Heart Like A Wheel - LINDA RONSTADT****

You're No Good/It Doesn't Matter Anymore/Faithless Love/Dark End Of The Street/Heart Like A Wheel/When Will I Be Loved/Willing/I Can't Help It/Keep Me From Blowing Away/You Can Close Your Eyes

After several years of trying Linda Ronstadt finally achieved the big time with the release of Heart Like A Wheel. Consists largely of covers, including the US No. 1 You’re No Good and No. 2 When Will I Be Loved. (US:1)

“Ronstadt provides the perfect fusion of country, rock, and mainstream pop on this, her defining album. A great selection of wonderfully re-imagined covers makes things all the more memorable.”

“This record has the band and the production to do Linda's voice justice. Its a songbook of golden 70s pop-country warmth, yet goes to show the timelessness of the music as well, as singer/songwriters still repeat the formula today, though few can aspire to her voice.”

“Does it get any better than this woman's voice? Every song is delivered with the purest, most unbridled emotion. Linda has one of the all-time most powerful voices. She kills it on every track.”

“Although Heart Like A Wheel may seem a bit slow and too soft at times, Ronstadt's emotional delivery of each song take it to another level that no one else could.”

“Linda Ronstadt has always been skilful at picking good songs and able to make them completely her own. This is probably her best album. Apart from some well known pop hits it also contains some great ballads. Ronstadt repeated this formula for the albums that came after it, but it was never quite as original as here. An essential album for everybody who likes music,.”

“Even though there are a lot of cover songs on this, Rondstadt makes them her own and does so with an amazing voice. A world of harmony.”

“It sounds decent but the main problem is that of all the cover songs on this album, not one of them sounds better than the original. So, what's the point?”

“A classic singer's album, Heart Like A Wheel bears up under repeated listenings. The tasteful arrangements fit around Linda's flawless vocals so securely that the time spent listening to it flows by as if it weren't there.”