Rock N'Roll Love Letter is an album by the Bay City Rollers. It was a North America-only release, issued in early 1976 by Arista Records, catalogue #4071.
| Rock N'Roll Love Letter | ||||
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| Released | March 1976 | |||
| Recorded | 1975 | |||
| Genre | Glam rock, power pop, pop rock | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
| Producer | Phil Wainman, Colin Fretcher | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [1] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | C+[2] |
Of the record's 11 tracks, two were lifted from the Rollers' 1975's UK release Once Upon a Star; seven came from Wouldn't You Like It?; and two were newly recorded singles. The cover art features the same photo as Wouldn't You Like It?.
The album reached No. 1 in Canada on 27 March 1976, jumping from No. 25 to the top position in a single week to depose their previous album Bay City Rollers from the top slot.[3] In the US, it went as high as No. 31 on Billboard's Pop Albums chart. Two singles from the disc made Billboard's Top 40: "Money Honey", which reached No. 1 in Canada[4] and peaked at No. 9 in the US; and "Rock and Roll Love Letter", peaking at No. 6 in Canada (12 June 1976)[5] and No. 28 in the US.
This album was finally released on CD (along with "Bay City Rollers") as a 2 LP On 1-CD set in 2011, by Wounded Bird Records.
Track listing
edit- "Money Honey" (Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood)
- "La Belle Jeane" (Faulkner, Wood)
- "Rock and Roll Love Letter" (Tim Moore)
- "Maybe I'm a Fool to Love You" (Faulkner, Wood)
- "Wouldn't You Like It" (Faulkner, Wood)
- "I Only Wanna Dance With You" (Faulkner, Wood)
- "Shanghai'd in Love" (Faulkner, Wood)
- "Don't Stop the Music" (Faulkner, Wood)
- "The Disco Kid" (Faulkner, Wood)
- "Eagles Fly" (Faulkner, Wood)
- "Too Young to Rock & Roll" (Faulkner, Wood)
Chart performance
editPersonnel
edit- Eric Faulkner – Guitar
- Alan Longmuir – Bass Guitar
- Derek Longmuir – Drums
- Les McKeown – Lead Vocals
- Stuart "Woody" Wood – Guitar
References
edit- ^ Allmusic review
- ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
- ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
- ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4140a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
- ^ "Oricon Archive - Bay City Rollers".
- ^ "Bay City Rollers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
- ^ "Top 100 Albums of '76". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
