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Rudy the Fifth

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{{Infobox album

| name = Rudy the Fifth

| type = studio

| artist = Rick Nelson and The Stone Canyon Band

| cover = Rick Nelson Rudy.jpg

| alt =

| released = November 1971

| recorded = 1971

| studio =

| genre = Country rock

| length = 38:51

| label = Decca/MCA

| producer = Rick Nelson

| prev_title = Rick Sings Nelson

| prev_year = 1970

| next_title = Garden Party

| next_year = 1972

}}

Rudy the Fifth is a country rock album by Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band, released on October 4, 1971, and Nelson's nineteenth solo and twentieth studio album overall.{{Cite web |title=Rick Nelson - Rudy The Fifth: Ratings & Review |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/rudy-the-fifth-mw0000096489 |access-date=2024-10-06 |website=AllMusic}}

The album contains original songs as well as self-penned compositions including "The Last Time Around" and "Song for Kristin (which he played classical guitar with no overdubs).{{Cite book |last=Homer |first=Sheree |url=https://archive.org/details/ricknelsonrocknr0000home/page/96/mode/2up |title=Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer |date=2012 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-0-7864-6060-1 |location=Jefferson, N.C. |pages=96}} and covers such as Bob Dylan's "Just Like a Woman" & "Love Minus Zero/No Limit", The Rolling Stones "Honky Tonk Women".{{Cite book |last=Selvin |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/rickynelsonidolf00selv/page/193/mode/2up |title=Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation |date=1990 |publisher=Contemporary Books |isbn=978-0-8092-4187-3 |location=Chicago |pages=193}} and Shirley & Lee, & Johnny Preston "Feel So Good", it also featured Nelson playing piano on "Honky Tonk Woman" His close friend Kent McCord designed the cover.{{Cite book |last=Selvin |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/rickynelsonidolf00selv/page/195/mode/2up |title=Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation |date=1990 |publisher=Contemporary Books |isbn=978-0-8092-4187-3 |location=Chicago |pages=195}}

Rudy the Fifth "bubbled under" the Top LPs & Tape chart for two weeks that began in the issue dated November 27, 1971, peaking at number 204.{{Harvnb|Whitburn|2010}}.

The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Beat Goes On on January 26, 1999, as tracks 11 through 23 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 10 consisting of Nelson's 1970 album, Rick Sings Nelson.{{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}}

Reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}

| rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

| rev2score = B−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: N|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=N&bk=70|accessdate=March 8, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}

| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=1020 |isbn=9781846098567 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/1020/mode/2up |accessdate=22 August 2024}}

}}

Billboard gave a positive review, described the album as "a folk-rock"{{Cite magazine |date=October 30, 1971 |title=Album Reviews: Pop Spotlight: Rudy The Fifth |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0QgEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rudy+the+fifth+billboard&pg=PA52 |magazine=Billboard |pages=52 |language=en |volume=84 |issue=44}}

Dafydd Ress described the album as "one of [Nelson's] best."{{Cite book |last=Rees |first=Dafydd |url=https://archive.org/details/rockmoversshaker0000rees/page/354/mode/2up |title=Rock movers & shakers |date=1991 |publisher=Billboard Books |isbn=0823076091 |location=New York |pages=354 |language=en}}

Track listing

All tracks composed by Rick Nelson, except where indicated.

  1. "This Train" – 2:34
  2. "Just Like a Woman" (Bob Dylan) – 4:58
  3. "Sing Me a Song" – 3:21
  4. "The Last Time Around" – 4:21
  5. "Song for Kristin" – 1:14
  6. "Honky Tonk Woman" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 4:11
  7. "Feel So Good" (Leonard Lee) – 2:59
  8. "Life" – 2:57
  9. "Thank You Lord" – 4:00
  10. "Song for Kristin" – 1:15
  11. "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" (Dylan) – 2:55
  12. "Gypsy Pilot" – 4:06

Personnel

=Musicians=

=Production=

  • Producer: Rick Nelson
  • Recording engineer: Michael "Nemo" Shields
  • Photography: Kent McCord{{cite web |title=Kent McCord was a photographer behind-the-scenes on Adam-12 |url=https://www.metv.com/stories/kent-mccord-was-a-photographer-behind-the-scenes-on-adam-12 |website= metv.com |access-date=March 28, 2023 |date=January 13, 2023}}
  • Artistic design: John C. Leprevost

Charts

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!Chart (1971–1972)

!Peak{{break}}position

scope="row"|US Billboard Top LPs

|align="center"|204

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}}

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References

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Category:Ricky Nelson albums

Category:1971 albums

Category:Country rock albums

Category:Decca Records albums