Dedication (Bay City Rollers album)

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.

Dedication
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1976
Recorded1976
GenrePop rock, power pop
LabelArista, Bell
ProducerJimmy Ienner
Bay City Rollers chronology
Rock N'Roll Love Letter
(1976)
Dedication
(1976)
It's a Game
(1977)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Founding group member Alan Longmuir had been replaced by Ian Mitchell prior to the recording sessions.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

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UK edition, Bell Records #8005

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Side one

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  1. "Let's Pretend" (Eric Carmen)
  2. "You're a Woman" (Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood)
  3. "Rock 'N Roller" (Faulkner, Wood)
  4. "Don't Worry Baby" (Brian Wilson, Roger Christian)
  5. "Yesterday's Hero" (Harry Vanda, George Young)

Side two

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  1. "My Lisa" (Tony Sciuto, Sammy Egorin)
  2. "Money Honey" (Faulkner, Wood)
  3. "Rock 'N Roll Love Letter" (Tim Moore)
  4. "Write a Letter" (Wood, Les McKeown, Ian Mitchell)
  5. "Dedication" (Guy Fletcher, Doug Flett)

US edition, Arista Records #4093

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Side one

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  1. "Let's Pretend" (Carmen) – 3:31
  2. "You're a Woman" (Faulkner, Wood) – 4:15
  3. "Rock 'N Roller" (Faulkner, Wood) – 3:30
  4. "Don't Worry Baby
  5. "Yesterday's Hero" (Vanda, Young) – 4:33

Side two

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  1. "My Lisa" (Scutio, Egorin) – 3:35
  2. "Don't Worry Baby" (Wilson, Christian) – 3:03
  3. "Are You Cuckoo?" (Russ Ballard) – 4:05
  4. "Write a Letter" (Wood, McKeown, Mitchell) – 3:47
  5. "Dedication" (Fletcher, Flett) – 3:54

Personnel

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Charts

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Singles

Year Single Chart Position
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

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  5. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Bay City Rollers – Dedication" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  6. ^ "Oricon Archive - Bay City Rollers".
  7. ^ "Bay City Rollers - Dedication - hitparade.ch".
  8. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Dedication". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  9. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Bay City Rollers – Dedication". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
  10. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 12 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Bay City Rollers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
  12. ^ * Zimbabwe. Kimberley, C. Zimbabwe: albums chart book. Harare: C. Kimberley, 2000
  13. ^ "Top 100 Album-Jahrescharts" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. 1977. Archived from the original on 24 October 2021. Retrieved 2 April 2022.