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Feels Like Home (1995)

Where the lyrics of Feels Like Home take you, and where it was really made.

A country-rock return record that stalled at number 75 on the Billboard album chart.

Key places

Recording at Skywalker Ranch (1995)

Recording site Skywalker Ranch — The Site and Skywalker Ranch in Marin County, California, is listed among the studios where this album was recorded. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording at Conway Studios (1995)

Recording site Conway Recording Studios — Conway Studios in Hollywood is listed among the studios where this album was recorded. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording in Tucson (1995)

Recording site Jim Brady Recording Studios — Jim Brady Recording Studios in Tucson, Arizona, is listed among the studios where this album was recorded. The point uses the city center. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Recording in Los Angeles (1995)

Recording site Motown Recording Studios — Studio F in Los Angeles, California, is listed among the studios where this album was recorded. The point uses the city center. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Album story

Overview

• Studio album by American singer Linda Ronstadt, released in 1995
• Reached number 75 on the Billboard album chart and stayed on it for 12 weeks
• Sold 188,815 copies in the United States, according to Nielsen SoundScan
• Physically out of print now, but available digitally
• Five tracks were remixed and later included on Trio II

Background

• Released together with a double-sided single: Tom Petty's "The Waiting" and "Walk On"
• "Walk On" returned Linda to the Billboard Country Singles chart for the first time as a solo artist since 1983, not counting the late-1980s Trio hits
• "Walk On" had earlier been recorded by Matraca Berg on her 1990 debut album Lying to the Moon
• "Feels Like Home" was used in Randy Newman's musical Randy Newman's Faust, which opened later in 1995

Recording

• Recorded at Jim Brady Recording Studios (Tucson, AZ), The Site and Skywalker Ranch (Marin County, CA), Studio F (Los Angeles, CA), and Conway Studios (Hollywood, CA)
• Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA)
• Produced by George Massenburg and Linda Ronstadt

Cover

• Photography by Robert Blakeman; art direction and design by John Kosh

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org

Tracklist

Sources: musicbrainz.org

Artist

Career

• Born July 15, 1946 in Tucson, Arizona; American singer across rock, folk, pop, country, and soul.
• In the mid-1960s joined the folk-rock trio the Stone Poneys as lead singer, releasing three albums in 1967–68.
• Solo debut Hand Sown ... Home Grown (1969), described as the first alternative country record by a female recording artist.
• Became the first female "arena class" rock star; top-grossing concert artist of the decade.
• Voted Top Female Pop Singer of the 1970s; "You're No Good" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
• Worked with producer Nelson Riddle on the Great American Songbook trilogy What's New, Lush Life, and For Sentimental Reasons.
• Recorded Canciones de Mi Padre (1987), the best-selling non-English-language album in US music history.
• Retired in 2011 after losing the ability to sing; later diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy.
• Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014; Kennedy Center Honoree in 2019.

Formation

• At age 14 formed a folk trio with her brother Peter and sister Gretchen.
• Moved to Los Angeles in 1964 to form a band with Bobby Kimmel.

Sources: en.wikipedia.org

Reception

At release

• Upon release, the album received excellent critical reviews

Reappraisal

• Music critic Jose Promis reviewed it on AllMusic and called it a return to her country-rock roots
• Promis described the album as top quality but a little bland
• He praised Ronstadt's voice as stellar while noting the songs are fine
• He said the album lacks immediacy, especially toward the end
• He wrote that listeners cannot help but long for the punch and polished production of her earlier pop albums

Records

• Billboard album chart: number 75, 12 weeks
• US sales: 188,815 copies, according to Nielsen SoundScan
• "Walk On" returned her to the Billboard Country Singles chart for the first time as a solo artist since 1983
• "The Blue Train" reached 31 on the Adult Contemporary chart and stayed 10 weeks in the Top 40

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org

Trivia

• Tom Petty's "The Waiting" and "Walk On" were released as a double-sided single alongside the album
• The album was out of print physically but remained available digitally
• "Feels Like Home" was incorporated into Randy Newman's Faust musical, which opened later in 1995
• "The Blue Train" was picked up by Adult Contemporary radio and reached 31 on that chart
• Five album tracks were remixed and later included on Trio II

Sources: en.wikipedia.org · ja.wikipedia.org

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