Living In The USA
| Living in the USA | ||||
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| Studio album by Linda Ronstadt | ||||
| Released | September 19, 1978 | |||
| Recorded | May 5 to July 3, 1978 | |||
| Studio | The Sound Factory, Los Angeles, California | |||
| Genre | Rock, Classic Rock, R&B | |||
| Length | 35:06 | |||
| Label | Asylum, Rhino | |||
| Producer | Peter Asher | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Circus Magazine |
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| Robert Christgau | B |
| Crawdaddy! |
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| Rolling Stone | (favorable) |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |
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Living in the USA is a 1978 album by American singer-songwriter and producer Linda Ronstadt. The album was Ronstadt's third No. 1 on the Billboard album chart and was the first album in history to ship Double Platinum. As a measure of her impact on popular culture in this time period, the front cover photograph of a roller skating Linda in a satin exercise outfit was noted to have increased the popularity of skating in the United States at the time.
It was Ronstadt's record sixth consecutive million-selling Platinum album. It was certified by the RIAA for 2 million copies sold in the US alone and has estimated real sales of 3 million US units sold.
The album was originally released by Asylum in the LP format in September 1978 (catalogue number 155 or 6E-155). Subsequently, in 1990, Asylum released the album in the Cassette format (TCS-155) and in the CD format (2-155).
In addition to the standard 1978 release, collector's-item editions of the LP were made in the same time period of the album in red vinyl (catalogue number K53085) and also of a picture disc (catalogue number DP 401) featuring a photograph of Linda's lacing up the roller skating boots that she is wearing on the front cover (this photograph is also included on the record sleeve in the standard release).
The album's first single release was a revved up remake of Chuck Berry's "Back in the USA" which reached #11 on the Cash Box Top 100 and #16 on the Billboard Hot 100. (It was listed at #1 on many Album Rock playlists.) The disc's biggest success was Ronstadt's version of Smokey Robinson's "Ooh Baby Baby" (featuring alto-sax work from David Sanborn) that hit #7 Pop and #2 Easy Listening as well as the Country and even the Soul chart. "Just One Look" and "Alison" later became hit singles for Linda as well, while "All That You Dream" and Warren Zevon's "Mohammad's Radio" were popular tracks on AOR (Album-Oriented Radio) stations.
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