Year : 2022 (Universal Music Group Edition 2025)
Style : Melodic Hard Rock
Country : United States
Audio : 320 kbps + scans
Size : 180 mb
Bio:
Nelson is an American rock band founded by singer/songwriters Matthew and Gunnar Nelson (twin sons of Ricky Nelson and Kristin Nelson). The band achieved huge success during the early 90s with their debut album After the Rain. The album featured the No. 1 hit "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" and also reached double platinum status.After the success of their first album, the band claims to have been faced with conflicts with their record label, lack of support from the media, and the shift in music towards grunge and alternative rock. They eventually split with Geffen Records in 1995. Despite this, the band has continued to produce and release albums independently under their own label, Stone Canyon Records.Matthew and Gunnar also perform under the name of Ricky Nelson Remembered, as a tribute to their father. They are listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the only family to reach number one record status in three successive generations (beginning with grandparents Ozzie and Harriet Nelson).During the 1980s, Matthew and Gunnar played as Strange Agents and as The Nelsons, with which they played the Los Angeles club scene. A year after the death of their father in a plane crash, Lorne Michaels agreed to have the Nelsons as a musical guest on Saturday Night Live, at the request of their manager at the time. They became the first unsigned band to play on the show. During this iteration of the band, Matthew was the lead singer and bassist, while Gunnar played the drums. As they returned home from the show, Gunnar claims he had what he called "an epiphany", which he shared with his brother. He told him that they should break the band as it was and start sharing the front stage together. Gunnar promised to learn to play guitar and did so in a year.As the band tried to grab a record deal, they settled with Geffen Records and began approaching A&R executive John Kalodner. According to Gunnar, they met with Kalodner "every month for a year", during which he filtered the songs they brought him until they had enough for an album.During this time, they were also introduced to Marc Tanner, who helped them polish their songwriting skills.During this time, Nelson was also approached to contribute a song to the film Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure. Matthew and Gunnar then co-wrote a song with Dweezil Zappa called "Two Heads are Better than One". Since the band was in process of being signed up to Geffen, Kalodner recommended them not to use their names for the song, so they were billed as Power Tool instead. The song eventually became the film's theme song.After a year of meeting with Kalodner without being signed, Matthew and Gunnar met with him, against the wishes of their managers, and played an acoustic version of "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection". Kalodner was impressed and the band was signed the next day.As the Nelsons prepared to go into the studio, they started assembling a band. They met drummer Bobby Rock at the MTV Music Awards, when he was still with Vinnie Vincent Invasion, and kept in touch. After that band broke up, Nelson asked him to join their band. Joey Cathcart had played guitars with the brothers in high school so they decided to approach him. They were introduced to guitarist Brett Garsed by their manager in Australia. Finally, they contacted Paul Mirkovich, who had worked with them during the demo sessions for the album.The full band headed to the studio where they worked with Marc Tanner. According to the Nelsons, John Kalodner "basically let us do our own thing".After the Rain was released in June 26, 1990 and became an instant success. The album ended up selling more than 3,000,000 copies, eventually being certified double platinum by RIAA. As a result, the band began a World Tour with over 300 concerts. Their first single, "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection" peaked at #1 on Billboard's Hot 100. Their other songs "After the Rain", "More than Ever", and "Only Time will Tell" peaked at #6, #14, and #28 respectively.In 2010, Nelson reached a record deal with Frontiers Records. They've released three albums almost consecutively. The first, Before the Rain, is a collection of some of the demo songs that were left out of the After the Rain album. The second one is Perfect Storm, which is a compilation of live recordings from the After the Rain world tour. This is notable because, despite being such a massive world tour that covered almost 300 dates across the world, no official recording was made of it. The third album is a new studio album called Lightning Strikes Twice, which features new material from the band. It is the first original studio album from the band since Life was released in 1999.The release of the three albums in 2010 coincided with the band's official anniversary. For it, they organized a 20th Anniversary Tour around several countries. Singer/guitarist Mark Slaughter joined Nelson for the tour, which began at the Firefest in Nottingham, England, U.K.In addition to touring as Nelson, the twin singer-songwriters also perform a separate tribute act for their father, called "Ricky Nelson Remembered." Plus, they perform with celebrity all-star rock band Scrap Metal.
Album:
A new edittion with good bonus track.A career-spanning compilation of Nelson's iconic tracks like the Top 10 hits ”(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection” and “After the Rain." Also included are fan favorites “What About Me?,” “Only Time Will Tell,” & "Too Many Dreams,” which had previously only been officially available in Japan. Also includes the newly recorded acoustic version of “Keep One Heart,” & a song movie fans will recognize from Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure, “Two Heads Are Better Than One,” included as the original unreleased version featuring Gunnar’s vocals as heard in the film.The first album released in 1990 killed it and was full of radio friendly rockers that had rock, ballad, and a swirl of everything in them.. Fast forward to the next disc and the acoustic treatment of most tracks was lost on a lot of fans that dug the first record. I loved it, but feel I may have been in the minority. What I will chime in on here are the Near Misses or lesser known tracks from releases and remind you both now and later to visit the original discs in their entirety… I guarantee, if you like Nelson you will find something hidden that you dig over and over. The debut album gets a lot of airtime on this release with title track “After The Rain,” “(Can’t Live Without Your) Love And Affection,” “More Than Ever,” “Only Time Will Tell,” and “I Can Hardly Wait.” The gem for me here is “Too Many Dreams.” This Japanese edition bonus track fit right in with the rest of the debut release and featured the swirl of guitars and keyboards underneath the twins vocals as well as some heavy handed bass lines. Listening through, you feel as if you have heard it before but the familiarity is in the structure, production, and groove that was created at the same time as the other rockers from this great release. The Nelson brothers followed this success recording another album that got shelved for a few years (and omitted from this releases tracklist) and their next release was the acoustic flavored Because They Can, represented by “Cross My Broken Heart,” “Won’t Walk Away,” and a personal favorite from the disc “(You Got Me) All Shook Up.”Fast forward to 1997 and The Silence Is Broken, and you get another soft acoustic track “What About Me?” that demonstrates these guys are no one-trick pony adding a country feel woven into the songs construction, giving a nod to their dad, Rick. The song would have worked and probably received more exposure on the Because We Can disc, but they needed to find this one sonically, hence the wait. “A Girl Like That from 1999’s Life release is a return to the sound and vibe that helped break them in 1990 without sounding rehashed and overdone. The layered vocals on the verse and chorus are amazing and add depth and punch to not only this track, but the overall disc. The music sensibility would have made this a radio hit if given the opportunity… I know I still spin this disc with regularity. Attempting to catch lighting once again in a similar jar, the duo recorded and released Lightning Strikes Twice and they got damn close musically, but without the exposure of a large label, MTV, and radio twenty years later, their 2010 release full of great music a lot of people would never hear until now. Three of the best tracks were culled from the disc for this collection with “Call Me,” “You’re All I Need Tonight,” and “Take Me There” tossed across this hits collection as near misses I am sure, but the only thing they missed in my opinion is getting played where more people could absorb and love the songs. Five years later still riding the rock wave that launched them and they road again in 2010, their next disc featured many songs that were interchangable with some early songs including the featured track “Rockstar.” I still get hyped up when I hear this one crank through my stereo in the office or car. Another track that caught my attention here was the acoustic remake of Japanese edition track “Keep One Heart” from the debut release After The Rain. The songs structure is in place, but the stripped down approach to the track adds to the songs dimension. I first heard this track as the closing studio recording on the live release Perfect Storm. I dig the rock version and this version equally. Finally is a song that pulls from the twins catalog from the time BEFORE they were actually recording their debut release for Geffen. While that disc was in production, they were offered a spot on the Bill And Ted’s Excellent Adventure soundtrack and created the band name for the release. This is a great song that could have been cleaned up a bit in production and added to that debut, but the rough and tumble sound and attitude on this one give it not only a great story, but a punchy sound. As promised earlier, I reviewed the lesser known tracks and will once again implore you to get out there and find the original discs and dig in… you just might find a great new old album.
Line Up:
Gunnar Nelson - Lead Vocals, Guitars
Matthew Nelson - Lead Vocals, Bass
Production:
Mastered At – Sterling Sound
Art Direction – Vartan
Compilation Producer – Gunnar Nelson, Matt Nelson
Design – Meat And Potatoes, Inc.
Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Photography – Brian Lowe, Dennis Keeley, Kristin Barlowe
Production Manager – Michael Lopez
Project Manager – Ashley Harris
Project Manager [Project Supervision] – Frank Collura
Tracklist:
01. After The Rain (2022 Remaster)
02. (Can’t Live Without Your) Love And Affection (2022 Remaster)
03. Call Me (2022 Remaster)
04. You’re All I Need Tonight (2022 Remaster)
05. More Than Ever (2022 Remaster)
06. Only Time Will Tell (2022 Remaster)
07. Too Many Dreams (2022 Remaster)
08. Cross My Broken Heart (2022 Remaster)
09. Won’t Walk Away (2022 Remaster)
10. A Girl Like That (2022 Remaster)
11. (You Got Me) All Shook Up (2022 Remaster)
12. What About Me? (2022 Remaster)
13. Keep One Heart (Acoustic Version recorded 2022) *
14. I Can Hardly Wait (2022 Remaster)
15. Two Heads Are Better Than One (Original Version) *
16. Rockstar (2022 Remaster)
17. Take Me There (2022 Remaster)
18. To Get Back To You (Bonus Track 2025)
* previously unreleased
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