1995 Linda Ronstadt – Feels Like Home

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 precisely 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.

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.

Tracks

1  The Waiting (Tom Petty) 03:59
2  Walk On (Matraca Berg; Ronnie Samoset) 02:58
3  High Sierra (Harley Allen) 04:24
4  After The Gold Rush (Neil Young) 03:33
5  The Blue Train (Jennifer Kimball; Tom Kimmel) 05:04
6  Feels Like Home (Randy Newman) 04:50
7  Teardrops Will Fall (Ed Deane) 03:09
8  Morning Blues (Traditional) 03:57
9  Woman Cross The River (David Onley) 03:33
10  Lover’s Return (AP Carter) 04:01

Musicians

1 The Waiting

BassBob Glaub
DrumsJim Keltner
GuitarDean Parks
Acoustic GuitarDean Parks
MandolinDean Parks
OrganRobbie Buchanan
Background VocalsCarl Jackson
Background VocalsHerb Pedersen
VocalsLinda Ronstadt


2 Walk On

BassBob Glaub
DrumsRuss Kunkel
GuitarDean Parks
Acoustic GuitarDean Parks
FiddleAlison Krauss
Background VocalsCarl Jackson
Background VocalsHerb Pedersen
VocalsLinda Ronstadt


3 High Sierra

BassRoy Huskey Jr
DrumsLarry Atamanuik
Acoustic GuitarCarl Jackson
Acoustic GuitarMark Casstevens
MandolinDavid Grisman
Steel GuitarBen Keith
Background VocalsClaire Lynch
Background VocalsJohn Ronstadt
VocalsLinda Ronstadt


4 After The Gold Rush

PianoRobbie Buchanan
SynthesizerRobbie Buchanan
Glass HarmonicaDennis James
Background VocalsEmmylou Harris
Background VocalsValerie Carter
VocalsLinda Ronstadt


5 The Blue Train

BassLeland Sklar
DrumsJim Keltner
GuitarDean Parks
PercussionJim Keltner
Steel GuitarBen Keith
Background VocalsEmmylou Harris
VocalsLinda Ronstadt


6 Feels Like Home

BassLeland Sklar
DrumsJim Keltner
GuitarDean Parks
Acoustic GuitarMark Casstevens
MandolinDavid Grisman
OrganRobbie Buchanan
PianoRobbie Buchanan
Background VocalsEmmylou Harris
VocalsLinda Ronstadt


7 Teardrops Will Fall

BassBob Glaub
DrumsJim Keltner
GuitarDean Parks
Slide GuitarRoy Rogers
OrganBooker T Jones
PianoRobbie Buchanan
Background VocalsCarl Jackson
Background VocalsCraig Fuller
Background VocalsJohn Starling
Background VocalsLinda Ronstadt


8 Morning Blues

BassBob Glaub
DrumsJim Keltner
GuitarDean Parks
DobroMike Auldridge
MandolinDavid Grisman
Background VocalsCarl Jackson
Background VocalsJohn Starling
VocalsLinda Ronstadt


9 Woman Cross The River

BassBob Glaub
DrumsJim Keltner
GuitarMike Auldridge
Acoustic GuitarDean Parks
DobroBen Keith
UkeleleDean Parks
SynthesizerRobbie Buchanan
Background VocalsCarl Jackson
Background VocalsCraig Fuller
Background VocalsJohn Starling
VocalsLinda Ronstadt


10 Lover’s Return

BassRoy Huskey Jr
DrumsLarry Atamanuik
Acoustic GuitarCarl Jackson
Acoustic GuitarJohn Starling
AutoharpDavid Lindley
MandolinDavid Grisman
FiddleAlison Krauss
Background VocalsClaire Lynch
Background VocalsEmmylou Harris
VocalsLinda Ronstadt

Strings

Bass – Larry Epstein, Jeff Neighbor
Cello – David Kadarauch, Lawrence Granger, Teresa Adams, Thalia Moore
Viola ) – Ruth Freeman, James Michael Hurley, Katherine Johnk, Rebecca Sebring Anderson
Violin – Jeremy Cohen, Stuart Canin, Byung Kim, James Shallenberger, Jenny Bifano, Jeremy Constant, Joseph Edelberg, Ronald Erickson

Liner Notes

Producer – George Massenburg, Linda Ronstadt
Arranged By – Linda Ronstadt (Tracks 4, 5)
Arranged By (The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra) – David Campbell (Tracks 4, 6)
Arranged By (The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra) – Linda Ronstadt (Track 4)
Concertmaster (CM) – Stuart Canin
Conductor – David Campbell (Tracks 4, 6)
Coordinator (Production) – Gail Rosman
Coordinator (The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra) – Greg Sudmeier, Greg Sudmeier
Engineer – George Massenburg, Nathaniel Kunkel
Engineer (Assistant) – Gil Morales, Kevin Scott, Sean ODwyer
Mastered By – Doug Sax, Gavin Lurssen, Ron Lewter
Mixed By – George Massenburg, Linda Ronstadt
Orchestra – The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra (Tracks 4, 6)

Design, Art Direction – John Kosh
Photography – Robert Blakeman

Mastered At The Mastering Lab
Recorded At The Site
Recorded At Jim Brady Recording Studios
Recorded At Conway Studios
Recorded At Studio F
Recorded At Skywalker Ranch
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