Rock n' Roll Love Letter explained

Rock N'Roll Love Letter
Type:Album
Artist:Bay City Rollers
Cover:BCR_love_letter.jpg
Released:March 1976
Recorded:1975
Genre:Glam rock, power pop, pop rock
Label:Arista
Producer:Phil Wainman, Colin Fretcher
Prev Title:Wouldn't You Like It?
Prev Year:1975
Next Title:Dedication
Next Year:1976

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.

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.[1] 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[2] and peaked at No. 9 in the US; and "Rock and Roll Love Letter", peaking at No. 6 in Canada (12 June 1976)[3] 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

  1. "Money Honey" (Eric Faulkner, Stuart Wood)
  2. "La Belle Jeane" (Faulkner, Wood)
  3. "Rock and Roll Love Letter" (Tim Moore)
  4. "Maybe I'm a Fool to Love You" (Faulkner, Wood)
  5. "Wouldn't You Like It" (Faulkner, Wood)
  6. "I Only Wanna Dance With You" (Faulkner, Wood)
  7. "Shanghai'd in Love" (Faulkner, Wood)
  8. "Don't Stop the Music" (Faulkner, Wood)
  9. "The Disco Kid" (Faulkner, Wood)
  10. "Eagles Fly" (Faulkner, Wood)
  11. "Too Young to Rock & Roll" (Faulkner, Wood)

Chart performance

Year-end charts

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 7 March 2012.
  2. Web site: Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 7 March 2012.
  3. Web site: Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada . Collectionscanada.gc.ca . 7 March 2012.
  4. Web site: Oricon Archive - Bay City Rollers.
  5. Web site: Top 100 Albums of '76 . . 17 July 2013 . . October 12, 2021 .