Ricky
- 艺人
- Ricky Nelson
- 语种
- 英语
- 厂牌
- United Artists
- 发行时间
- 1957年10月01日
- 专辑类别
- 录音室专辑
专辑介绍
by William Ruhlmann
After releasing his first two singles, &A Teenager's Romance&/&I'm Walking& and &You're My One and Only Love,& on Verve Records, Ricky Nelson switched to Imperial Records in the fall of 1957 for his third single, &Be-Bop Baby&/&Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?,& and his debut album, Ricky. The result was even greater success: the single's A-side reached the top five and its B-side the Top 40, making for a gold record, and the LP topped the charts. Heard at length for the first time on the 12-track album, the 17-year-old continued to display the combination of natural pop instincts and genuine rock & roll feel that set him apart from the burgeoning pack of Elvis Presley imitators. He was derivative, to be sure, a TV star from a celebrity family who attended Hollywood High School and whose life had been scripted for public consumption since he was eight years old, making him a far cry from the Hillbilly Cat. But he also sang rhythmically in his smooth voice, negotiating the rock & roll beat with far greater ease than Pat Boone. Two songs were borrowed from Carl Perkins and one from Jerry Lee Lewis, and Nelson covered Jimmie Rodgers' recent hit &Honeycomb.& All of his covers were more relaxed, less frantic than the originals, but the band, pushed way back in the mix, kept up a steady guitar combo sound. There were also several updates from what could have been the Ozzie Nelson catalog: &Have I Told You Lately That I Love You& (1945), &Am I Blue?& (1929), and &I'm Confessin'& (1930), plus a version of the recent Cole Porter hit &True Love.& In Nelson's hands, these songs sounded more like Elvis Presley than Bing Crosby, though the older generation was never quite forgotten, and that was the idea.
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