Don't Cry Now
by Linda Ronstadt
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Linda Ronstadt bestography
Don't Cry Now is ranked 13th 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 4792 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 297.
(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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Don't Cry Now track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Don't Cry Now rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 5 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 94 Music Albums of 1973 | 51/94 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1701-1800* | 67/84 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 13/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 61/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 48 Music Albums of 1973 | 40/48 | 1 |
| 2026 | Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1970s | 95/100 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | Top 100 Music Albums of 1973 | 57/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Johnnyo | Top albums of 1973 (101 - 200) | 12/62 | - |
| 2024 | Johnnyo | Arizona | 51/74 | - |
| 2024 | Tamthebam | My Overall Chart 201-300 (1953-2020) | 46/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 23 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 25 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 04/27/2026 18:21 | Deckard | 267 | 80/100 |
| ! | 12/14/2025 17:28 | cicadelic | 14,084 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/05/2025 02:33 | LammyTS1 | 1,106 | 59/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 22.0.
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Romanelli 04/18/2025 18:01 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 05/06/2024 18:37 in What album are you listening to right now?
Skinny 04/22/2023 15:40 in Albums You Added To Your Collection TodayDon't Cry Now comments
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Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/09/2015 16:40 | #139205
This is regarded as the first of her albums to move away from a pure country feel. It has a laid back feel the only up tempo tracks being Silver Threads.... and The Fast One. She handles other artists songs with great feeling. Her voice is quite distinctive. Best tracks here are her covers of Deperado, Love Has No Pride, Don't Cry Now and Colorado. This and her next 7 albums (1973-82) all have a country rock sound and all 8 are really good albums.
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