Dedicated to the One I Love (album)

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Dedicated to the One I Love
Dedicated to the One I Love Ronstadt.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 25, 1996
RecordedSeptember 1995 – January 1996 at The Simplex (except for 'Winter Light' which was recorded in 1993 at the Skywalker Ranch.)
Genre
Length29:21
Label Elektra, Rhino, Flashback
Producer George Massenburg, Linda Ronstadt
Linda Ronstadt chronology
Feels Like Home
(1995)
Dedicated to the One I Love
(1996)
We Ran
(1998)

Dedicated to the One I Love is an album of rock classics reinterpreted as children's lullabies by American singer, songwriter and producer Linda Ronstadt.

Contents

Released in mid-1996, it reached No. 78 and lasted three months on the main Billboard album chart. It also earned the singer a new career distinction when it hit #1 on the Top Kid Audio chart. It was awarded a 1997 Grammy Award.

The album includes vocal contributions from long-time collaborators Aaron Neville who duets on Brahms' Lullaby and Valerie Carter who provides harmony vocals on most tracks.

This album was reissued on Rhino's Flashback Records label in 2009. It is now out of print.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B− [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote: "All of the songs are given lush, sweet, and soft arrangements, even when that approach is ludicrous; it might be a cute idea to deliver Queen's 'We Will Rock You' as a rock-a-bye chant, but in practice it is simply ridiculous… the appeal of Dedicated to the One I Love is limited..." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dedicated to the One I Love" Ralph Bass, Lowman Pauling 2:10
2."Be My Baby" Phil Spector, Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich 3:16
3."In My Room" Brian Wilson, Gary Usher 2:18
4."Devoted to You" Felice Bryant, Boudleaux Bryant 2:24
5."Baby, I Love You"Spector, Barry, Greenwich2:56
6."Devoted to You" (instrumental)Bryant, Bryant0:48
7."Angel Baby" Rosie Hamlin 3:15
8."We Will Rock You" Brian May 1:29
9."Winter Light" Eric Kaz, Linda Ronstadt, Zbigniew Preisner 3:17
10."Brahms' Lullaby" Johannes Brahms 3:37
11."Good Night" John Lennon, Paul McCartney 3:51
Total length:29:21

Personnel

The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra

Production

Release history

Release history and formats for Dedicated to the One I Love
RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
North AmericaJune 25, 1996
  • CD
  • cassette
Elektra Records [4]

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References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Dedicated to the One I Love - Linda Ronstadt". AllMusic . Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  2. Cannon, Bob (14 June 1996). "Dedicated to the One I Love Review". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 2 June 2011.
  3. Brackett, Nathan; Christian Hoard (2004). The Rolling Stone Album Guide . New York City, New York: Simon and Schuster. p.  701. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8. rolling stone linda ronstadt album guide.
  4. Ronstadt, Linda (June 25, 1996). "Dedicated to the One I Love (Liner Notes)". Elektra Records . 61916-4 (Cassette); 61916-2 (CD).