Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (Linda Ronstadt album)

Greatest Hits, Volume 2
Greatest hits album by Linda Ronstadt
Released	October, 1980
Recorded	1976-1980
Genre	Rock, Classic Rock, R&B
Label	Asylum
Producer	various
Linda Ronstadt chronology
Mad Love (1980) Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (1980) Get Closer (1982)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]

Greatest Hits, Volume 2 is a hits compilation album from American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt. It was released in late 1980 on Asylum Records.^[3] The disc covers mostly Ronstadt's hard rocking singles. The venerated release has sold close to two million copies in the United States alone and was the superstar's eighth consecutive Platinum-certified album.

This album simply named Linda Ronstadt was under lincense released by Supraphon recording company in 1980 in communist Czechoslovakia, where it sold over 350,000 copies, considering it a major success.

This album has never been out of print. Additionally, a limited edition 24K Gold CD issue was available for many years.

Track listing

Original release

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"It's So Easy"	Buddy Holly, Norman Petty	2:26
2.	"I Can't Let Go"	Chip Taylor, Al Gorgoni	2:43
3.	"Hurt So Bad"	Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Wilding, Bobby Hart	3:12
4.	"Blue Bayou"	Roy Orbison, Joe Melson	3:54
5.	"How Do I Make You"	Billy Steinberg	2:21
6.	"Back in the U.S.A."	Chuck Berry	3:02

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Ooo Baby Baby"	William "Smokey" Robinson, Warren Moore	3:18
2.	"Poor Poor Pitiful Me"	Warren Zevon	3:41
3.	"Tumbling Dice"	Keith Richards, Mick Jagger	3:05
4.	"Just One Look"	Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne	3:21
5.	"Someone to Lay Down Beside Me"	Karla Bonoff	4:28

CD reissue

The CD reissue of the album was compiled with Ronstadt's earlier greatest hits collection and released by Rhino records in 2007 as Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & 2.^[4]

No. Title Length 1. "You're No Good"   3:40 2. "Silver Threads and Golden Needles"   2:20 3. "Desperado"   3:30 4. "Love is a Rose"   2:46 5. "That'll Be the Day"   2:32 6. "Long, Long Time"   4:21 7. "Different Drum"   2:45 8. "When Will I Be Loved"   2:05 9. "Love Has No Pride"   4:10 10. "Heat Wave"   2:46 11. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"   3:26 12. "Tracks of My Tears"   3:12

No. Title Length 13. "It's So Easy"   2:26 14. "I Can't Let Go"   2:43 15. "Hurt So Bad"   3:12 16. "Blue Bayou"   3:54 17. "How Do I Make You"   2:21 18. "Back in the U.S.A."   3:02 19. "Ooo Baby Baby"   3:18 20. "Poor Poor Pitiful Me"   3:41 21. "Tumbling Dice"   3:05 22. "Just One Look"   3:15 23. "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me"   4:28

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide. New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p. 701. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
3. "Linda Ronstadt – Greatest Hits, Vol. 2". Billboard. Archived from the original on September 2, 2015. Retrieved 2008-12-31.
4. Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & 2 at AllMusic. Retrieved December 26, 2015.