Ricky Nelson - Ricky/Ricky Nelson

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 67:20
Size: 154.2 MB
Styles: Rock N Roll, Teen Pop
Year: 2001
Art: Front

[2:52] 1. Honeycomb
[1:54] 2. Boppin' The Blues
[1:59] 3. Be-Bop Baby
[1:55] 4. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
[1:38] 5. Teenage Doll
[1:54] 6. If You Can't Rock Me
[2:09] 7. Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On
[2:19] 8. Baby I'm Sorry
[1:37] 9. Am I Blue
[2:17] 10. I'm Confessin'
[1:59] 11. Your True Love
[2:12] 12. True Love
[2:01] 13. Be-Bop Baby
[1:59] 14. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
[1:56] 15. If You Can't Rock Me
[1:57] 16. Shirley Lee
[2:52] 17. Someday (You'll Want Me To Want You)
[1:47] 18. There's Good Rockin' Tonight
[2:16] 19. I'm Feelin' Sorry
[2:30] 20. Down The Line
[2:21] 21. Unchained Melody
[2:17] 22. I'm In Love Again
[2:29] 23. Don't Leave Me This Way
[2:31] 24. My Babe
[2:39] 25. I'll Walk Alone
[2:15] 26. There Goes My Baby
[2:34] 27. Poor Little Fool
[1:53] 28. Stood Up
[2:00] 29. Waitin' In School
[2:02] 30. Believe What You Say
[2:01] 31. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It

Rock & roll was still a novelty and singles ruled the record market when 17-year-old Ricky Nelson released his debut album in 1957; it immediately jumped to No. 1 on the Billboard charts. That's why Capitol fleshes out some of its twofer releases of Nelson's Imperial albums with non-album hit singles. It's stunning to hear how well Nelson's debut and sophomore LPs hold up long after their original appearances. Aside from "Be Bop Baby" (and its "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You" B-side), most of the cuts on Ricky are covers, including a wonderfully sedate take on Jimmie Rodgers's "Honeycomb," proving Nelson was indeed the Perry Como of early rockers. It also includes two Carl Perkins covers, including the definitive "Your True Love." The second LP displays growth and rocks harder. ~Bill Holdship

Ricky/Ricky Nelson

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Ricky Nelson - Greatest Love Songs

Bitrate: MP3@320K/s
Time: 51:19
Size: 117.5 MB
Styles: Pop
Year: 2008
Art: Front

[2:15] 1. Never Be Anyone Else But You
[2:31] 2. Poor Little Fool
[2:17] 3. Sweeter Than You
[1:51] 4. Again
[2:14] 5. Lonesome Town
[2:27] 6. Don't Leave Me This Way
[2:36] 7. I'm Not Afraid
[2:16] 8. Hello Mary Lou
[1:57] 9. So Long
[2:33] 10. Young Emotions
[2:43] 11. I Wanna Be Loved
[2:17] 12. Unchained Melody
[2:45] 13. It's Up To You
[2:15] 14. Trying To Get To You
[2:26] 15. A Teenage Idol
[2:16] 16. Old Enough To Love
[1:56] 17. It's All In The Game
[2:24] 18. Young World
[1:54] 19. True Love Ways
[3:11] 20. Dream Lover
[2:04] 21. Gloomy Sunday
[2:01] 22. That's All

The title Greatest Love Songs is of course a misnomer, a marketing gimmick to justify the release of yet another repackaging of music from the past. “Just in time for Valentine’s Day”, the promotional copy proclaims. Certainly most of these songs deal with love in some way, whether it’s infatuation (“Hello Mary Lou”), the dream of perfect, everlasting love (“Sweeter Than You”), or heartbreak (“Lonesome Town”). Seeking love, finding love, losing love…in other words, the same basic themes covered by a cross-section of pop-music hits from any era. What this album’s theming mostly means is we get a decent overview of Nelson’s teen-idol period, but without any sense of historical or biographical context. The songs themselves, especially classics like “Poor Little Fool” and “Lonesome Town”, are spectacular, showcasing the way he turned a rather ordinary, everyman singing voice into something expressive. He turned lack into something special, giving more resonance to the emotions of the songs, and to the universal human story of love and loss that’s within them. That the album carries that aura is a tribute to Nelson himself, not to the people who somewhat haphazardly put this together. ~Dave Heaton

Greatest Love Songs

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