Dedicated to the One I Love (album)

Dedicated to the One I Love
Studio album by Linda Ronstadt
Released June, 1996
Recorded September 1995 – January 1996
Genre Children's music
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 a Grammy Award-winning album of Rock classics reinterpreted as children's lullabies by American singer/songwriter/producer Linda Ronstadt.

Released in the summer of 1996, it is commonly known among Ronstadt fans as 'The Lullaby Album'. It reached number 78 - and lasted three months - on the Billboard album chart. It also earned the singer a new career distinction when it hit #1 on the Top Kid Audio chart.

This album was reissued on Rhino's Flashback Records label in 2008.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment Weekly B−[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide [3]

Allmusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine rated the album 2.5 of 5 stars, writing: "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

  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, Greenwich) – 2:56
  6. "Devoted to You" (Bryant) – 0:48
  7. "Angel Baby" (Rosie Hamlin) – 3:15
  8. "We Will Rock You" (Brian May) – 1:29
  9. "Winter Light" (Eric Kaz, Linda Ronstadt, Zbigniew Antoni Preisner) – 3:17
  10. "Brahms's Lullaby" (Johannes Brahms) – 3:37
  11. "Good Night" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:51

Personnel

Production notes:

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 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. 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.