Windfall (Rick Nelson album)

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Windfall
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Studio album by
Rick Nelson and The Stone Canyon Band
ReleasedJanuary 10, 1974 [1]
Recorded1974
Genre Country rock
Length34:17
Label MCA [2]
Producer Rick Nelson
Rick Nelson and The Stone Canyon Band chronology
Garden Party
(1972)		Windfall
(1974)		 Intakes
(1977)

Windfall is a 1974 country rock album by Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band, Nelson's twenty-first solo studio album. [3] [4]

Contents

The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart in the issue dated February 23, 1974, and remained on the chart for four weeks, peaking at number 190. [5] The singles from the album, "Windall", debuted on the Cashbox Singles looking ahead chart on February 23, 1974, peaking at number 116 during a two-week chart stay.[ citation needed ] The song peaked at number 46 the adult contemporary charts, chart during a two-week stay. [6] "One Night Stand", spent two weeks on the Hot Country Singles & Tracks charts, peaking at number 89. [7] "Lifestream", spent three weeks on the Cashbox Singles looking ahead chart, peaking at number 105.[ citation needed ]

The album was released on compact disc by Beat Goes On on March 13, 2002 as tracks 11 through 20 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 1 through 10 consisting of Nelson's 1972 album, Garden Party. [8] Bear Family included also the album in the 2010 The Last Time Around box set. [9]

Background

Jay DeWitt White wrote "How Many Times", Baker Knight's "I Don't Want to Be Lonely One". Larden wrote "Legacy", "Evil Woman Child", "One Night Stand" and "Don't Leave Me Here", "Windfall" (co-wrote with Nelson)", [10] [11] Nelson arranged the songs for the album and wrote three songs "Someone to Love", "Lifestream", & "Windfall" (co-wrote with Larden)" [11]

Critical 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 [13]

Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that the album "showed [Nelson], displaying more confidence than he'd had since the mid-1960s, delved not only into some achingly beautiful corners of country-rock, but also harder rocking territory and also more soul and funk-oriented sounds than anyone believed possible." [14]

Billboard described the album as "the urban form of country pop music" and stated that "such tunes as "How Many Times" and a marked contrast in "Evil Ways" with its driving rhythm and wah wah guitar solo." [15]

Rolling Stone gave the album a mostly positive review, praising two of Nelson's contributions, "Lifestream" and "Someone to Love." [16]

Track listing

  1. "Legacy" (Dennis Larden) – 3:24
  2. "Someone to Love" (Rick Nelson) – 3:58
  3. "How Many Times" (Jay DeWitt White) – 4:42
  4. "Evil Woman Child" (Larden) – 3:45
  5. "Don't Leave Me Here" (Larden) – 2:44
  6. "Wild Nights in Tulsa" (Don Burns, Riley Wildflower) – 3:32
  7. "Lifestream" (Nelson) – 2:40
  8. "One Night Stand" (Larden) – 3:17
  9. "I Don't Want to Be Lonely Tonight" (Thomas Baker Knight) – 3:15
  10. "Windfall" (Nelson, Larden) – 3:00

Charts

Chart (1974)Peak
position
US Top LPs (Billboard)190
Australia (Kent Music Report) [17] 61

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ "TV Party" (PDF). Cash Box . Vol. 35, no. 35. 12 January 1974. p. 32. ISSN   0008-7289 . Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440229169 . Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Wilkins, Barbara. "The Rick Nelsons Come of Age". People. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Rick Nelson To Sing At LCC". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal: 65. October 20, 1974. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  5. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1996). Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Albums 1955-1996. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. pp. 10, 556. ISBN   0898201179 . Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  6. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn Presents Billboard Top Adult Songs, 1961-2006. Menomonee Falls, Wis: Record Research. p. 200. ISBN   978-0-8982-0169-7.
  7. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (1994). Joel Whitburn's top country singles, 1944-1993. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 254. ISBN   0898201004.
  8. ↑ "Garden Party/Windfall". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  9. ↑ "The Last Time Around 1970-1982". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  10. ↑ Selvin, Joel (1990). Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation. Chicago: Contemporary Books. pp. 213–214. ISBN   978-0-8092-4187-3.
  11. 1 2 Homer, Sheree (2012). Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 104. ISBN   978-0-7864-6060-1.
  12. ↑ Eder, Bruce. "Windfall". AllMusic. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  13. ↑ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1989. ISBN   9780857125958 . Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  14. ↑ "Rick Nelson and The Stone Canyon Band – Windfall: Album Review". AllMusic . Retrieved 2024-05-24.
  15. ↑ "Billboard Top Albums Pick: Rick Nelson and The Stone Canyon Band - Windfall" (PDF). Billboard . January 26, 1974. p. 66.
  16. ↑ Shaw, Greg. "Windfall". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 8 July 2020.
  17. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 214. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
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