Lush Life (Linda Ronstadt album)

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Lush Life
Lush Life Ronstadt.jpg
Studio album by
Linda Ronstadt
ReleasedNovember 1984
RecordedAugust 24 - October 5, 1984
StudioThe Complex, Los Angeles, California
Genre
Length41:29
LabelAsylum
ProducerPeter Asher
Linda Ronstadt chronology
What's New
(1983) 		Lush Life
(1984) 		For Sentimental Reasons
(1986)
Singles from Lush Life
  1. "Skylark"
    Released: December 1984
  2. "When I Fall in Love"
    Released: March 1985

Lush Life is an album by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt, released in late 1984. It was the second in a trilogy of jazz albums with bandleader/arranger Nelson Riddle. John Kosh designed the album covers for all 3 albums.

It peaked at #13 on the Billboard album chart and was certified platinum in just several weeks, becoming Ronstadt's record tenth million-selling platinum album overall. It climbed to #3 on the Jazz albums chart and also earned Linda a Grammy Award nomination for Best Pop Vocal Performance Female alongside Madonna, Tina Turner, Pat Benatar and Whitney Houston.

This album was awarded the 1985 Grammy for Best Album Package. Nelson Riddle was posthumously awarded the Grammy for Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying A Vocal for the title track, Lush Life. To promote the album, a music video was created for the song "Skylark". With vintage clothing by Wardrobe Stylist Genny Schorr.

All tracks also included in the compilation "'Round Midnight", released on Asylum Records in 1986.

This album is currently available through Apple Music and iTunes.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic2/5 stars link
Rolling Stone2/5 stars link

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When I Fall in Love"Edward Heyman, Victor Young2:20
2."Skylark"Hoagy Carmichael, Johnny Mercer3:07
3."It Never Entered My Mind"Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers4:22
4."Mean to Me"Fred E. Ahlert, Roy Turk4:09
5."When Your Lover Has Gone"Einar Aaron Swan4:18
6."I'm a Fool to Want You"Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf4:45
7."You Took Advantage of Me"Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers2:21
8."Sophisticated Lady"Duke Ellington, Irving Mills, Mitchell Parish3:40
9."Can't We Be Friends?"Paul James, Kay Swift2:28
10."My Old Flame"Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston3:33
11."Falling in Love Again"Friedrich Hollaender, Sammy Lerner2:35
12."Lush Life"Billy Strayhorn3:51
Total length:41:29

Charts[]

Chart (1984/85) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[1] 31
Canadian RPM Top Albums 35
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company) 100
United States (Billboard 200) 13

Personnel[]

with:

Production[]

  • Peter Asher – producer
  • George Massenburg – recording, mixing
  • Murray Dvorkin – recording assistant, mix assistant
  • Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).
  • Gloria Boyce – album coordinator
  • John Kosh – art direction, design
  • Ron Larson – art direction, design
  • Robert Blakeman – photography
  • Genny Schorr – wardrobe stylist

References[]

  1. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 258. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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