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 Bay City Rollers
Released	September 1976
Recorded	1976
Genre	Pop rock, power pop
Label	Arista, Bell
Producer	Jimmy Ienner
Bay City Rollers chronology
Rock N'Roll Love Letter (1976) Dedication (1976) It's a Game (1977)

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Founding group member Alan Longmuir had been replaced by Ian Mitchell prior to the recording sessions.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 vocals, for the title track. However, when he left the band, later that year, a version of "Dedication" featuring vocals by Les McKeown was included, on subsequent pressings of the LP and was also released as a single.

Track listing

UK edition, Bell Records #8005

Side one

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

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

Side one

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. "I Only Want To Be With You (Hawker & Raymond) – 3:27
5. "Yesterday's Hero" (Vanda, Young) – 4:33

Side two

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

• 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

Weekly charts Chart (1976) Peak position Australian Albums (Kent Music Report)[1] 3 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[2] 21 Canadian Albums (RPM)[3] 5 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[4] 3 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[5] 5 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[6] 1 New Zealand Albums (RIANZ)[7] 6 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 38 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[9] 5 UK Albums (OCC)[10] 4 US Billboard 200[11] 26 Zimbabwean Albums (ZIMA)[12] 13

Year-end charts Chart (1977) Position German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[13] 9

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