For Sentimental Reasons (Linda Ronstadt album)

For Sentimental Reasons
Studio album by Linda Ronstadt
Released October 1986
Recorded 1985 – 1986
Genre
Label Asylum
Producer Peter Asher
Linda Ronstadt chronology
Lush Life
(1984)		 For Sentimental Reasons
(1986)		 Trio
(1987)

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.

History

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 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 also included in the compilation "'Round Midnight", released on Asylum Records later in 1986.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[2]

In his 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."[1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."When You Wish Upon a Star"Leigh Harline, Ned Washington3:46
2."Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers4:24
3."You Go to My Head"J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie3:36
4."But Not for Me"George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin5:24
5."My Funny Valentine"Hart, Rodgers3:00
6."I Get Along Without You Very Well"Hoagy Carmichael, Jane Brown Thompson4:15
7."Am I Blue?"Harry Akst, Grant Clarke2:54
8."(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"William Best, Deek Watson3:42
9."Straighten Up and Fly Right"Nat King Cole, Irving Mills2:15
10."Little Girl Blue"Hart, Rodgers4:35
11."'Round Midnight"Thelonious Monk, Bernie Hanighen, Cootie Williams4:19

Personnel

  • Linda Ronstadt – vocals
  • Louie Bellson – drums
  • Ray Brown – bass
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar
  • Don Grolnick – piano
  • John Guerin – drums
  • Bob Magnusson – bass
  • Bob Mann – guitar
  • Plas Johnson – saxophone
  • Bud Shank – saxophone
  • Chauncey Welsch – trombone
  • Warren Luening – trumpet
  • Mic Bell – background vocals
  • Drake Frye – background vocals
  • Clifford Holland – background vocals
  • Carl Jones – background vocals
  • James Taylor – background vocals
  • Nelson Riddle & His Orchestra – orchestra

Production notes:

  • Peter Asher – producer
  • Nelson Riddle – arranger, conductor
  • Terry Woodson – conductor
  • George Massenburg – engineer, mixing
  • Sharon Rice – assistant engineer
  • Edd Kolakowski - Piano and guitar technician; production assistant
  • Doug Sax – mastering

References

  1. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "For Sentimental Reasons - Linda Ronstadt". Allmusic. Retrieved January 27, 2011.
  2. ↑ 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.
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