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Hasten Down the Wind
Rock · 1976 · 11 tracks

Hasten Down the Wind

A masterwork of California country-rock melancholy. Crystalline vocals navigate the wreckage of love through lush piano ballads and weeping pedal steel.

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The ultimate soundtrack for when you're feeling a very specific, high-fidelity kind of lonely.

A heavy, beautiful resignation that feels like the exact moment the sun disappears below the horizon.

Hasten Down the Wind · vs · Linda Ronstadt
Melancholic+1.7σ

Melancholic saturates this record notably more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks
01
Lose Again
3:37
02
The Tattler
3:58
03
If He’s Ever Near
3:17
05
Lo siento mi vida
3:56
06
Hasten Down the Wind
2:43
07
Rivers of Babylon
0:54
08
Give One Heart
4:08
09
Try Me Again
3:58
10
Crazy
4:00
11
Down So Low
4:18
12
Someone to Lay Down Beside Me
4:28
Moments Worth Waiting For
The transition from the sparse, aching piano intro of Lose Again into the full-band tidal wave of the chorus.
The unexpected, hauntingly brief a cappella spiritual rendition of Rivers of Babylon that resets the album's emotional gravity.
The way her voice breaks with controlled precision on the final high notes of Someone to Lay Down Beside Me.
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