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Hasten Down the Wind by  ReleasedAugust 1976RecordedMarch 1976Studio, Los Angeles, CaliforniaRock, Length41:23 chronology
(1975)Hasten Down the Wind
(1976)
(1976) from Hasten Down the Wind ""
Released: August 1976 "Someone to Lay Down Beside Me"
Released: November 1976 ""
Released: November 1976 "Lose Again"
Released: May 1977 Professional ratingsReview scoresSourceRatingB–(average)

Hasten Down the Wind is the seventh studio album by singer-songwriter . Released in 1976, it became her third straight million-selling album. Ronstadt was the first female artist to accomplish this feat. The album earned her a  for Best Pop Vocal Performance, Female in 1977, her second of 13 Grammys. It represented a slight departure from 1974's  and 1975's  in that she chose to showcase new songwriters over the traditional country rock sound she had been producing up to that point. A more serious and poignant album than its predecessors, it won critical acclaim.

Hasten Down the Wind contained two major hit singles: Ronstadt's covers of 's "" (US Pop #11, Country #27) and her reworking of the late 's 1961 hit, "", reaching #6 on the US Country chart in early 1977.

The album also showcased songs from artists such as  ("Hasten Down the Wind") and  ("Someone to Lay Down Beside Me", US #42, Easy Listening #38), both of whom would soon be making a name for themselves in the singer-songwriter world. The album included a cover of a cover: "The Tattler" by Washington Phillips, which Ry Cooder had re-arranged for his 1974 album . The album also included two songs co-written by Ronstadt, including one in Spanish (her first recorded foray into Spanish music, more than a decade before she released her first fully-Spanish album).

Her third album to go , Hasten Down the Wind spent several weeks in the top three of the  album charts. It was also the second of four number 1 Country albums for her.

Track listing Side oneNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1."Lose Again"3:342."", , 3:563."If He's Ever Near"Karla Bonoff3:154."", , 2:325."Lo Siento Mi Vida" (I'm Sorry My Love), Kenny Edwards, Gilbert Ronstadt3:546.""2:40Side twoNo.TitleWriter(s)Length1.""Brent Dowe, Trevor McNaughton0:522."Give One Heart", Johanna Hall4:073."Try Me Again"Linda Ronstadt, 3:594.""3:585."Down So Low"4:086."Someone to Lay Down Beside Me"Karla Bonoff4:28Total length:41:23