Simple Dreams
by Linda Ronstadt
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Linda Ronstadt bestography
Simple Dreams is ranked 2nd best out of 35 albums by Linda Ronstadt on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Linda Ronstadt is Heart Like A Wheel which is ranked number 4782 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 298.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Simple Dreams track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Simple Dreams rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 95 Music Albums of 1977 | 21/95 | 4 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 16/100 | 85 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 39 Music Albums of 1977 | 34/39 | 1 |
| 2026 | Jaymantheman | Top 60 Music Albums of the 1970s | 58/60 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1977 | 20/73 | - |
| 2026 | Rivera | 901-1000 | 93/100 | - |
| 2026 |  slatsheit | Top 50 Music Albums of 1977 | 40/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | Moondance | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 97/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum decade 1970s Pt 2 | 47/100 | - |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1977 | 3/100 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 63 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 236 | |||
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Simple Dreams ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/06/2026 15:56 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
| ! | 01/27/2026 20:45 | jacobeddy1984 | 39 | 85/100 |
| ! | 12/09/2025 03:03 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,520 | 70/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 71.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.2.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5412): By BraddlesHendo
Liedzeit 06/24/2018 12:22 in What album are you listening to right now?Simple Dreams comments
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seb7 12/07/2020 22:02 | #262237
I'M GOING BACK SOMEDAY (Edited)
Tamthebam 10/10/2016 12:07 | #176647 | TOP COMMENT
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This is her best album of the 70's, her albums are full of great cover versions of country/rock songs. She makes each song her own It's So Easy, Blue Bayou, Poor,Poor Pitiful Me and Old Paint are good examples of that. The whole album is great nothing weakens it, her voice seems to be at its peak. (Edited)
This is a great record by a fine singer.
M42K0 11/04/2015 20:51 | #152488 | TOP COMMENT
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So sad Linda's music did not age that well. She was (and probably still is) one of the best folk rock artists in the history of rock music and this is, almost definitely, her best album.
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