Lush Life (Linda Ronstadt album)
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| Released | November 1984 | |||
| Recorded | August 24 - October 5, 1984 | |||
| Studio | The Complex, Los Angeles, California | |||
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| Length | 41:29 | |||
| Label | Asylum | |||
| Producer | Peter Asher | |||
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Lush Life is an album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt, released in late 1984. It was the second in a trilogy of jazz albums with bandleader/arranger Nelson Riddle. John Kosh designed the album covers for all 3 albums.
It peaked at #13 on the Billboard album chart and was certified platinum in just several weeks, becoming Ronstadt's record tenth million-selling platinum album overall. It climbed to #3 on the Jazz albums chart and also earned Linda a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance Female alongside Madonna, Tina Turner, Pat Benatar and Whitney Houston.
This album was awarded the 1985 Grammy for Best Album Package. Nelson Riddle was posthumously awarded the Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying A Vocal for the title track, Lush Life. To promote the album, a music video was created for the song "Skylark". With vintage clothing by Wardrobe Stylist Genny Schorr.
All tracks also included in the compilation "'Round Midnight", released on Asylum Records in 1986.
This album is currently available through Apple Music and iTunes.
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Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "When I Fall in Love" | Edward Heyman, Victor Young | 2:20 |
| 2. | "Skylark" | Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer | 3:07 |
| 3. | "It Never Entered My Mind" | Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | 4:22 |
| 4. | "Mean to Me" | Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk | 4:09 |
| 5. | "When Your Lover Has Gone" | Einar Aaron Swan | 4:18 |
| 6. | "I'm a Fool to Want You" | Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf | 4:45 |
| 7. | "You Took Advantage of Me" | Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | 2:21 |
| 8. | "Sophisticated Lady" | Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish | 3:40 |
| 9. | "Can't We Be Friends?" | Paul James, Kay Swift | 2:28 |
| 10. | "My Old Flame" | Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston | 3:33 |
| 11. | "Falling in Love Again" | Friedrich Hollaender, Sammy Lerner | 2:35 |
| 12. | "Lush Life" | Billy Strayhorn | 3:51 |
| Total length: | 41:29 | ||
Personnel
- Linda Ronstadt – vocals
- Nelson Riddle – arrangements and conductor
- Don Grolnick – piano, piano solo (11)
- Bob Mann – guitar
- Bob Magnusson – bass
- John Guerin – drums (1-6, 8, 10, 11, 12)
- David Frisina – concertmaster, violin (5)
with:
- Tommy Morgan – harmonica (2)
- Tony Terran – trumpet (4)
- Plas Johnson – tenor sax solo (5, 7, 8)
- Louis Bellson – drums (7, 9)
- Oscar Brashear – trumpet solo (9)
- Chauncey Welsh – trombone solo (10)
Production
- Peter Asher – producer
- George Massenburg – recording, mixing
- Murray Dvorkin – recording assistant, mix assistant
- Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).
- Gloria Boyce – album coordinator
- John Kosh – art direction, design
- Ron Larson – art direction, design
- Robert Blakeman – photography
- Genny Schorr – wardrobe stylist
