2:43
15."Hurt So Bad"3:12
16."Blue Bayou"3:54
17."How Do I Make You"2:21
18."Back in the U.S.A."3:02
19."Ooo Baby Baby"3:18
20."Poor Poor Pitiful Me"3:41
21."Tumbling Dice"3:05
22."Just One Look"3:15
23."Someone to Lay Down Beside Me"4:28

Charts
Chart (1980/81) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] 53
United States (Billboard 200) 26

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[7] Platinum 1,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history
Release history and formats for Greatest Hits, Volume Two
Region Date Format Label Ref.
North America October 1980
  • LP
  • cassette
 Asylum Records [8]

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. "Review: Linda Ronstadt – Greatest Hits, Volume 2" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 44. 1 November 1980. p. 88. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
  3. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 701. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone linda ronstadt album guide.
  4. "Linda Ronstadt – Greatest Hits, Vol. 2". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 2, 2015. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
  5. Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & 2 at AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2015.
  6. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 258. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
  7. "American album certifications – Linda Ronstadt – Greatest Hits Vol. II". Recording Industry Association of America.
  8. Ronstadt, Linda (October 1980). "Greatest Hits, Volume Two (Liner Notes)". Asylum Records. 5E-516 (LP); 5C-5516 (Cassette).


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