| Playing to Win | ||||
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| Released | January 1981 | |||
| Genre | Rock and roll, country rock | |||
| Length | 54:16 | |||
| Label | Capitol | |||
| Producer | Jack Nitzsche | |||
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Playing to Win is the twenty-third studio album by American singer Rick Nelson, released in January, 1981, on Capitol Records. [1] It was the last album of new material Nelson would release in his lifetime. His next studio effort, All My Best , featured re-recordings of old Nelson hits while The Memphis Sessions , his final collection of all-new material, was released posthumously.
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It featured several rockabilly songs, including "Back to School Days", a contemporary version of "Believe What You Say", and John Fogerty's "Almost Saturday Night", [2] The Tentalive title came from one of his two originals on the album, "Call It What You Want," a jaunty, Rolling Stones-style romp, His other original however, provided the LP's most pro-phetic song, "The Loser Babe is You." [3] according to Nelson, "The album was going to be called 'It's Rock and Roll to Me, "but the idea was shelved because Billy Joel brought out a thing with the same theme, I just want to make records that sound like me. I've been through so many people telling me 'Go this direction' and then changing their minds the next day." [3]
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart in the issue dated February 21, 1981, and remained on the chart for six weeks, peaking at number 153. [4]
Bear Family included the album in the 2010 The Last Time Around box set. [5]
