℗ 1983 Elektra/Asylum Records
| Released | June 28, 2011 |
| Duration | 36m 35s |
| Record Label | Rhino/Elektra |
| Genre | Pop |
What's New
Linda Ronstadt
Available in MQA and 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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1.1
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What's New?
Linda Ronstadt |
3:55 | |||
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1.2
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I've Got a Crush on You
Linda Ronstadt |
3:28 | |||
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1.3
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Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry
Linda Ronstadt |
4:13 | |||
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1.4
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Crazy He Calls Me
Linda Ronstadt; Nelson Riddle |
3:33 | |||
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1.5
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Someone to Watch over Me
Linda Ronstadt |
4:09 | |||
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1.6
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I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance
Linda Ronstadt |
4:06 | |||
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1.7
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What'll I Do?
Linda Ronstadt |
4:06 | |||
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1.8
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Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?)
Linda Ronstadt |
4:18 | |||
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1.9
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Good - Bye
Linda Ronstadt; Nelson Riddle |
4:47 |
What's New is an album of traditional pop standards released by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt in 1983. It represents the first in a trilogy of 1980s albums Ronstadt recorded with bandleader/arranger Nelson Riddle. John Kosh designed the album covers for all three albums.
The album spawned a major change in popular culture because Ronstadt was then considered the leading female vocalist in rock. Both her record company and manager, Peter Asher, were very reluctant to produce this album with Ronstadt, but eventually her determination won them over and the albums exposed a whole new generation to the sounds of the pre-swing and swing eras. The one-time popular music sung by Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, Tony Bennett, Rosemary Clooney, Peggy Lee, and their contemporaries was relegated in the 1960s and 1970s to Las Vegas club acts and elevator music.
Ronstadt later remarked that she did her part in rescuing these songs which she called "little jewels of artistic expression" from "spending the rest of their lives riding up and down on the elevators."
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Rhino/Elektra Studio Masters
| Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -0.35 -1.55 to -0.09 | -19.60 -20.87 to -17.29 | -16.38 -17.80 to -13.80 | 12 10 to 14 | |
| 1 | What's New? | -0.17 | -17.29 | -13.8 | 10 |
| 2 | I've Got a Crush on You | -1.55 | -20.61 | -17.7 | 12 |
| 3 | Guess I'll Hang My Tears out to Dry | -0.20 | -18.68 | -14.8 | 10 |
| 4 | Crazy He Calls Me | -0.20 | -19.68 | -16.6 | 13 |
| 5 | Someone to Watch over Me | -0.20 | -19.40 | -15.6 | 12 |
| 6 | I Don't Stand a Ghost of a Chance | -0.09 | -20.50 | -17.8 | 14 |
| 7 | What'll I Do? | -0.59 | -20.85 | -17.5 | 11 |
| 8 | Lover Man (Oh Where Can You Be?) | -0.10 | -18.49 | -15.8 | 12 |
| 9 | Good - Bye | -0.09 | -20.87 | -17.8 | 13 |