Linda RonstadtBest Linda Ronstadt Albums Ranked
7.5
Avg Score
16
Opinions
28
Albums
4
Reviewers
Summary from 16 ratings
On Rate.fm, fans have rated Linda Ronstadt’s catalog across 28 albums from 16 opinions, with an overall average of 7.5/10. The top-rated Linda Ronstadt album is Greatest Hits (2015) [Remastered] (2015) with a 10.0/10 average from 1 rating, followed by Heart Like a Wheel (2013 Remaster) and Silk Purse. The discography on Rate.fm spans 1970 to 2015. Long Long Time ranks as the highest-rated Linda Ronstadt song on Rate.fm with a 8.3/10 average.
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Heart Like a Wheel (2013 Remaster)
“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit a landmark of mainstream ’70s soft-rock, the peak of Linda Ronstadt’s power as a singer nonpareil.”
Linda Ronstadt
“Fair enough — with a couple of exceptions (schmaltzy duets with James Ingram and Aaron Neville), the twenty-one tracks here are among Linda Ronstadt’s very best. From "Different Drum," her still-affecting 1967 folk-rock hit with the Stone Poneys, to her wry rendering of Warren Zevon’s "Poor, Poor Pitiful Me" and spry covers of chestnuts such […]”
We Ran
“In her Seventies country-rock heyday, Linda Ronstadt brought a lusciously formal approach to pop singing, which put all the money on song interpretation. Los Angeles ballads, singer/songwriter rarities, rock & roll chestnuts; North American regionals, Sinatra, opera — over the years, all became serious business indeed to Ronstadt, whose voice always seemed important enough to […]”