Dedication is an album by the Bay City Rollers, issued in September 1976. It was the band's fourth original studio album, and the first new album to be released in the wake of their enormous worldwide success of early 1976.
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| Released | September 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1976 | |||
| Genre | Pop rock, power pop | |||
| Label | Arista, Bell | |||
| Producer | Jimmy Ienner | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   link |
Founding group member Alan Longmuir had been replaced by Ian Mitchell prior to the recording sessions. Upon the switch, Mitchell was slotted as rhythm guitarist; Stuart Wood moved from rhythm guitar to bass. Mitchell also provided the lead vocal for the title track. However, when he left the band later that year, a version of "Dedication" featuring a Les McKeown vocal was cut for subsequent pressings of the LP and was in fact released as a single.
Track listing
editUK edition, Bell Records #8005
editSide one
edit- "Let's Pretend" (Eric Carmen)
- "You're a Woman" (Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood)
- "Rock 'N Roller" (Faulkner, Wood)
- "Don't Worry Baby" (Brian Wilson, Roger Christian)
- "Yesterday's Hero" (Harry Vanda, George Young)
Side two
edit- "My Lisa" (Tony Sciuto, Sammy Egorin)
- "Money Honey" (Faulkner, Wood)
- "Rock 'N Roll Love Letter" (Tim Moore)
- "Write a Letter" (Wood, Les McKeown, Ian Mitchell)
- "Dedication" (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett)
US edition, Arista Records #4093
editSide one
edit- "Let's Pretend" (Carmen) – 3:31
- "You're a Woman" (Faulkner, Wood) – 4:15
- "Rock 'N Roller" (Faulkner, Wood) – 3:30
- "Don't Worry Baby
- "Yesterday's Hero" (Vanda, Young) – 4:33
Side two
edit- "My Lisa" (Scutio, Egorin) – 3:35
- "Don't Worry Baby" (Wilson, Christian) – 3:03
- "Are You Cuckoo?" (Russ Ballard) – 4:05
- "Write a Letter" (Wood, McKeown, Mitchell) – 3:47
- "Dedication" (Fletcher, Flett) – 3:54
Personnel
edit- Les McKeown – lead and backing vocals
- Eric Faulkner – lead guitar, backing vocals; co-lead vocals on "Rock 'N Roller"
- Ian Mitchell – rhythm guitar, backing vocals; lead vocals on "Dedication"
- Stuart "Woody" Wood – bass, backing vocals; co-lead vocals on "Rock 'N Roller"
- Derek Longmuir – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Charts
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Weekly chartsedit
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Year-end chartsedit
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Singles
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1975 | "Money Honey" | UK Singles | 3 |
| 1976 | "I Only Want to Be with You" | Billboard Hot 100 | 12 |
| "Yesterday's Hero" | Billboard Hot 100 | 54 | |
| 1977 | "Dedication" | Billboard Hot 100 | 60 |
References
edit- ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Bay City Rollers – Dedication" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Canadian Albums". RPM Albums. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 31 May 2016.
- ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 263. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Bay City Rollers – Dedication" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Oricon Archive - Bay City Rollers".
- ^ "Bay City Rollers - Dedication - hitparade.ch".
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Dedication". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Dedication". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
- ^ "Bay City Rollers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
- ^ * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
- ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1977. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.