 "Winter Light" was Ronstadt's first solo album since "Don't Cry Now" not to be produced by Peter Asher; she elected to produce it herself, along with George Massenburg.The album marked Ronstadt's increased responsibilities and confidence behind the boards, this time achieving a multi-layered Enya-styled New Age-oriented sound, as in Anna McGarrigle's "Heartbeats Accelerating" — the album's first hit single — and Brian Wilson's "Don't Talk (Put Your Head on my Shoulder)".