Feels Like Home (Linda Ronstadt album)

Feels Like Home is a studio album by American singer Linda Ronstadt released in 1995. It reached #75 and lasted 12 weeks on the Billboard album chart. It received excellent critical reviews upon release. According to Nielsen SoundScan, the disc sold 188,815 copies in the United States. This album is now out of print physically, although it is available digitally and five of its tracks were remixed and subsequently included on Trio II.

Feels Like Home
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 14, 1995
Recorded1994
GenreCountry rock
Length39:26
LabelElektra
ProducerGeorge Massenburg, Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt chronology
Winter Light
(1993)
Feels Like Home
(1995)
Dedicated to the One I Love
(1996)
Singles from Feels Like Home
  1. "The Blue Train"
    Released: March 1995
  2. "Walk On"
    Released: April 1995
  3. "The Waiting"
    Released: 1995
  4. "High Sierra"
    Released: August 1995

A double sided single, Tom Petty's "The Waiting" and "Walk On", was released simultaneously with the album. "Walk On" returned Linda to the Billboard Country Singles chart for the first time as a solo artist (not counting the late 1980s 'Trio' hits) since 1983. The song was previously recorded by Matraca Berg on her 1990 debut album Lying to the Moon.

Adult Contemporary radio picked up the album track "The Blue Train" which reached 31 on that chart and lasted for ten weeks in the chart's Top 40. Album track "Feels Like Home" was incorporated into Randy Newman's musical Randy Newman's Faust, which opened later in 1995, and has been subsequently covered by a number of artists.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]
Chicago Tribune    [2]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[3]
NME2/10[4]
Rolling Stone     [5]

Music critic Jose Promis called the album a "return to her country-rock roots" in his Allmusic review, writing: "… the final result is an album that is top-quality but a little bland. Ronstadt's voice is nothing short of stellar, and the songs are fine, but there is a certain immediacy that is lacking in this album, especially toward the end, when it just seems to drift... this is top-quality material, but one can't help but pine for the punch and perfect production of her previous pop packages."[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Waiting"Tom Petty3:58
2."Walk On"Matraca Berg, Ronnie Samoset2:58
3."High Sierra"Harley Allen4:24
4."After the Gold Rush"Neil Young3:33
5."The Blue Train"Jennifer Kimball, Tom Kimmel5:04
6."Feels Like Home"Randy Newman4:50
7."Teardrops Will Fall"Eddie Deane3:08
8."Morning Blues"Traditional3:57
9."Women 'Cross the River"David Olney3:33
10."Lover's Return"A.P. Carter4:01
Total length:39:26

Personnel

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Production

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  • George Massenburg – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Linda Ronstadt – producer, mixing
  • Nathaniel Kunkel – engineer
  • Sean O'Dwyer – assistant engineer
  • Gil Morales – assistant engineer
  • Ron Lewter – mastering
  • Doug Sax – mastering
  • Gavin Lurssen – mastering
  • John Allair – piano technician
  • Gail Rosman – production coordinator
  • John Kosh – art direction, design
  • Robert Blakeman – photography
  • Greg Sudmeier – orchestra coordinator
  • Ira Koslow – management

Studios

  • Recorded at Jim Brady Recording Studios (Tucson, AZ); The Site and Skywalker Ranch (Marin County, CA); Studio F (Los Angeles, CA); Conway Studios (Hollywood, CA).
  • Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).

Release history

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Release history and formats for Feels Like Home
Region Date Format Label Ref.
North America March 14, 1995
  • CD
  • cassette
Elektra Records [6]

References

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  1. ^ a b Promis, Jose F. "Fells Like Home - Linda Ronstadt". AllMusic. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  2. ^ Dretzka, Gary (June 1, 1995). "Linda Ronstadt Feels Like Home (Elektra)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  3. ^ Thigpen, David (March 17, 1995). "Feels Like Home Review". Entertainment Weekly: 88. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  4. ^ TS (April 8, 1995). "Long Play". NME. p. 55. Retrieved January 6, 2024.
  5. ^ Galvin, Peter (April 6, 1995). "Feels Like Home". Rolling Stone. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
  6. ^ Ronstadt, Linda (March 14, 1995). "Feels Like Home (Liner Notes)". Elektra Records. 61703-4 (Cassette); 61703-2 (CD).