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Hasten Down the Wind is the seventh studio album by Linda Ronstadt.Released in 1976, it became her third straight million-selling album. Ronstadt was the first female artist to accomplish this feat. [6]
It was backed on the B-side by the Spanish language song "Lo Siento Mi Vida". [6] Cashbox called "Lose Again" "One of the best from Hasten Down The Wind", but also noted that the "great sensitivity" of her singing "makes the phrase "belt it out" so inappropriate". [7] The single debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 in June 1977 and spent five ...
Although sometimes referred to as Ronstadt's first Spanish-language recordings, in fact she had recorded several times in the language before, including "Lo Siento mi Vida", a song she co-wrote with her father for her 1976 album, Hasten Down the Wind, and "Lago Azul," a Spanish translation of "Blue Bayou", that was released as a single ...
The album featured a sexy, revealing cover shot and showcased Ronstadt the singer-songwriter, who composed two of its songs, "Try Me Again" (co-authored with Andrew Gold) and "Lo Siento Mi Vida". It also included an interpretation of Willie Nelson's ballad "Crazy", which became a Top 10 Country hit for Ronstadt in early 1977.
The tracks were compiled from Ronstadt's previous Spanish-language albums Canciones De Mi Padre, Mas Canciones, and Frenesi (all of which were Grammy Award winners), as well as "Lo Siento Mi Vida" from Hasten Down the Wind and "Adonde Voy" from Winter Light. This album is currently out of print in the United States.
"Lo Siento" was originally composed by Daniel "Obi" Klein, Charli Taft and Andreas Oberg. [15] [16] SM Entertainment engaged producers Juan and Oscar Salinas, under their working name Play-N-Skillz, to produce the track for Super Junior. [17] "Lo Siento" is a Latin-pop song with an addictive melody and a tropical rhythm. [18]
Ronstadt also recorded a Spanish-language version of the song (translated by her father, Gilbert Ronstadt), titled "Lago Azul (Blue Bayou)", which was released in 1978 on the single Asylum E-45464, backed by "Lo Siento Mi Vida", a previously released Spanish song that Ronstadt herself co-wrote.
"It's So Easy!" is a rock-and-roll song written by Buddy Holly and Norman Petty. It was originally released as a single in 1958 by the Crickets but failed to chart. It was the final release by the Crickets when Holly was still in the band.