Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (Linda Ronstadt album)

Greatest Hits, Volume 2 is a hits compilation album from American singer Linda Ronstadt. It was released in late 1980 on Asylum Records.^[4] The record mostly covers Ronstadt's more uptempo singles. The release has sold close to two million copies in the United States alone and was the superstar's eighth consecutive Platinum-certified album.

Greatest Hits, Volume 2
Greatest hits album by Linda Ronstadt
Released	October 1980 (1980-10)
Recorded	1976–1980
Genre	Rock country rock rhythm and blues
Length	36:00
Label	Asylum
Producer	Various
Linda Ronstadt chronology
Mad Love (1980) Greatest Hits, Volume 2 (1980) Get Closer (1982)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Billboard	(unrated)[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]

Track listing

Original release

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"It's So Easy"	Buddy Holly, Norman Petty	Simple Dreams, 1977	2:26
2.	"I Can't Let Go"	Chip Taylor, Al Gorgoni	Mad Love, 1980	2:43
3.	"Hurt So Bad"	Teddy Randazzo, Bobby Weinstein, Bobby Hart	Mad Love	3:12
4.	"Blue Bayou"	Roy Orbison, Joe Melson	Simple Dreams	3:54
5.	"How Do I Make You"	Billy Steinberg	Mad Love	2:21
6.	"Back in the U.S.A."	Chuck Berry	Living in the USA, 1978	3:02

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original album	Length
1.	"Ooh Baby Baby"	William "Smokey" Robinson, Warren Moore	Living in the USA	3:18
2.	"Poor Poor Pitiful Me"	Warren Zevon	Simple Dreams	3:41
3.	"Tumbling Dice"	Mick Jagger, Keith Richards	Simple Dreams	3:05
4.	"Just One Look"	Gregory Carroll, Doris Payne	Living in the USA	3:21
5.	"Someone to Lay Down Beside Me"	Karla Bonoff	Hasten Down the Wind, 1976	4:28

CD reissue

The CD reissue of the album was compiled with Ronstadt's earlier greatest hits collection and released by Rhino records in 2007 as Greatest Hits, Vol. 1 & 2.^[5]

No. Title Length 1. "You're No Good" 3:40 2. "Silver Threads and Golden Needles" 2:20 3. "Desperado" 3:30 4. "Love is a Rose" 2:46 5. "That'll Be the Day" 2:32 6. "Long, Long Time" 4:21 7. "Different Drum" 2:45 8. "When Will I Be Loved" 2:05 9. "Love Has No Pride" 4:10 10. "Heat Wave" 2:46 11. "It Doesn't Matter Anymore" 3:26 12. "Tracks of My Tears" 3:12

No. Title Length 13. "It's So Easy" 2:26 14. "I Can't Let Go" 2:43 15. "Hurt So Bad" 3:12 16. "Blue Bayou" 3:54 17. "How Do I Make You" 2:21 18. "Back in the U.S.A." 3:02 19. "Ooo Baby Baby" 3:18 20. "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" 3:41 21. "Tumbling Dice" 3:05 22. "Just One Look" 3:15 23. "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me" 4:28

Charts

Chart (1980/81)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[6]	53
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7]	39
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[8]	32
US Billboard 200[9]	26

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10]	Platinum	1,000,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Release history and formats for Greatest Hits, Volume Two

Region	Date	Format	Label	Ref.
North America	October 1980	LP cassette	Asylum Records	[11]