For Sentimental Reasons (Linda Ronstadt album)

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.

For Sentimental Reasons
Studio album by
Linda Ronstadt
ReleasedOctober 1986
Recorded1985 – 1986
Genre
Length42:10
LabelAsylum
ProducerPeter Asher
Linda Ronstadt chronology
Lush Life
(1984)		 For Sentimental Reasons
(1986)		 Trio
(1987)
Singles from For Sentimental Reasons
  1. "When You Wish Upon a Star"
    Released: October 1986
  2. "(I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons"
    Released: April 1987

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
Total length:42:10

Charts
Chart (1986) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 43
Canadian RPM Top Albums 72
United States (Billboard 200) 46

Personnel
  • Linda Ronstadt – vocals
  • Don Grolnick – grand piano (1-4, 6-11)
  • Bob Mann – guitar (1-6, 8, 10, 11)
  • Dennis Budimir – guitar (7, 9)
  • Bob Magnusson – bass (1-4, 6, 8, 10, 11)
  • Ray Brown – bass (7, 9)
  • John Guerin – drums (1-4, 6, 8, 10, 11)
  • Louie Bellson – drums (7, 9)
  • Plas Johnson – tenor saxophone (4, 6, 10)
  • Bud Shank – alto saxophone (8)
  • Chauncey Welsch – trombone (2, 3, 11)
  • Warren Luening – trumpet (7, 9)
  • James SK Wān – bamboo flute (6, 8)
  • The Sequoia String Quartet – strings (5)
  • Nelson Riddle – all arrangements, conductor (1-6, 10, 11)
  • Terry Woodson – conductor (7, 8, 9)
  • Mic Bell – backing vocals (8)
  • Drake Frye – backing vocals (8)
  • Clifford Holland – backing vocals (8)
  • Carl Jones – backing vocals (8)
  • James Taylor – backing vocals (9)


Production

  • Peter Asher – producer
  • George Massenburg – engineer, mixing
  • Sharon Rice – assistant engineer
  • Edd Kolakowski – piano and guitar technician, production assistant
  • Doug Sax – mastering at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, California).
  • John Kosh – art direction, design
  • Ron Larson – art direction, design
  • Robert Blakeman – photography
  • Genny Schorr – wardrobe stylist

References
  1. 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.
  3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 258. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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