Country Fever
Studio album by
Rick Nelson
ReleasedApril 17, 1967
GenreCountry
Length28:53
LabelDecca
ProducerCharles "Bud" Dant
Rick Nelson chronology
On the Flip Side
(1966)		 Country Fever
(1967)		 Another Side of Rick
(1967)
Singles from Country Fever
  1. "Alone"
    Released: October 1966
  2. "Take a City Bride"
    Released: April 1967

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.

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

Side one

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Take a City Bride"Gib Guilbeau1:57
2."Funny How Time Slips Away"Willie Nelson2:56
3."The Bridge Washed Out"Mel Melshee, Jimmy Louis, Sandra Smith, Slim Williamson1:47
4."Alone"Ricky Nelson2:38
5."Big Chief Buffalo Nickel (Desert Blues)"Jimmie Rodgers2:01
6."Mystery Train"Junior Parker2:26

Side two

References

  1. 1 2 Selvin, Joel (1990). Ricky Nelson: Idol for a Generation. Chicago: Contemporary Books. p. 170. ISBN 978-0-8092-4187-3.
  2. ↑ Homer, Sheree (2012). Rick Nelson, Rock 'n' Roll Pioneer. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland. p. 86. ISBN 978-0-7864-6060-1.
  3. 1 2 ""Country Fever" - Album Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 2023-10-08.
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