| Another Side of Rick | ||||
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| Released | November 13, 1967 | |||
| Genre | Psychedelic pop | |||
| Length | 30:10 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Producer | John Boylan | |||
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Another Side of Rick is the seventeenth studio album by American singer Rick Nelson, and his tenth for Decca Records. It was released on November 13, 1967. Jimmie Haskell arranged the album and John Boylan produced it. [1]
Another Side of Rick was John Boylan's first production. [2] The album was a thickly produced collection of songs from Koppelman-Rubim song-writers with the modern touch. These included Tim Hardin, John Sebastian, Boylan, and his brother, Terry Boylan. [3]
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." [2] 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. [3] Instead, Nelson recorded "Georgia On My Mind." [3] Ricky Nelson also co-wrote two songs: "Marshmallow Skies" with James Burton, and "Promenade in Green", with John Boylan. [2]
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
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. [2] 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." [4]
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." [5] 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." [6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Dream Weaver" | John Boylan | 2:51 |
| 2. | "Marshmallow Skies" | James Burton, Ricky Nelson | 2:15 |
| 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 Boylan | 1:55 |
| 6. | "Baby Close Its Eyes" | Tim Hardin | 1:39 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Barefoot Boy" | John Boylan | 2:35 |
| 2. | "Don't Make Promises" | Tim Hardin | 2:48 |
| 3. | "Promenade in Green" | John Boylan, Ricky Nelson | 2:12 |
| 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 Boylan | 2:18 |
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