Summary
Country Fever is the sixteenth studio album by American singer Ricky Nelson, and his ninth for Decca Records, released on April 17, 1967, on Decca Records. which features Nelson's composition of "Alone" and a cover of Bob Dylan's "Walkin' Down The Line", Nelson's earliest Dylan cover.
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| Released | April 17, 1967 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 28:53 | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
| Producer | Charles "Bud" Dant | |||
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| Singles from Country Fever | ||||
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The sessions also produced a couple of numbers taken from old Sun Records by Elvis Presley; "Mystery Train", which was included on the album.[1] He sampled the classic country catalog, including "You Win Again," "Funny How Time Slips Away," and "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle Blow." "Alone" was a self-penned tune while "Walkin' Down the Line" was the first Bob Dylan song that he recorded.[2] These songs formed a kind of semi-autobiographical trilogy, as he sketched himself as a desolate but determined loner.[1] Jimmie Haskell arranged the album and Charles "Bud" Dant produced it, this was the last of fifteen consecutive Nelson studio LPs, produced by Charles "Bud" Dant.
Reception edit
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| AllMusic |   [3] |
Richie Unterberger of AllMusic said that "Country Fever continued the country direction of Nelson's previous album, Bright Lights & Country Music, and the approach of each record was similarly weighted toward interpretations of country classics".[3]
Track listing edit
Side one edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Take a City Bride" | Gib Guilbeau | 1:57 |
| 2. | "Funny How Time Slips Away" | Willie Nelson | 2:56 |
| 3. | "The Bridge Washed Out" | Mel Melshee, Jimmy Louis, Sandra Smith, Slim Williamson | 1:47 |
| 4. | "Alone" | Ricky Nelson | 2:38 |
| 5. | "Big Chief Buffalo Nickel (Desert Blues)" | Jimmie Rodgers | 2:01 |
| 6. | "Mystery Train" | Junior Parker | 2:26 |
Side two edit
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Things You Gave Me" | Glen Hardin | 1:52 |
| 2. | "Take These Chains from My Heart" | Hy Heath, Fred Rose | 2:36 |
| 3. | "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle" | Hank Williams, Jimmie Davis | 2:38 |
| 4. | "Walkin' Down the Line" | Bob Dylan | 2:23 |
| 5. | "You Win Again" | Hank Williams | 2:50 |
| 6. | "Salty Dog" | Zeke Morris, Wiley Morris | 2:35 |
References edit
- ^ a b Selvin, Joel (1990). Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation. Chicago: Contemporary Books. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-8092-4187-3.
- ^ Homer, Sheree (2012). Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-7864-6060-1.
- ^ a b ""Country Fever" - Album Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-10-08.