The Very Thought of You (Ricky Nelson album)
The Very Thought Of You | ||||
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Released | August 3, 1964 | |||
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Length | 31:03 | |||
Label | Decca | |||
Producer | Charles "Bud" Dant | |||
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Singles from The Very Thought of You | ||||
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The Very Thought of You is the tenth studio album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson and his third for Decca Records. It was released on August 3, 1964. Jimmie Haskell was the arranger. Charles "Bud" Dant produced the album.
The single, "The Very Thought of You", was Nelson's last US top-forty single for five years, peaking at No. 26.[1] On the Billboard Easy Listening chart, the song reached No. 11,[2] while it peaked at No. 65 in Australia.
The album was released on compact disc for the first time by Ace Records on December 9, 1997 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of the other album being Nelson's other Decca album from November 1964, Spotlight on Rick[3]
Reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [4] |
New Record Mirror | [5] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
Richie Unterberger of AllMusic said that "Passable, mostly midtempo pop/rock that did little to either embarrass the singer or raise the listener's temperature. There are obscure songs by Mann-Weil ("I Don't Wanna Love You") and Charlie Rich ("Just a Little Bit Sweet"), but it all sounds like pleasant throwaway filler, the best cut being his cover of the great lost Drifters-like tune "I Wonder" (a small hit for the Pentagons in 1961).[7]
Billboard called it "easygoin' ballads with plenty of teen-sence romanti, and stated That "The beat is gentle and His delivery is in relaxed dual track."[8]
Cashbox called it "his strongest LP’s" and stated that it" spotlights the songster in a variety of moods and tempos as he warmly reads such goodies".[9]
Record Mirror called it "late night listening" and stated that "It contains a number of pop standards well performed in a quiet sort of way"[5]
Joe Selvin called it, "a lifeless event".[10]
Track listing
[edit]Side one
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "My Old Flame" (from Paramount Pictures Belle of the Nineties) | Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston | 2:10 |
2. | "Just a Little Bit Sweet" | Charlie Rich | 2:12 |
3. | "The Loneliest Sound" | James Best, Dave Burgess | 2:37 |
4. | "You'll Never Fall in Love Again" | Charles Bene | 3:03 |
5. | "The Very Thought of You" | Ray Noble | 1:56 |
6. | "I Don't Wanna Love You" | Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil | 2:10 |
Side two
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "I'll Get You Yet" | Charles Bene, William D'ella, William d'Elia | 3:00 |
2. | "I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong to Me)" | Ted Goodloe, Jimmy Jones, Joe Jones, Carl McGinnis, Willie Munson | 2:30 |
3. | "Be My Love" (from the Metro Goldwyn Mayer film The Toast of New Orleans) | Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn | 2:20 |
4. | "I Love You More Than You Know" | Dave Burgess | 2:49 |
5. | "Love Is the Sweetest Thing" | Ray Noble | 2:17 |
6. | "Dinah" (from the Broadway musical Kid Boots) | Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young | 3:57 |
Charts
[edit]Singles
[edit]Year | Title | U.S. Hot 100 |
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1964 | "The Very Thought of You" | 26 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Ricky Nelson | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ^ "Ricky Nelson | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-12-24.
- ^ "Very Thought of You/Spotlight on Rick". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
- ^ ""The Very Thought of You" - Album Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
- ^ a b "FATS' GREATEST OLDIES ON A NEW ALBUM" (PDF). Record Mirror. October 10, 1964. p. 12.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1020. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Rick Nelson – The Very Thought Of You: Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ^ "Billboard Spotlight Pick: The Very Thought of You". Billboard. August 8, 1964. p. 25.
- ^ "Album Reviews". Cash Box. Vol. 25, no. 45. August 1, 1964. p. 30.
- ^ Selvin, Joel (1990). Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation. Chicago: Contemporary Books. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-0-8092-4187-3.