
While some critics may have preferred Joni Mitchell's intellectualism, Bonoff and Ronstadt tapped directly into the internal experiences of the American everywoman.

Instead of the rush of newfound love, “Lose Again” deals with the tribulation of maintaining long-term relationships after the bloom is gone. Hello Select your address Music Hello, Sign in. Together they formulated a realistic, grownup perspective for female pop music. Hasten Down the Wind by Ronstadt, Linda (): Amazon.ca: Music. Ronstadt brings soaring authenticity to Bonoff’s resolute words. Tracy Nelson gave Ronstadt “Down So Low,” a husky blues about a rough breakup, while Karla Bonoff-who wrote “Lose Again,” “If He’s Ever Near," and “Someone to Lay Down Beside Me”-is the album’s hidden star. But more crucial is its inclusion of contemporary women songwriters. Like its predecessors, the album looks to Ronstadt’s peers (Zevon, Ry Cooder) and her formative idols (Buddy Holly’s “That’ll Be the Day,” an extra-sultry version of Patsy Cline’s “Crazy”).

Hello Select your address Music Hello, Sign in. Pochette gatefold : G (déchirure tranche gauche, déchirure de surface au recto, déchirure sur les 3/4 de la tranche inférieure). Named for the celebrated Warren Zevon song of the same name (sung here with Don Henley), Hasten Down the Wind shows Linda Ronstadt outgrowing the boisterously girlish persona that had made her a hippie icon. Hasten Down the Wind by Ronstadt, Linda (1990) Audio CD by Unknown (): Amazon.ca: Music.
