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Dedication is an album by the Bay City Rollers, issued in fall 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.

Founding group member Alan Longmuir had been replaced by Ian Mitchell prior to the recording sessions.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

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" (Mike Hawker, Ivor Raymonde) – 3:36
  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

Charts

Album

Chart (1976) Position
UK Albums Chart 4
US Billboard Pop Albums 26

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
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