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73年『ドント・クライ・ナウ』と76年『哀しみのプリズナー』、77年『夢はひとつだけ』の3作が登場。再発。カントリーに傾倒した初期から、ロック・ナンバー「イッツ・ソー・イージー」の大ヒットを出すまでのもので、名実ともにロスの歌姫からアメリカの歌姫へと彼女が成長する時期のものを。
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While
Don't Cry Now is Linda Ronstadt's fourth solo album, it has the feel of a sophomore release. Perhaps that's due to the albums that bookend this 1973 outing: it was preceded by a
self-titled collection that signaled the big-voiced, doe-eyed singer's move away from country toward rock, an expedition capped with her 1974 breakthrough,
Heart Like a Wheel. Ronstadt was on firmer footing with each outing;
Don't Cry Now is better than the record before it and weaker than the one to follow. A slew of in-demand Southern California players are along to assist Ronstadt, who tackles material from some of the favored songwriters of the day, including John David Souther, Neil Young, Frey-Henley, and Randy Newman.
--Steven Stolder