Greatest Hits, Volume 2 is a hits compilation album from American singer Linda Ronstadt. It was released in late 1980 on Asylum Records.[4] The record mostly covers Ronstadt's more uptempo singles. The release has sold close to two million copies in the United States alone and was the superstar's eighth consecutive Platinum-certified album.
Greatest Hits, Volume 2 | ||||
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Released | October 1980 | |||
Recorded | 1976–1980 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 36:00 | |||
Label | Asylum | |||
Producer | Various | |||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | [1] |
Billboard | (unrated)[2] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
This album simply named Linda Ronstadt was releases under license by Supraphon recording company in 1980 in communist Czechoslovakia, where it sold over 350,000 copies.
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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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 Weinstein, 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 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Ooh Baby Baby" | William "Smokey" Robinson, Warren Moore | 3:18 |
2. | "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" | Warren Zevon | 3:41 |
3. | "Tumbling Dice" | Mick Jagger, Keith Richards | 3:05 |
4. | "Just One Look" | Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne | 3:21 |
5. | "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" | Karla Bonoff | 4:28 |
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.[5]
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Chart (1980/81) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 53 |
United States (Billboard 200) | 26 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[7] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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North America | October 1980 |
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Asylum Records | [8] |
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