Record basics

• Album name: Get Closer
• Artist name: Linda Ronstadt
• Year: 1982
• Number of discs: one
• Label: Asylum Records
• Collection: Selman
• Buy it on Amazon: $3.99

My review

Level of familiarity before listening

This will be my seventh Linda Ronstadt record so far, and the latest chronologically. The previous six were:

• Don’t Cry Now (1973): 2/5
• Different Drum (1974): 5/5
• Prisoner In Disguise (1975): 2/5
• Simple Dreams (1977): 3/5
• Living in the USA (1978): 3/5
• Mad Love (1980): 3/5

What I expected

1980s style covers of popular songs.

What it was actually like

Mostly these songs were not good and I disliked them, but the second side was better than the first, and I still think that Linda Ronstadt has a great voice.

Easy for You to Say was especially bad, a clear case of easy listening at its most difficult.

People Gonna Talk was ok, but slightly Oompa Loompa.

Mr. Radio had more of a country sound and was fairly good.

Tell Him was a cover of this classic Exciters song that must have been in a dozen movies over the years. It was by far the best song on the record.

My Blue Tears with Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris was not a great song, but Emmylou Harris is great and I thought she really elevated it.

Grade

3/5: interesting, but not for me