Hasten Down the Wind

This article is about The album by Linda Ronstadt. For information on the title track itself, see Hasten Down the Wind (song).

Hasten Down The Wind
Studio album by Linda Ronstadt
Released	August, 1976
Recorded	The Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California from May - July 1976
Genre	Rock, Country, Country rock, Reggae, Gospel, Pop
Length	41:23
Label	Asylum
Producer	Peter Asher
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Linda Ronstadt chronology
Prisoner In Disguise (1975) Hasten Down The Wind (1976) Greatest Hits (1976)

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Robert Christgau	B−
Rolling Stone
Stereo Review

Hasten Down The Wind is a 1976 album by singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt and was Ronstadt's third straight million-selling album. Ronstadt was the first female artist in history to accomplish this feat. The album earned Ronstadt a Grammy for "Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female" in 1977, her second of 10 Grammy Awards. It represented a slight departure from 1974's Heart Like A Wheel and 1975's Prisoner In Disguise in that she chose to showcase new songwriters over the traditional Country Rock sound she had been producing up to that point. A more serious and poignant album than its predecessors, it won critical acclaim from critics and the general public alike.

The album showcased songs from artists such as the late Warren Zevon ("Hasten Down The Wind") and Karla Bonoff ("Someone To Lay Down Beside Me"); both of whom would soon be making a name for themselves in the singer-songwriter world. A reworking of Patsy Cline's classic "Crazy' was a Top 10 Country hit for Linda in early 1977.

Ronstadt's third album to go Platinum, Hasten Down the Wind spent several weeks in the Top Three of the Billboard album charts. It was also the second of four #1 Country albums for her. Linda's subsequent album was 1977's Simple Dreams, one of her best-selling ever.

Track listing

1. "Lose Again" (Karla Bonoff) - 3:34
2. "The Tattler" (Ry Cooder, Russ Titelman, Washington Phillips) - 3:56
3. "If He's Ever Near" (Karla Bonoff) - 3:15
4. "That'll Be the Day" (Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) - 2:32
5. "Lo Siento Mi Vida" (Linda Ronstadt, Kenny Edwards, Gilbert Ronstadt) - 3:54
6. "Hasten Down the Wind" (Warren Zevon) - 2:40
7. "Rivers of Babylon" (Brent Dowe, Trevor McNaughton, S. McNaughton) - 0:52
8. "Give One Heart" (John Hall, Johanna Hall) - 4:07
9. "Try Me Again" (Linda Ronstadt, Andrew Gold) - 3:59
10. "Crazy" (Willie Nelson) - 3:58
11. "Down So Low" (Tracy Nelson) - 4:08
12. "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" (Karla Bonoff) - 4:28

Personnel

Core band

• Linda Ronstadt - Vocals, Background vocals, Handclapping
• Andrew Gold - Organ, Keyboards, Arp String Ensemble, Finger Cymbals, Sleigh Bells, Handclapping, Clavinet, Background vocals, Vocals, Piano (Electric), Guitar (Rhythm), Guitar (Electric), Clavichord, Piano, Guitar, Guitar (Acoustic)
• Dan Dugmore - Electric & Steel guitar
• Waddy Wachtel - Electric guitar, acoustic guitar
• Kenny Edwards - Bass, Mandolin, Vocals, Background vocals
• Russ Kunkel - Drums
• Michael Botts - Drums

Additional musicians

• Clarence McDonald - Piano, Keyboards
• Herb Pedersen - Vocals, Background vocals
• Paul Polivnick - Viola
• Bill Thedford - Vocals, Choir, Chorus
• Ken Yerke - Violin, Viola
• Ron Hickland - Choir, Chorus
• Gerry Garrett - Choir, Chorus
• Sherlie Matthews - Vocals, Background vocals
• Clydie King - Vocals, Choir, Chorus
• Wendy Waldman - Vocals, Background vocals
• Peter Asher - Guitar, Wood Block, Shaker, Producer, Handclapping, Vocals, Tambourine, Percussion
• David Campbell - Conductor, String Arrangements, Viola
• Charles Veal - Violin, Concert Master
• Richard Feves - Bass, Double Bass
• Gerald Garrett - Vocals, Choir, Chorus
• Jim Gilstrap - Vocals, Choir, Chorus
• Pat Henderson - Vocals, Choir, Chorus, Background vocals
• Ron Hicklin - Vocals
• Dennis Karmazyn - Cello
• Becky Louis - Vocals, Background vocals
• Karla Bonoff - Vocals, Background vocals
• Don Henley - Drums, Vocals, Harmony Vocals

Production

• John Kosh - Cover Design
• Ethan Russell - Photography
• Jim Shea - Photography