{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = We Ran | type = Album | artist = Linda Ronstadt | cover = WeRan.jpg | alt = | released = June 23, 1998 | recorded = 1998 | venue = | studio = {{hlist|The Site (San Rafael, California)|Ocean Way (Los Angeles)|Jim Brady (Tucson, Arizona)}} | genre = Rock | length = 49:28 | label = Elektra | producer = * Glyn Johns * Peter Asher * George Massenburg * Waddy Wachtel * Linda Ronstadt | prev_title = Dedicated to the One I Love | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = Trio II | next_year = 1999 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r352421|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic Review]</ref> |rev2 = ''Entertainment Weekly'' |rev2score = B<ref>[http://www.cduniverse.com/productinfo.asp?pid=1096146&style=music EW Review]</ref> |rev3 = ''Rolling Stone'' |rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=We Ran |date=1998-06-25 |website=Rolling Stone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180219151651/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/we-ran-19980625 |archive-date=2018-02-19 |url-status=live |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/we-ran-19980625}}</ref> }}
'''''We Ran''''' is a 1998 rock album by American singer Linda Ronstadt. The disc featured back-up from three members of Tom Petty and The Heartbreakers. It spent two weeks on the ''Billboard'' albums chart, peaking at #160.
This disc was taken out of print in 2009.
On this album, Ronstadt interprets a mixture of rock material by various songwriters, including Bruce Springsteen, John Hiatt, and Bob Dylan.
==Track listing== {{track listing |title1 = When We Ran |writer1 = John Hiatt |length1 = 5:08 |title2 = If I Should Fall Behind |writer2 = Bruce Springsteen |length2 = 4:06 |title3 = Give Me a Reason |writer3 = Marion Hall |length3 = 3:59 |title4 = Ruler of My Heart |writer4 = Naomi Neville |length4 = 3:37 |title5 = Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues |writer5 = Bob Dylan |length5 = 7:48 |title6 = Cry 'Til My Tears Run Dry |writer6 = Scott Fagan, Doc Pomus, Mort Shuman |length6 = 4:01 |title7 = I Go to Pieces |writer7 = Troy Newman, Waddy Wachtel |length7 = 3:47 |title8 = Heartbreak Kind |writer8 = Paul Kennerley, Marty Stuart |length8 = 3:31 |title9 = Damage |writer9 = Waddy Wachtel |length9 = 3:19 |title10 = Icy Blue Heart |writer10 = John Hiatt |length10 = 4:57 |title11 = Dreams of the San Joaquin |writer11 = Jack Wesley Routh, Randy Sharp |length11 = 5:15 |total_length = 49:28 }}
== Personnel == * Linda Ronstadt – vocals * Benmont Tench – acoustic piano (1), Hammond organ (1–3, 5, 8, 10, 11) * Don Grolnick – keyboards (4) * Jon Gilutin – organ (4), keyboards (6) * Robbie Buchanan – synthesizers (7) * Jim Cox – acoustic piano (9), Hammond organ (9) * Mike Campbell – lead guitar (1), electric rhythm guitar (1), electric 12-string guitar (2), electric guitars (5, 10), acoustic guitars (8), guitars (11), mandolin (11) * Andy Fairweather Low – electric rhythm guitar (1), acoustic guitars (2, 11), electric baritone guitar (5), electric guitars (8) * Waddy Wachtel – electric rhythm guitar (1), electric guitars (3), guitars (7, 9) * Bernie Leadon – acoustic guitars (2, 10, 11), mandocello (5), electric guitars (8), harmony vocals (8, 10) * Ethan Johns – mandolin (3), ukulele (3), drums (8), acoustic guitars (10), electric guitars (10) * Brian Stoltz – guitars (4) * Fred Tackett – guitars (6) * Dean Parks – guitars (7) * Bob Glaub – bass guitar (1, 2, 6, 7, 11) * James "Hutch" Hutchinson – bass guitar (3, 10) * Daryl Johnson – bass guitar (4) * Howie Epstein – bass guitar (5, 8) * Leland Sklar – bass guitar (9) * Carlos Vega – drums (1, 4, 5, 9, 11), percussion (2) * Jim Keltner – drums (3, 10) * Russ Kunkel – drums (6), percussion (7) * Plas Johnson – saxophone (4) * Alexandra Brown – backing vocals (3, 4, 6) * Mortonette Jenkins – backing vocals (3, 4, 6) * Marlena Jeter – backing vocals (3, 4, 6) * Kipp Lennon – backing vocals (7, 9) * Mark Lennon – backing vocals (7, 9) * Michael Lennon – backing vocals (7, 9), tambourine (9) * Michael Ronstadt – harmony vocals (10) * John Ronstadt – backing vocals (11) * Melinda Ronstadt – backing vocals (11) * Peter Ronstadt – backing vocals (11) * Suzy Ronstadt – backing vocals (11) * William Ronstadt – backing vocals (11)
== Production == * Glyn Johns – producer (1–3, 5, 8, 10, 11), mixing (1–3, 5, 7–11) * Peter Asher – producer (4, 6) * George Massenburg – producer (4, 6), engineer (4, 6), mixing (4, 6) * Linda Ronstadt – producer (6) * Waddy Wachtel – producer (7, 9) * Steve Holroyd – engineer (1–3, 5, 8, 10, 11) * Nathaniel Kunkel – engineer (6, 7, 9) * Robi Banerji – assistant engineer * Jim Brady – assistant engineer * Greg Burns – assistant engineer * Greg Collins – assistant engineer * T.K. – assistant engineer * John Rodenkirch – assistant engineer * Kevin Scott – assistant engineer * Alan Sanderson – assistant engineer * John Sorenson – assistant engineer * Bob Ludwig – mastering at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine) * Ivy Skoff – project coordinator * Janet Stark – production assistant * John Brenes – production archivist * John Kosh – art direction, design * Ira Koslow – management
==Charts== {|class="wikitable |- !scope="col"| Chart (1998) !Peak<br/>position |- | Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref name="ARIA Chart">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/GpeRoOY |title=Linda Ronstandt ARIA chart history 1988 to May 2025 |publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date= June 8, 2025}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.</ref> | style="text-align:center;"| 181 |}
==Release history== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |+ Release history and formats for ''We Ran'' !scope="col"| Region !scope="col"| Date !scope="col"| Format !scope="col"| Label !scope="col"| Ref. |- ! scope="row"| North America | June 23, 1998 | {{hlist|CD|cassette}} | Elektra Records | <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ronstadt |first1=Linda |title=''We Ran'' (Liner Notes) |journal=Elektra Records |date=June 23, 1998 |id=62206-4 (Cassette); 62206-2 (CD)}}</ref> |- |}
==References== {{reflist}} {{Linda Ronstadt}}
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