Prisoner in Disguise

by Linda Ronstadt

Prisoner in Disguise cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 27 September 1975
  • Label: Asylum
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:20
  • Community rating: 3.5/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Following the massive commercial triumph of 'Heart Like a Wheel', 'Prisoner in Disguise' meticulously replicates Peter Asher's winning production formula. The record perfectly showcases Ronstadt's soaring vocal power interpreting an eclectic, highly polished mix of classic Motown, early rock and roll, and contemporary California country-rock.

Genres

Descriptors: female-vocals, storytelling, confessional, powerful, classic

Tracklist

  1. Love Is a Rose (2:46)
  2. Hey Mister, That's Me up on the Jukebox (4:07)
  3. Roll Um Easy (2:57)
  4. Tracks of My Tears (3:13)
  5. Prisoner in Disguise (3:54)
  6. Heat Wave (2:45)
  7. Many Rivers to Cross (4:06)
  8. The Sweetest Gift (3:03)
  9. You Tell Me That I'm Falling Down (3:18)
  10. I Will Always Love You (3:00)
  11. Silver Blue (3:05)

Credits

  • Linda Ronstadt - primary artist
  • Andrew Gold - acoustic guitar, backing vocals, electric guitar, electric piano, handclaps, synthesizer [arp string ensemble], tambourine, twelve-string guitar, drums, congas, organ, bagpipes [musette], clavichord electric guitar guitar keyboard piano tambourine, vocal
  • John David Souther - acoustic guitar, harmony vocals, written-by
  • David Campbell - arranged by [strings], conductor [strings], arranged by [strings & woodwinds], conductor [strings & woodwinds]
  • Herb Pedersen - backing vocals, banjo, vocal
  • Kenny Edwards - backing vocals, bass, background vocals vocal
  • AGI - cover [prepared by]
  • John Kosh - cover [prepared by]

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