Another Side of Rick

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Another Side of Rick
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Studio album by
Rick Nelson
ReleasedNovember 13, 1967
Genre Psychedelic pop
Length30:10
Label Decca
Producer John Boylan
Rick Nelson chronology
Country Fever
(1967)		Another Side of Rick
(1967)		 Perspective
(1969)
Singles from Another Side of Rick
  1. "Suzanne on a Sunday Morning"
    Released: August 1967
  2. "Dream Weaver"
    Released: November 1967
  3. "Don't Blame It on Your Wife"
    Released: March 1968
  4. "Don't Make Promises"
    Released: March 1968

Another Side of Rick is the seventeenth studio album by American singer Rick Nelson, and his tenth for Decca Records. [1] It was released on November 13, 1967. Jimmie Haskell arranged the album and John Boylan produced it. [2]

Contents

The album was released on compact disc by Ace Records on September 29, 1998, as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 23 consisting of Nelson's 1969 album, Perspective . [3] Bear Family included the album in the 2008 For You: The Decca Years box set. [4]

Production

Another Side of Rick was John Boylan's first production. [5] The album was a thickly produced collection of songs from Koppelman-Rubim songwriters with the modern touch. These included Tim Hardin, John Sebastian, Boylan, and his brother, Terry Boylan. [6] John Boylan selected a number of contemporary songs for the album: "Barefoot Boy", "Dream Weaver", "Suzanne on a Sunday Morning", and "I Wonder If Louise Is Home". [5] Terry Boylan sang "Don't Blame It on Your Wife," which Rick Nelson didn't want to sing, saying "I want to sing the kind of thing I always wanted to, something I can close my eyes to with feeling" like Ray Charles. [6] Instead, Nelson recorded "Georgia On My Mind." [6] Rick Nelson also co-wrote two songs: "Marshmallow Skies" with James Burton, and "Promenade in Green", with John Boylan. [5]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
New Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]

Another Side of Rick was not considered a success, in part because songs like "Marshmallow Skies," "Promenade in Green," "Dream Weaver," and "Suzanne on a Sunday Morning" were alien to the Nelson image. [5] Richie Unterberger of AllMusic said that "It was about as good a strategy as any, considering his tried-and-true rock-a-ballad format wasn't working. But giving him fruity psychedelic Baroque production wasn't the answer, either, indeed yielding rather embarrassing results." [1]

Historian John Einarson stated that Nelson's albums " Perspective and Another Side of Rick, embraced both folk and pop, with covers of Eric Andersen, Nilsson, Paul Simon, and Randy Newman. The eclectic choices reveal an artist still searching for a style that would reconcile his past and give him a future." [9] Billboard selected the album for a "Pop Special Merit" review, and stated that Nelson "tackles the old standard "Georgia on My Mind" and the newer standard "Daydream with success." [10]

Record Mirror described the album as "An interesting LP" and stated that "it found some interesting item...... here - apart from the many Timmy Hardin tracks, all of which are carefully, but unadventurously recorded", [8] Cashbox described the album as "a compelling manner" and stated that "The songs are soft and gentle" [11]

Track listing

Side one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Dream Weaver" John Boylan 2:51
2."Marshmallow Skies" James Burton, Ricky Nelson2:15
3."Don't Blame It on Your Wife" Terence Boylan 2:36
4."Reason to Believe" Tim Hardin 3:43
5."Suzanne on a Sunday Morning"John Boylan1:55
6."Baby Close Its Eyes"Tim Hardin1:39

Side two

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Barefoot Boy" John Boylan 2:35
2."Don't Make Promises" Tim Hardin 2:48
3."Promenade in Green"John Boylan, Ricky Nelson2:12
4."Georgia on My Mind" Hoagy Carmichael Stuart Gorrell 2:39
5."Daydream" John Sebastian 2:39
6."I Wonder If Louise Is Home"John Boylan2:18

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References

Citations

  1. 1 2 3 Unterberger, Richie. "Rick Nelson – Another Side of Rick: Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  2. ↑ Searles, p. 203-204
  3. ↑ "Another Side of Rick/Perspective". AllMusic. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  4. ↑ "For You: The Decca Years". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  5. 1 2 3 4 Homer, p.88
  6. 1 2 3 Selvin, p. 173
  7. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1020. ISBN   9781846098567.
  8. 1 2 Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (6 April 1968). "new albums reviewed by Norman Jopling and Peter Jones: Some interesting LP's -a new and an old Orbison, powerful Move, brilliant Byrds,but a let -down from Jefferson Airplane, and an unexpected goodie by Ricky Nelson" (PDF). New Record Mirror . No. 369. p. 8. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
  9. ↑ Einarson, p. 66
  10. ↑ Lee Zhito, ed. (November 25, 1967). "Pop Special Merit: Another Side of Rick". Billboard . p. 42.
  11. ↑ Cash Box. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1967-11-18. p. 36.

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