Heart Like a Wheel

For other uses, see Heart Like a Wheel (disambiguation).
Heart Like a Wheel
Studio album by
Linda Ronstadt
ReleasedNovember 19, 1974 (1974-11-19)
RecordedJune–September 1974
StudioThe Sound Factory and Clover Recorders, Los Angeles, Track Recorders, Maryland, Record Plant and The Hit Factory, New York City, Trident Studios and AIR Studios, London[1]
Genre
Length31:40
LabelCapitol
ProducerPeter Asher
Linda Ronstadt chronology
Don't Cry Now
(1973) 		Heart Like a Wheel
(1974) 		Prisoner in Disguise
(1975)
Singles from Heart Like a Wheel
  1. "You're No Good"
    Released: November 19, 1974
  2. "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)"
    Released: November 19, 1974
  3. "When Will I Be Loved"
    Released: March 25, 1975
  4. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore"
    Released: March 25, 1975

Heart Like a Wheel is the fifth solo studio album by Linda Ronstadt, released in November 1974. It was Ronstadt's last album to be released by Capitol Records. At the time of its recording, Ronstadt had already moved to Asylum Records and released her first album there; due to contractual obligations, though, Heart Like a Wheel was released by Capitol.[4]

Heart Like a Wheel reached the top of the Billboard 200, becoming her first number one album in the United States. The lead single, a cover of Betty Everett's "You're No Good," peaked at number one on the Billboard Hot 100. At the 18th Annual Grammy Awards, the album was nominated for Album Of The Year, while her version of "I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love with You" won the award for Best Country Vocal Performance, Female.

Widely considered Ronstadt's breakthrough album, it was selected by the Library of Congress to be inducted into the National Recording Registry in 2013. In 2020, it was ranked number 490 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.

  1. ^ "Linda Ronstadt - Heart Like A Wheel (Vinyl, LP, Album)". Discogs.com. 1976-11-13. Retrieved 2017-07-12.
  2. ^ Dedrick, Jay (January 1, 1998). "Linda Ronstadt". In Knopper, Steve (ed.). MusicHound Lounge: The Essential Album Guide. Detroit: Visible Ink Press. pp. 409–410.
  3. ^ a b "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. 2020-09-22. Retrieved 2020-09-29.
  4. ^ Moore, Mary Ellen (1978). The Linda Ronstadt Scrapbook: An Illustrated Biography. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. p. 61. ISBN 0-441-48411-5.