| Spotlight on Rick | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Rick Nelson |
| Cover: | Spotlight on Rick.jpg |
| Released: | November 23, 1964 |
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| Length: | 28:00 |
| Label: | Decca |
| Producer: | Charles "Bud" Dant |
| Prev Title: | The Very Thought of You |
| Prev Year: | 1964 |
| Next Title: | Best Always |
| Next Year: | 1965 |
Spotlight on Rick is the eleventh studio album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson, and his fourth for Decca Records, released on November 23, 1964. The track, "A Happy Guy", was released as a single and peaked at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100[1] and number 83 on the Cashbox singles chart.[2] Jimmie Haskell arranged the album and Charles "Bud" Dant produced it.
Richie Unterberger of AllMusic wrote that "Nelson's mid-'60s albums would have seemed like far more respectable efforts had they been able to escape comparison with a fast-changing rock scene. which had some average contributions by above-average writers like Baker Knight and Jerry Fuller. An energetic stab at Chuck Berry's "I'm Talking About You," and a nice tune from the pen of ex-Cricket Sonny Curtis ("Don't Breathe a Word"), were mild highlights.[3]
Billboard selected the album for a "Spotlight Album" review, and stated his easy-going ballads and delivered in his usual winning style. The songs are teen-grooved".[4]
Cashbox stated his "distinctive widerange baritone voice and emotion-packed delivery carries him in good stead."[5]