Windfall (Rick Nelson album) explained

Windfall
Type:Album
Artist:Rick Nelson and The Stone Canyon Band
Cover:Rick_Nelson_Windfall.jpg
Released:January 10, 1974[1]
Recorded:1974
Genre:Country rock
Length:34:17
Label:MCA[2]
Producer:Rick Nelson
Prev Title:Garden Party
Prev Year:1972
Next Title:Intakes
Next Year:1977

Windfall is a 1974 country rock album by Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band, Nelson's twenty-second studio album.[3] [4] The album peaked at No. 190 on the Billboard albums chart.[5]

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)",[6] [7] Nelson arranged the songs for the album and wrote three songs "Someone to Love", "Lifestream", & "Windfall" (co-wrote with Larden)"

Critical reception

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."[8]

Billboard called it "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"[9]

Rolling Stone gave the album a mostly positive review, praising two of Nelson's contributions, "Lifestream" and "Someone to Love."[10]

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)Peakposition
US Top LPs (Billboard)190
Australia (Kent Music Report)[11] 61

Personnel

Production

Notes and References

  1. TV Party. 12 January 1974. Cash Box. 35. 35. 11 January 2024. 32. 0008-7289.
  2. Book: Popoff . Martin . Goldmine Record Album Price Guide . 2009 . Penguin . 9781440229169 . 8 July 2020.
  3. Web site: Wilkins . Barbara . The Rick Nelsons Come of Age . People . 8 July 2020.
  4. Rick Nelson To Sing At LCC . Lubbock Avalanche-Journal . October 20, 1974 . 65 . 8 July 2020.
  5. Chart History: Ricky Nelson . Billboard . 8 July 2020.
  6. Book: Selvin, Joel . Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation . 1990 . Contemporary Books . 978-0-8092-4187-3 . Chicago . 213-214.
  7. Book: Homer, Sheree . Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer . 2012 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-6060-1 . Jefferson, N.C. . 104.
  8. Web site: Rick Nelson and The Stone Canyon Band – Windfall: Album Review . 2024-05-24 . AllMusic.
  9. January 26, 1974 . Billboard Top Albums Pick: Rick Nelson and The Stone Canyon Band - Windfall . . 66 .
  10. Shaw . Greg . Windfall . Rolling Stone . 8 July 2020.
  11. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 214.

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