Don't Cry Now is the fourth solo studio album by American singer Linda Ronstadt.

It was Ronstadt's first album recorded on the Asylum label and first to feature producer Peter Asher.

Along with reaching chart positions in multiple countries, it also certified gold in the United States for selling over 500,000 copies.

[5] Although Don't Cry Now marked the start of Ronstadt's long association with Asylum, due to contractual obligations her next recorded album, Heart Like a Wheel, would be released on her previous label, Capitol.

It was first produced by John Boylan and JD Souther, both of whom had separate romantic relationships with Ronstadt at the time.

The album's recording kept getting delayed primarily due to Ronstadt going on tour with Neil Young.

[7] James Taylor knew of Ronstadt's music and his family introduced her to producer Peter Asher.

They found Ronstadt's vocals "confident" and to evoke similar qualities to that of Joan Baez.

Combined with perfect pitch, impeccable phrasing and control, her singing carries a throb that hurts and soothes at the same time, and her feeling for the melodic construction of any given song is always proportionate to its structure.

"[9] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated Don't Cry Now three out of five stars and commented that it "expanded the pop/rock concessions of Linda Ronstadt, and the result was the singer's first genuine hit record.