A Must Have...great timing...

What can you say about a CD that has the best female voice for a rock ballad (Winger, Bon Jovi, and Whitesnake take note) paired with Tom Petty and Eagles band members and produced by Glyns Johns, whose produced The Who, Rolling Stones, Stevie Nicks, etc.)

It is often said that Linda Ronstadt, whose mammoth popularity in the 70's and 80's made her a pop icon and put her up there as THE bestselling female artist of her time, took a musical detour in 1983 because the times were changing and her "Get Closer" album went gold but failed to go platinum, as her previous 8 albums had and her subsequent genre albums remarkably were able to do.

Let's face it. Linda Ronstadt has the best female voice for Rock & Roll. It goes so well with that sliding guitar, and drums. She was just restless. She could have gone the way of Pat Benatar or Debbie Harry in the early 80's, because she more than likely had the first choice to songs and musicians but she chose to remain true still restless she half heartedly put out "Mad Love" and "Get Closer" before moving to big band. It was not her time to go the way of the 80's rock chicks (been there done that) Time to move on.

This being said, I think that this "We Ran" album represents a "mature" rock singer moving on; singing about faded love, damage, addiction as opposed to a younger Linda Ronstadt singing about all these emotions in her ""Simple Dreams" album. It was about time Linda recorded this type of cd BUT IT WAS THE RIGHT TIME.

This cd contains very gritty rock-soul oriented songs with a dry almost garage band feel to it.

*Damage - a very contemporary song. Could play on radio.
*Ruler of My Heart - very good r&b sounding song.
*Tom Thumbs Blues - good cover of a dylan classic.
*Tears run Dry - One of my favorites. Harkens to the 60's motown sound. Aretha would be proud.
*We Ran - the opening song to the cd. it's not country nor folk sounding. Its Adult Rock.

This really is a good CD that has held up over time.

Two words describe it: Gritty and Hard.

Ronstadt Rules

The brilliant release of "We Ran" confirms once and for all that singer Linda Ronstadt has not only the best female Rock n Roll voice, but can easily dominate in almost any genre. This album takes us through many different styles, areas that Linda seems to easily adapt to. The Country, R&B and Folk covers only accentuate this powerful ability.

We Ran takes the listener through an emotional Hiatt tour of emotions while her version of Dylan's Tom Thumb Blues must make Bob blush with its simple yet sophisticated expression of sincerity.

This disc is chock full of great tunes written by great songwriers and interpreted by the finest female voice ever recorded.

this cd is a actually very good

okay i love carly simon and linda ronstadt and their 70's
work is classic. carly was on elektra and linda on asylum.
i know linda ronstadt's best work and i own "Prisioner In
Disguise", "Hasten Down the Wind", "Simple Dreams", and
"Mad Love"--she was on a roll. I read alot of reviews on
"We Ran" and it is actually quite good. The material,her voice,
choice of songs are extraordinary. "When we ran" the opening
song is one of her best----now as for carly simon ---she
put out one great album after another in the 70's. Her
1981 "Torch" is classic