For Sentimental Reasons | ||||
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Released | September 22, 1986 | |||
Recorded | 1985–1986 | |||
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Length | 42:10 | |||
Label | Asylum | |||
Producer | Peter Asher | |||
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For Sentimental Reasons is an album by American singer, songwriter and producer Linda Ronstadt, released in late 1986. The album peaked at #46 on Billboard 200, as well as #3 on the Top Jazz Albums chart.
It was the third consecutive Platinum-certified collaboration between Ronstadt and bandleader/arranger Nelson Riddle and Ronstadt's eleventh million-selling album overall.
For Sentimental Reasons was the final installment of the jazz trilogy that Ronstadt recorded with bandleader and arranger Nelson Riddle, who died during the making of this disc. Three of the tracks were conducted by Terry Woodson. The album's premier single release, "When You Wish Upon a Star", peaked at #32 in Billboard Magazine's Adult Contemporary chart at the end of 1986. It was assisted by a popular music video. John Kosh designed the album covers for the trilogy of albums Ronstadt recorded with Nelson Riddle.
All tracks were also included in the compilation "'Round Midnight", released on Asylum Records later in 1986.
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Source | Rating |
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The Rolling Stone Album Guide | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
In his retrospective Allmusic review, critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the album "virtually indistinguishable from its two predecessors—it has the same sweeping arrangements, and her voice remains adequate, if not spectacular." [2]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "When You Wish Upon a Star" | Leigh Harline, Ned Washington | 3:46 |
2. | "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered" | Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | 4:24 |
3. | "You Go to My Head" | J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie | 3:36 |
4. | "But Not for Me" | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 5:24 |
5. | "My Funny Valentine" | Hart, Rodgers | 3:00 |
6. | "I Get Along Without You Very Well" | Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Brown Thompson | 4:15 |
7. | "Am I Blue?" | Harry Akst, Grant Clarke | 2:54 |
8. | "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons" | William Best, Deek Watson | 3:42 |
9. | "Straighten Up and Fly Right" | Nat King Cole, Irving Mills | 2:15 |
10. | "Little Girl Blue" | Hart, Rodgers | 4:35 |
11. | "'Round Midnight" | Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams | 4:19 |
Total length: | 42:10 |
Chart (1986) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [4] | 43 |
Canadian RPM Top Albums | 72 |
United States (Billboard 200) | 46 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA) [5] | Platinum | 1,000,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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North America | September 22, 1986 |
| Asylum Records | [6] |
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