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Best Always
Best Always
Studio album by Rick Nelson
Released	April 19, 1965
Genre	Rock and roll
Length	28:08
Label	Decca
Producer	Charles "Bud" Dant
Rick Nelson chronology
Singles from Best Always
	"Lonely Corner"; Released: August 1964; "Mean Old World"; Released: March 6, 1965;

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Best Always is the twelfth studio album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson,^[1] and his fifth for Decca Records, released on April 19, 1965. Jimmie Haskell arranged the album and Charles "Bud" Dant produced it. The LP contains a mix of covers of old and recent hits that included four songs also having chart success: "My Blue Heaven" by Fats Domino from 1956, "Since I Don't Have You" by the Skyliners in 1959, "You Don't Know Me" by Ray Charles from 1962 and "I Know a Place" by Petula Clark.

The single, "Mean Old World", debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 in the chart dated March 20, 1965, reaching number 96 in a two-week stay.^[2] Another single, "Lonely Corner", spent a week on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart in the issue dated August 29, 1964, peaking at number 113.^[3]

The album was released on compact disc by Ace Records on March 10, 1998 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of Nelson's 1965 album, Love and Kisses.^[4]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
New Record Mirror	^[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[6]

Richie Unterberger of AllMusic says Best Always" isn't bad but "there's little to distinguish it from the other easygoing pop/rock albums he made during the period", suggesting "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]

Billboard stated that the covers Nelson recorded "are given fine interpretations."^[7]

Cashbox described it as "a compilation of mixed tunes, some soft and some driving. Along with his recent single, "Mean Old World," Nelson bounces through "I Know A Place" and the while back "Since I Don't Have You."^[8]

Record Mirror thought the album was "genuinely entertaining" and claimed that each track was "given single treatment, rather than a general album sound".^[9]

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called the album "Disappointing"^[6]

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]^[3]	U.S. Cashbox^[10]
1964	"Lonely Corner"	113	105
1965	"Mean Old World"	96	94

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Unterberger, Richie. Rick Nelson – Best Always: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (2003). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 502. ISBN 0898201551.
^ ^a ^b Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981. Menomonee Falls, Wis: Record Research. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-8982-0047-8.
^ "Best Always/Love and Kisses". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.
^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (14 October 1965). "Rick Nelson: Best Always" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 14. p. 8. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
^ ^a ^b Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1020. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
^ "Pop Spotlight: Best Always". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 17. April 24, 1965. p. 60.
^ Cash Box. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1965-04-17. p. 32.
^ "16 Brash & Ballady Tracks from LULU :Norman Jopling and Peter Jones new albums reviewed by Norman Jopling and Peter Jones new albums" (PDF). Record Mirror. October 14, 1965. p. 8.
^ Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 244–245. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.

[AM-1] Unterberger, Richie. Rick Nelson – Best Always: Review at AllMusic. Retrieved October 6, 2023.

[:1-2] Whitburn, Joel (2003). Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002. Menomonee Falls, Wisc.: Record Research. p. 502. ISBN 0898201551.

[:2-3] Whitburn, Joel (1982). Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981. Menomonee Falls, Wis: Record Research. p. 120. ISBN 978-0-8982-0047-8.

[4] "Best Always/Love and Kisses". allmusic.com. Retrieved 15 September 2024.

[5] Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (14 October 1965). "Rick Nelson: Best Always" (PDF). New Record Mirror. No. 14. p. 8. Retrieved 19 April 2024.

[:32-6] Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. p. 1020. ISBN 9781846098567. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

[7] "Pop Spotlight: Best Always". Billboard. Vol. 77, no. 17. April 24, 1965. p. 60.

[:13-8] Cash Box. Cash Box Pub. Co. 1965-04-17. p. 32.

[:3-9] "16 Brash & Ballady Tracks from LULU :Norman Jopling and Peter Jones new albums reviewed by Norman Jopling and Peter Jones new albums" (PDF). Record Mirror. October 14, 1965. p. 8.

[10] Downey, Pat (1994). Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993. Englewood, Colo.: Libraries Unlimited. pp. 244–245. ISBN 1-56308-316-7.

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-'''''Best Always''''' is the twelfth studio album by [[rock and roll]] and [[Pop music|pop]] idol [[Ricky Nelson|Rick Nelson]], and his fifth for [[Decca Records]], released on April 19, 1965. One single, "Mean Old World", debuted on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the issue of the magazine dated March 20, 1965, eventually reaching number 96 during its two-week stay.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/502/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002 |date=2003 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0898201551 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisc. |pages=502}}</ref>  [[Jimmie Haskell]] arranged the album and [[Charles "Bud" Dant]] produced it.
+'''''Best Always''''' is the twelfth studio album by [[rock and roll]] and [[Pop music|pop]] idol [[Ricky Nelson|Rick Nelson]],<ref name="AM" /> and his fifth for [[Decca Records]], released on April 19, 1965. [[Jimmie Haskell]] arranged the album and [[Charles "Bud" Dant]] produced it. The LP contains a mix of covers of old and recent hits that included four songs also having chart success: "[[My Blue Heaven (song)|My Blue Heaven]]" by [[Fats Domino]] from 1956, "[[Since I Don't Have You]]" by [[the Skyliners]] in 1959, "[[You Don't Know Me (Cindy Walker song)|You Don't Know Me]]" by [[Ray Charles]] from 1962 and "[[I Know a Place]]" by [[Petula Clark]].
+The single, "Mean Old World", debuted on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] in the chart dated March 20, 1965, reaching number 96 in a two-week stay.<ref name=":1">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnstop00whitbur/page/502/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's top pop singles 1955-2002 |date=2003 |publisher=Record Research |isbn=0898201551 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wisc. |pages=502}}</ref> Another single, "Lonely Corner", spent a week on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles]] chart in the issue dated August 29, 1964, peaking at number 113.<ref name=":2">{{Cite book |last=Whitburn |first=Joel |url=https://archive.org/details/joelwhitburnsbub0000whit/page/120/mode/2up |title=Joel Whitburn's Bubbling under the hot 100, 1959-1981 |publisher=Record Research |year=1982 |isbn=978-0-8982-0047-8 |location=Menomonee Falls, Wis |pages=120}}</ref>
-The album was released on compact disc for the first time by [[Ace Records (United Kingdom)|Ace Records]] on March 10, 1998 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of the other album being Nelson's other [[Decca Records|Decca]] album from November 1965, [[Love and Kisses (Rick Nelson album)|Love and Kisses]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Always/Love and Kisses |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/best-always-love-and-kisses-mw0000053330 |access-date=15 September 2024 |work=allmusic.com |publisher=}}</ref>
+The album was released on compact disc by [[Ace Records (United Kingdom)|Ace Records]] on March 10, 1998 as tracks 1 through 12 on a pairing of two albums on one CD with tracks 13 through 24 consisting of Nelson's 1965 album, ''[[Love and Kisses (Rick Nelson album)|Love and Kisses]]''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Best Always/Love and Kisses |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/best-always-love-and-kisses-mw0000053330 |access-date=15 September 2024 |work=allmusic.com |publisher=}}</ref>
 == Reception ==
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+| rev3score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref name=":32" />
-| rev3score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |page=1020 |isbn=9781846098567 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/1020/mode/2up |accessdate=22 August 2024}}</ref>
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-Richie Unterberger of [[AllMusic]] said that "It 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."<ref name="AM"/> but said the album as "isn't bad"<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Best Always/Love and Kisses |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/best-always-love-and-kisses-mw0000053330 |access-date=15 September 2024 |work=allmusic.com |publisher=}}</ref>
+Richie Unterberger of [[AllMusic]] says Best Always" isn't bad but "there's little to distinguish it from the other easygoing pop/rock albums he made during the period", suggesting "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'.''<ref name="AM"/>''
-[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] called it "A Strong support" and stated that "a dozen pop hits, some old, some recent are given fine interpretations."<ref>{{cite magazine |date=April 24, 1965 |title=Album Review: Best Always |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rick+nelson+best+always+billboard&pg=PT1 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=60 |editor=}}</ref>
+''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' stated that the covers Nelson recorded "are given fine interpretations."<ref>{{cite magazine |date=April 24, 1965 |title=Pop Spotlight: Best Always |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCkEAAAAMBAJ&dq=rick+nelson+best+always+billboard&pg=PT1 |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page=60 |volume=77 |issue=17 |editor=}}</ref>
-''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' gave a positive review, saying "it a compilation of mixed tunes, some soft and some driving. Along with his recent single, “Mean Old World,” Nelson bounces through “I Know A Place” and the while back “Since I Don’t Have You."<ref name=":13">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox26unse_30/page/22/mode/2up |title=Cash Box |date=1965-04-17 |publisher=Cash Box Pub. Co. |isbn= |location= |pages=32}}</ref>
+''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]'' described it as "a compilation of mixed tunes, some soft and some driving. Along with his recent single, "Mean Old World," Nelson bounces through "I Know A Place" and the while back "Since I Don't Have You."<ref name=":13">{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/cashbox26unse_30/page/22/mode/2up |title=Cash Box |date=1965-04-17 |publisher=Cash Box Pub. Co. |isbn= |location= |pages=32}}</ref>
-[[Record Mirror]] called it "genuinely entertaining" and claimed "The contents are a good selection. and every track given single treatment. rather than a general album sound".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=October 14, 1965 |title=16 Brash & Ballady Tracks from LULU :Norman Jopling and Peter Jones new albums reviewed by Norman Jopling and Peter Jones new albums |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-10-14-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |pages=8 |language=en}}</ref>
+[[Record Mirror]] thought the album was "genuinely entertaining" and claimed that each track was "given single treatment, rather than a general album sound".<ref name=":3">{{Cite magazine |date=October 14, 1965 |title=16 Brash & Ballady Tracks from LULU :Norman Jopling and Peter Jones new albums reviewed by Norman Jopling and Peter Jones new albums |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/65/Record-Mirror-1965-10-14-S-OCR.pdf |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |pages=8 |language=en}}</ref>
+''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]'' called the album "Disappointing"<ref name=":32">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofpo0000unse_v3u2/page/1020/mode/2up |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2007 |publisher=Omnibus Press |isbn=9781846098567 |page=1020 |accessdate=22 August 2024}}</ref>
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 === Singles ===
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+!U.S. [[Hot 100]]<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
-!U.S. [[Hot 100]]<ref>{{Cite magazine |title=Ricky Nelson {{!}} Biography, Music & News |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ricky-nelson/ |access-date=2023-10-06 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>
+!U.S. [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]<ref>{{Cite book |last=Downey |first=Pat |url=https://archive.org/details/cashboxpopsingle00down/page/244/mode/2up |title=Cash box pop singles charts, 1950-1993 |date=1994 |publisher=Libraries Unlimited |isbn=1-56308-316-7 |location=Englewood, Colo. |pages=244-245}}</ref>
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+|1964
+|"Lonely Corner"
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+| align="center" |105
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-|Mean Old World
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+| align="center" |96
+| align="center" |94
 |}

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Studio albums	Ricky Ricky Nelson Ricky Sings Again Songs by Ricky More Songs by Ricky Rick Is 21 Album Seven by Rick For Your Sweet Love Rick Nelson Sings for You The Very Thought of You Spotlight on Rick Best Always Love and Kisses Bright Lights and Country Music Country Fever Another Side of Rick Perspective Rick Sings Nelson Rudy the Fifth Garden Party Windfall Intakes Playing to Win All My Best The Memphis Sessions
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