Rick Sings Nelson

{{Infobox album

| name = Rick Sings Nelson

| type = studio

| artist = Rick Nelson and The Stone Canyon Band

| cover = Rick Sings Nelson.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1970

| recorded = 1970

| studio =

| genre = Country rock

| length = 35:09

| label = Decca/MCA{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=vBVjDwAAQBAJ&q=Rick+Sings+Nelson+ricky+nelson+1970&pg=PA5199|title=Goldmine Record Album Price Guide|first=Martin|last=Popoff|date=September 8, 2009|publisher=Penguin|isbn=9781440229169|via=Google Books}}

| producer = Rick Nelson

| prev_title = In Concert at The Troubadour

| prev_year = 1970

| next_title = Rudy the Fifth

| next_year = 1971

}}

Rick Sings Nelson is the eighteenth studio album by Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band.{{Cite web|url=https://www.rhino.com/article/ricky-nelson|title=Ricky Nelson | Rhino|website=www.rhino.com}}{{cite book |title=The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll |date=1995 |publisher=Fireside}} It was the first album on which Nelson wrote every song.{{cite book |title=The Da Capo Companion to 20th-Century Popular Music |date=1995 |publisher=Da Capo Press |page=684}}

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs chart in the issue dated November 17, 1970, and remained on the chart for two weeks, peaking at number 196.{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstopp00whit/page/556/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's top pop albums : 1955-1996 : compiled from Billboard magazine's pop album charts, 1955-1996 |date=1996 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0898201179 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis. |pages=556}}

The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On on January 26, 1999 as tracks 1 through 10 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 11 through 22 consisting Nelson's 1971 album, Rudy the Fifth.{{cite web |title=Rick Sings Nelson/Rudy the Fifth |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rick-sings-nelson-rudy-the-fifth-mw0000047981 |access-date=15 September 2024 |work=allmusic.com |publisher=}} Bear Family included also the album in the 2010 The Last Time Around box set.{{cite web |title=The Last Time Around 1970-1982 |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-last-time-around-1970-1982-mw0002033236 |access-date=29 November 2024 |website=AllMusic}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000618824|title=Rick Nelson – Rick Sings Nelson: Review |access-date=December 28, 2023}}

| rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=6 |page=145}}

}}

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "accomplished", writing that it was part of "a series of strong, often underrated, albums".

Variety described the album as "an straight outsanding disk".{{Cite magazine |date=September 23, 1970 |title=Variety Album Reviews Neil Young, Nelson, Delaney & Bonnie, Meleanie Top New LPs: Rick Sings Nelson |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_variety_1970-09-23_260_6/page/66/mode/2up |magazine=Variety |pages=66 |volume=260 |issue=6}}

Billboard said the album proves that the albums contains "a package of standout material."{{Cite magazine |date=October 3, 1970 |title=Album Reviews Pop Spotlight: Rick Sings Nelson |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jikEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rick+sings+nelson+billboard+1970&pg=PA22 |magazine=Billboard |pages=22 |language=en |volume=82 |issue=40}}

Track listing

:All tracks composed by Rick Nelson.

"We've Got Such a Long Way to Go" – 3:57
"California" – 3:04
"Anytime" – 4:28
"Down Along the Bayou Country" – 2:10
"Sweet Mary" – 3:25
"Look at Mary" – 3:08
"The Reason Why" – 4:19
"Mr. Dolphin" – 3:40
"How Long" – 3:00
"My Woman" – 3:58

Personnel

=Musicians=

Rick Nelson – guitar, piano, lead vocals
Allen Kemp – lead guitar, backing vocals
Tim Cetera – bass guitar, backing vocals
Tom Brumley – steel guitar
Patrick Shanahan – drums

=Production=

Producer: Rick Nelson
Executive producer: John Walsh

Charts

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" !Chart (1970–1972) !Peak position
scope="row"\|US Billboard Top LPs \|align="center"\|196
scope="row"\|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book\|last=Kent\|first=David\|author-link=David Kent (historian)\|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992\|edition=illustrated\|publisher=Australian Chart Book\|location=St Ives, N.S.W.\|year=1993\|isbn=0-646-11917-6\|page=214}} \|align="center"\|33

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!Chart (1970–1972)

!Peak
position

scope="row"|US Billboard Top LPs

|align="center"|196

scope="row"|Australian Albums (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=214}}

|align="center"|33

References

Category:Ricky Nelson albums

Category:1970 albums

Category:Decca Records albums

Category:MCA Records albums