Roughly one year following the release of Starbucks' Opus Collection anthology, Rhino has announced a new compilation celebrating the resplendent voice of Linda Ronstadt.  Just One Look - Classic Linda Ronstadt is due from the label on August 21, featuring 30 newly-remastered tracks on two CDs.

The chronologically-assembled collection begins with Michael Nesmith's timeless "Different Drum" as performed by The Stone Poneys featuring Linda, then jumps forward to the 1973 solo album Don't Cry Now, overlooking Ronstadt's three earliest Capitol solo LPs.  From that point on, Just One Look touches on all of Ronstadt's LPs through 1982's Get Closer.  Concentrating on the versatile vocalist's contemporary pop material, no tracks are culled from her Nelson Riddle and Trio collaborations or her Spanish-language albums; the collection picks up with 1989's smash Aaron Neville pairing Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind and concludes with tracks from 1993's Winter Light.  No material is included from any of Ronstadt's subsequent recordings.

Just One Look includes key hit singles from this period including "You're No Good, "Tracks of My Tears," "Heat Wave," "Blue Bayou," "It's So Easy" and "Just One Look."  However, note that the tracklisting lacks major hits and favorites from the Ronstadt catalogue such as "Long, Long Time," "When Will I Be Loved," "That'll Be the Day," "Back in the U.S.A.," "Ooh, Baby, Baby" and the Grammy-winning American Tail duet "Somewhere Out There."

This new retrospective may serve most to whet the appetite for the upcoming expanded collection of Ronstadt, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris' Trio recordings; the project was confirmed by the artists to Rolling Stone and Country Music Television earlier this year and is awaiting official announcement from the label.  Just One Look - Classic Linda Ronstadt is due in stores just a couple of weeks from now, on August 21.  You can pre-order at the links below!

Linda Ronstadt, Just One Look - Classic Linda Ronstadt (Rhino, 2015) (Amazon U.S. / Amazon U.K.)

CD 1

1. Different Drum
2. Love Has No Pride
3. Desperado
4. Willin'
5. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
6. You're No Good
7. Tracks Of My Tears
8. Heat Wave
9. Someone To Lay Down Beside Me
10. Crazy
11. Blue Bayou
12. Poor Poor Pitiful Me
13. It's So Easy
14. Tumbling Dice
15. I Never Will Marry

CD 2

1. Just One Look
2. How Do I Make You
3. Hurt So Bad
4. I Can't Let Go
5. Get Closer
6. I Knew You When
7. Sometimes You Just Can't Win
8. Lies
9. Tell Him
10. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (with Aaron Neville)
11. Don't Know Much (feat. Aaron Neville)
12. Winter Light
13. A River For Him
14. Heartbeats Accelerating
15. Anyone Who Had A Heart

CD 1, Track 1 from The Stone Poneys, Evergreen Vol. 2, 1967
CD 1, Tracks 2-3 from Don't Cry Now, Asylum, 1973
CD 1, Tracks 4-6 from Heart Like a Wheel, Capitol, 1974
CD 1, Tracks 7-8 from Prisoner in Disguise, Asylum, 1975
CD 1, Tracks 9-10 from Hasten Down the Wind, Asylum, 1976
CD 1, Tracks 11-15 from Simple Dreams, Asylum, 1977
CD 2, Track 1 from Living in the USA, Asylum, 1978
CD 2, Tracks 2-4 from Mad Love, Asylum, 1980
CD 2, Tracks 5-9 from Get Closer, Asylum, 1982
CD 2, Tracks 10-11 from Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind, Elektra, 1989
CD 2, Tracks 12-15 from Winter Light, Elektra, 1993