Rock n' Roll Love Letter

Rock N'Roll Love Letter
Studio album by Bay City Rollers
Released	March 1976
Recorded	1975
Genre	Glam rock, power pop, pop rock
Label	Arista
Producer	Phil Wainman, Colin Fretcher
Bay City Rollers chronology
Wouldn't You Like It? (1975) Rock N'Roll Love Letter (1976) Dedication (1976)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	C+[2]

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.[3] 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[4] and peaked at No. 9 in the US; and "Rock and Roll Love Letter", peaking at No. 6 in Canada (12 June 1976)[5] 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

Weekly charts Chart (1976) Peak position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[6] 1 Japanese Albums (Oricon)[7] 1 US Billboard 200[8] 31

Year-end charts Chart (1976) Position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[9] 6

Personnel

• Eric Faulkner – Guitar
• Alan Longmuir – Bass Guitar
• Derek Longmuir – Drums
• Les McKeown – Lead Vocals
• Stuart "Woody" Wood – Guitar

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: B". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved 21 February 2019.
3. "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
4. "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
5. "Item Display – RPM – Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
6. "Top RPM Albums: Issue 4140a". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved October 12, 2021.
7. "Oricon Archive - Bay City Rollers".
8. "Bay City Rollers Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved March 6, 2016.
9. "Top 100 Albums of '76". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. 17 July 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2021.