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Playing to Win (Rick Nelson album)
1981 studio album by Rick Nelson From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Playing to Win is the twenty-third studio album by American singer Rick Nelson, released in January, 1981, on Capitol Records.[1] It was the last album of new material Nelson would release in his lifetime. His next studio effort, All My Best, featured re-recordings of old Nelson hits while The Memphis Sessions, his final collection of all-new material, was released posthumously.
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It featured several rockabilly songs, including "Back to School Days", a contemporary version of "Believe What You Say", and John Fogerty's "Almost Saturday Night",[2] The Tentalive title came from one of his two originals on the album, "Call It What You Want," a jaunty, Rolling Stones-style romp, His other original however, provided the LP's most pro-phetic song, "The Loser Babe is You."[3] according to Nelson, "The album was going to be called 'It's Rock and Roll to Me, "but the idea was shelved because Billy Joel brought out a thing with the same theme, I just want to make records that sound like me. I've been through so many people telling me 'Go this direction' and then changing their minds the next day."[3]
The album debuted on the Billboard Top LPs & Tape chart in the issue dated February 21, 1981, and remained on the chart for six weeks, peaking at number 153.[4]
Bear Family included the album in the 2010 The Last Time Around box set.[5]
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Reception
William Ruhlmann of AllMusic said that "Nelson updated his rock & roll sound to take into consideration the heartland rock of artists like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Seger, and Tom Petty, as well as punk/new wave. As always, he had great taste, which allowed him to pick great material"[1]
Billboard called it "new wave - inflected rock" and "an energetic and fun collection".[8]
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Track listing
Side one
Side two
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Charts
References
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