Best Always (Rick Nelson album)

Best Always is the twelfth studio album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson, and his fifth for Decca Records, released on April 19, 1965. One single, "Mean Old World", was minor hit in the US. Jimmie Haskell arranged the album and Charles "Bud" Dant produced it.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

Richie Unterberger of AllMusic said that "Not a bad mid-'60s effort from Nelson, although there's little to distinguish it from the other easygoing pop/rock albums he made during the period, except for the slightly higher quality of the material. "Mean Old World," both more forceful and moodier than anything else he cut in 1964–1965, is by far the best song here, but there are some OK numbers from the pens of Johnny Burnette and Jerry Fuller. Jimmy Seals and Dash Crofts also contribute to a couple of tunes, "Only the Young" (written by Seals and Charles Eugene) boasts a quite good pop melody. Nelson stretches his vocal range on the cover of the Skyliners' "Since I Don't Have You," and gives a taste of his upcoming move into country with a version of "You Don't Know Me."^[1]

Track listing

Side one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I'm Not Ready for You Yet"	Buzz Cason, Paul Hampton	2:05
2.	"You Don't Know Me"	Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker	2:24
3.	"Ladies Choice"	Jerry Fuller	2:17
4.	"Lonely Corner"	Johnny Burnette, Betty Murdoch	2:03
5.	"Only the Young"	Pat Boone, Jimmy Seals	2:23
6.	"Mean Old World"	Billy Vera	2:18

Side two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Know a Place"	Tony Hatch	2:48
2.	"Since I Don't Have You"	Jackie Taylor, James Beaumont, Janet Vogel, Joseph Rock, Joe Verscharen, Lennie Martin, Wally Lester	2:33
3.	"It's Beginning to Hurt"	Dave Burgess	1:58
4.	"My Blue Heaven"	Walter Donaldson, George A. Whiting	2:17
5.	"How Does It Go"	Jay Goodis, Jerry Keller	3:01
6.	"When The Chips Are Down"	Dash Crofts, Keith MacKendrick, Jimmy Seals	2:01

Charts

Singles

Year	Title	U.S. Hot 100^[2]
1965	Mean Old World	96

References

^ ^a ^b Unterberger, Richie. Rick Nelson – Best Always: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
^ "Ricky Nelson | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-10-06.

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Studio albums	Ricky (1957) Ricky Nelson (1958) Ricky Sings Again (1959) Songs by Ricky (1959) More Songs by Ricky (1960) Rick Is 21 (1961) Album Seven by Rick (1962) For Your Sweet Love (1963) Rick Nelson Sings for You (1963) The Very Thought of You (1964) Spotlight on Rick (1964) Best Always (1965) Love and Kisses (1965) Bright Lights and Country Music (1966) Country Fever (1967) Another Side of Rick (1967) Perspective (1969) Rick Sings Nelson (1970) Rudy the Fifth (1971) Garden Party (1972) Windfall (1974) Intakes (1977) Playing to Win (1981) All My Best (1985) The Memphis Sessions (1986)
Compilations	Best Sellers by Rick Nelson (1963)
Live albums	In Concert at the Troubadour, 1969 (1970)
Soundtrack albums	On the Flip Side (1966)
EPs	Ricky Sings Spirituals (1960)
Singles	"I'm Walkin'" "A Teenager's Romance" "You're My One and Only Love" "Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?" "Be-Bop Baby" "Stood Up" "Waitin' in School" "My Bucket's Got a Hole in It" "Believe What You Say" "Poor Little Fool" "Lonesome Town" "I Got a Feeling" "It's Late" "Never Be Anyone Else But You" "Just a Little Too Much" "Sweeter Than You" "I Wanna Be Loved" "Young Emotions" "Travelin' Man" "Hello Mary Lou" "A Wonder Like You" "Everlovin'" "Young World" "Summertime" "Teen Age Idol" "It's Up to You" "Fools Rush In" "For You" "The Very Thought of You" "There's Nothing I Can Say" "She Belongs to Me" "Life" "Garden Party" "Dream Lover"
Related articles	Discography Kristin Nelson Nelson

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