Prisoner in Disguise: Linda Ronstadt: Amazon.ca: Music

1. Love Is A Rose

2. Hey Mister, That's Me Up On The Jukebox

3. Roll Um Easy

4. Tracks Of My Tears

5. Prisoner In Disguise

6. Heat Wave

7. Many Rivers To Cross

8. The Sweetest Gift

9. You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down

10. I Will Always Love You

11. Silver Blue

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"Hey mister, that's me up on the jukebox," Linda Ronstadt sings on her 1975 album Prisoner in Disguise, and it was no idle boast. The album yielded two of her finest singles, thanks to the retooled Motown classics "Heat Wave" and "Tracks of My Tears." The album's support material is just as strong, ranging from a banjo-strumming version of Neil Young's "Love Is a Rose" to a plaintive pop reading of Jimmy Cliff's reggae classic "Many Rivers to Cross." There's also a simple but lovely cover of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You" that predates Whitney Houston's glass-shattering take on it (for the movie The Bodyguard) by more than a decade and a half. One thing about Ronstadt and producer-manager Peter Asher: they knew good material when they heard it and almost always turned it into something truly special. --Daniel Durchholz

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Japanese paper sleeve pressing. Features 2010 remastering.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A classic from Linda's peak years, Feb 21 2004

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prisoner in Disguise (Audio CD)

This album, like so many of Linda's albums, contains plenty of covers. Among them are Love is a rose (Neil Young), Hey mister that's me on the jukebox (James Taylor), Roll um easy (Little feat), Tracks of my tears (Smokey Robinson and the Miracles), Heat wave (Martha Reeves and the Vandellas), Many rivers to cross (Jimmy Cliff) and I will always love you (Dolly Parton) - quite a variety of sources including folk, rock, Motown country and reggae, reflecting Linda's eclectic musical tastes.

The other songs might be covers or originals. They are two John David Souther songs (the title track and Silver blue), one Anna McGarrigle song (You tell me I'm falling down) and the traditional-sounding Sweetest gift - this song is a duet with Emmylou, which has since been covered by the Judds and by Trisha Yearwood.

Somehow, Linda and her producer, Peter Asher, managed to create a cohesive album from an unlikely collection of songs. My favorite tracks are I will always love you (the earliest cover of this song that I know of, recorded just a few months after Dolly's original), Love is a rose, Tracks of my tears and Sweetest gift, but there's a lot of wonderful music here. Among her rock albums of the seventies, my favorite is Simple dreams but this one is a close second.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic album, Oct 20 2003

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Jake Z "holden84" (Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prisoner in Disguise (Audio CD)

Linda Ronstadt's 1975 album PRISONER IN DISGUISE is a timeless classic. Every song is a gem and there's something different about each one. Her interpretations of each song is a nice reminder of why she is a master interpreter of song. While everyone hypes up Whitney Houston's bland version of Dolly Parton's "I Will Always Love You", Linda Ronstadt's version is the best cover version I've heard of the song. She brings love and warmth to the song, unlike Whitney's blaring vocals which distract from the beauty of Parton's lyrics. Linda does great covers of the Motown classics "Heat Wave" and "Tracks of My Tears". Some other favorites of mine on the album include "You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down", "Prisoner In Disguise", "The Sweetest Gift", "Many Rivers To Cross", "Love Is A Rose", "Hey Mister That's Me Up On The Jukebox", essentially every track is a winner. This is the real deal here, just real talent. A classic album that should not go unnoticed.

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5.0 out of 5 stars the beginning of Linda Ronstadt's success, Aug 28 2003

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This review is from: Prisoner in Disguise (Audio CD)

In the 70's when Linda Ronstadt went over to Asylum reconds
she put out classic rock and roll,country,blues-she did it
all. My favorite albums all on Asylum put her on a roll to
success. She startes with "Prisioner in Disguise","Hasten
Down the Wind"(her best CD and then "Simple Dreams" all
three of this CD's were a string of hits. I also like her
new wave "Mad Love". This CD is the one that started it all
and made her a legend. She and Carly Simon (her Elektra

recordings) were some of the best female rock in the 70's

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