Bay City Rollers (album)

Bay City Rollers, released in late 1975, was the first full-length album by Scotland's Bay City Rollers to be issued in the US and Canada. The compilation, which hit No. 1 in the RPM Canadian album chart on 7 February 1976[4] and reached as high as No. 20 on the US album chart, included the US and Canadian #1 hit single "Saturday Night".[5]

Bay City Rollers
Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 1975
Recorded1973, 1974, 1975
GenreBubblegum[1]
LabelArista
ProducerPhil Coulter, Bill Martin, Phil Wainman
Bay City Rollers chronology
Once Upon a Star
(1975)
Bay City Rollers
(1975)
Wouldn't You Like It
(1975)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Christgau's Record GuideC[2]
The Rolling Stone Record Guide[3]

The LP contained tracks culled mostly from the band's first three UK-only albums: 5 songs from Rollin', 4 songs from Once Upon a Star and 1 song from Wouldn't You Like It – along with 1 brand new song. In addition, this album contains the US mix of "Summerlove Sensation" (a much fuller mix with strings), which finally became available on CD on the US release "Definitive Collection".

Track listing

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  1. "Give a Little Love" (Johnny Goodison, Phil Wainman)
  2. "Bye Bye Baby" (Bob Crewe, Bob Gaudio)
  3. "Shang-a-Lang" (Bill Martin, Phil Coulter)
  4. "Marlena" (Eric Faulkner, Les McKeown, Stuart Wood)
  5. "Let's Go (A Huggin' And A Kissin' In The Moonlight)" (Goodison, Wainman)
  6. "Be My Baby" (Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich, Phil Spector)
  7. "Summerlove Sensation" (Martin, Coulter)
  8. "Remember (Sha-La-La-La)" (Martin, Coulter)
  9. "Saturday Night" (Martin, Coulter)
  10. "My Teenage Heart" (Faulkner, Wood)
  11. "Keep on Dancing" (Allen Jones, Willie David Young)

Charts

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Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ a b AllMusic Review
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
  3. ^ The Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1979. p. 24.
  4. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  5. ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Archived from the original on 15 October 2012. Retrieved 4 January 2012.
  6. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4140a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Charts.nz – Bay City Rollers – Bay City Rollers". Hung Medien. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Bay City Rollers". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Bay City Rollers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Top 100 Albums of '76". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Top Selling Albums of 1976 — The Official New Zealand Music Chart". Recorded Music New Zealand. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
  12. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1976". Billboard. Retrieved 25 September 2021.