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Dedicated to the One I Love (1996)

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Rock classics, including Queen songs, were sung as children's lullabies, and fans came to call the album 'The Lullaby Album'.

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Dedicated to the One I Love is an album by American singer, songwriter and producer Linda Ronstadt
It reinterprets rock classics as children's lullabies
Fans came to know it as 'The Lullaby Album'
Released in mid-1996 (4 June 1996)
Produced by Linda Ronstadt; George Massenburg is credited as producer, engineer and mixer

Vocal contributions come from long-time collaborators Aaron Neville and Valerie Carter
One track is a re-recording of 'Winter Light', the title track of Ronstadt's 1993 album
Reissued in 2009 on Rhino's Flashback Records label; the album is now out of print

Aaron Neville duets on Brahms' Lullaby
Valerie Carter provides harmony vocals on most tracks
The Skywalker Symphony Orchestra plays on the album; David Campbell is credited with string arrangements and conducting
Doug Sax masters the album at The Mastering Lab in Hollywood, California

John Kosh is credited with art direction, design and front cover photography
Marlene McLoughlin is credited with the angel illustration
Danny Ferrington and Rosie Santos are credited with artwork and back cover and interior photography

Born July 15, 1946 in Tucson, Arizona; American singer across rock, folk, pop, country, and soul.
In the mid-1960s joined the folk-rock trio the Stone Poneys as lead singer, releasing three albums in 1967–68.
Solo debut Hand Sown ... Home Grown (1969), described as the first alternative country record by a female recording artist.
Became the first female "arena class" rock star; top-grossing concert artist of the decade.
Voted Top Female Pop Singer of the 1970s; "You're No Good" reached number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Worked with producer Nelson Riddle on the Great American Songbook trilogy What's New, Lush Life, and For Sentimental Reasons.
Recorded Canciones de Mi Padre (1987), the best-selling non-English-language album in US music history.
Retired in 2011 after losing the ability to sing; later diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy.
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014; Kennedy Center Honoree in 2019.

AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote that all of the songs get lush, sweet and soft arrangements, even where that approach is ludicrous
Erlewine said that delivering Queen's 'We Will Rock You' as a rock-a-bye chant is in practice simply ridiculous
Erlewine said the appeal of the album is limited

Released in mid-1996; reached No. 78 on the main Billboard album chart and stayed there for three months
Reached No. 1 on the Top Kid Audio chart, a new career distinction for the singer
Awarded a 1997 Grammy Award
Reissued in 2009 on Rhino's Flashback Records; now out of print

One track re-records 'Winter Light', the title track of Ronstadt's 1993 album.
The album peaked at No. 78 on the main Billboard chart but reached No. 1 on the Top Kid Audio chart.
Jeremy Cohen is credited as concertmaster of the Skywalker Symphony Orchestra, which plays on the album.
Valerie Carter sings lead on track 4 and provides harmony on most other tracks.
Robert Blakeman is credited with photography of Linda Ronstadt for the album.