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The Very Thought Of You
Studio album by
Rick Nelson
ReleasedAugust 3, 1964
Genre
Length31:03
LabelDecca
ProducerCharles "Bud" Dant
Rick Nelson chronology
Rick Nelson Sings for You
(1963) 		The Very Thought Of You
(1964) 		Spotlight on Rick
(1964)
Singles from The Very Thought of You
  1. "The Very Thought of You"
    Released: April 1964

The Very Thought of You is the tenth studio album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson[1] 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.[2] On the Billboard Easy Listening chart, the song reached No. 11,[3] No. 19 on the Cashbox singles chart.[4], while it peaked at No. 65 in Australia.

The album debuted on the Cashbox albums chart in the issue dated August 15, 1964, and remained on the chart for 6 weeks, peaking at number 72.[5]

The album was released on compact disc 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 Nelson's 1964 album, Spotlight on Rick[6] Bear Family included the album in the 2008 For You: The Decca Years box set.[7]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
New Record Mirror[9]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[10]

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).[1]

Billboard called it "easygoin' ballads with plenty of teen-sence romantic, and stated That "The beat is gentle and His delivery is in relaxed dual track."[11]

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".[12]

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"[9]

Variety mentions "Nelson neatly blends a group of standards with some more recent songs"[13]

Joe Selvin described the album as "a lifeless event".[14]

Track listing

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Side one

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."My Old Flame" (from Paramount Pictures Belle of the Nineties)Sam Coslow, Arthur Johnston2:10
2."Just a Little Bit Sweet"Charlie Rich2:12
3."The Loneliest Sound"James Best, Dave Burgess2:37
4."You'll Never Fall in Love Again"Charles Bene3:03
5."The Very Thought of You"Ray Noble1:56
6."I Don't Wanna Love You"Barry Mann, Cynthia Weil2:10

Side two

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I'll Get You Yet"Charles Bene, William D'ella, William d'Elia3:00
2."I Wonder (If Your Love Will Ever Belong to Me)"Ted Goodloe, Jimmy Jones, Joe Jones, Carl McGinnis, Willie Munson2:30
3."Be My Love" (from the Metro Goldwyn Mayer film The Toast of New Orleans)Nicholas Brodszky, Sammy Cahn2:20
4."I Love You More Than You Know"Dave Burgess2:49
5."Love Is the Sweetest Thing"Ray Noble2:17
6."Dinah" (from the Broadway musical Kid Boots)Harry Akst, Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young3:57

Charts

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Chart (1964) Peak
position
US Cash Box[5] 72

Singles

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Year Title U.S. Hot 100[2] U.S. AC[3] U.S. Cashbox[4]
1964 "The Very Thought of You" 26 11 19

References

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  1. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. "Rick Nelson – The Very Thought Of You: Album Review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
  2. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2003). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 502. ISBN 0898201551.
  3. ^ a b Whitburn, Joel (2007). Joel Whitburn presents Billboard top adult songs, 1961-2006 : chart data compiled from Billboard's adult contemporary charts, 1961-2006, and adult top 40 charts, 1996-2006. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. p. 200. ISBN 978-0-89820-1697. Retrieved September 21, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 244–245. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.
  5. ^ a b Hoffmann, Frank W (1988). The Cash box album charts, 1955-1974. Metuchen, N.J.: Scarecrow Press. p. 268. ISBN 0-8108-2005-6.
  6. ^ "Very Thought of You/Spotlight on Rick". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
  7. ^ "For You: The Decca Years". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
  8. ^ ""The Very Thought of You" - Album Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-12-23.
  9. ^ a b "FATS' GREATEST OLDIES ON A NEW ALBUM" (PDF). Record Mirror. October 10, 1964. p. 12.
  10. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1020. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Billboard Spotlight Pick: The Very Thought of You". Billboard. August 8, 1964. p. 25.
  12. ^ "Album Reviews". Cash Box. Vol. 25, no. 45. August 1, 1964. p. 30.
  13. ^ "Variety Album Reviews Marin's Beatle Track, Lopez's Latin, Rick's Thought, Cole's Lady Tops LPs: The Very Thought of You". Variety. Vol. 235, no. 11. August 5, 1964. p. 44.
  14. ^ Selvin, Joel (1990). Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation. Chicago: Contemporary Books. pp. 161–162. ISBN 978-0-8092-4187-3.
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