Mad Love (studio album) by Linda Ronstadt

Mad Love by Linda Ronstadt
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 19,699th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 31 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (268th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (2,609th)
Award Best albums of all time (19,699th)

Linda Ronstadt bestography

Mad Love is ranked 11th 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 4631 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 302.

Linda Ronstadt album bestography « Higher ranked (18,978th) This album (19,699th) Lower ranked (29,693rd) »
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Mad Love track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Mad Love ratings

Average Rating: 
67/100 (from 31 votes)
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08/28/2025 02:05 LammyTS1  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,02659/100
 
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11/27/2024 07:16 slatsheit  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 2,04081/100
 
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04/01/2024 10:50 MetalMan67  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 5,82271/100
 
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03/17/2024 10:14 Tamthebam  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 22,61269/100
 
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12/06/2023 09:22 fabm0  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 6,50459/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 67.0/100, a mean average of 65.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 65.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.1.

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From 08/28/2025 02:12
Although no hits in the UK, her strongest album to date, appealing to wider audiences and a more modern sound, reaching No. 65 on the album chart. My favourite track "I Can't Let Go".
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