The Very Thought of You (Ricky Nelson album)

The Very Thought of You is the tenth studio album by rock and roll and pop idol Rick Nelson and his third for Decca Records. It was released on August 3, 1964. Jimmie Haskell was the arranger. Charles "Bud" Dant produced the album.

The single, "The Very Thought of You", was Nelson's last US top-forty single for five years, peaking at No. 26. On the Billboard Easy Listening chart, the song reached No. 11, while it peaked at No. 65 in Australia.

Reception
Richie Unterberger of AllMusic said that "Passable, mostly midtempo pop/rock that did little to either embarrass the singer or raise the listener's temperature. There are obscure songs by Mann-Weil ("I Don't Wanna Love You") and Charlie Rich ("Just a Little Bit Sweet"), but it all sounds like pleasant throwaway filler, the best cut being his cover of the great lost Drifters-like tune "I Wonder" (a small hit for the Pentagons in 1961).

Billboard called it "easygoin' ballads with plenty of teen-sence romanti, and stated That "The beat is gentle and His delivery is in relaxed dual track."

Cashbox called it "his strongest LP’s" and stated that it" spotlights the songster in a variety of moods and tempos as he warmly reads such goodies".

Record Mirror called it "late night listening" and stated that "It contains a number of pop standards well performed in a quiet sort of way"

Joe Selvin called it, "a lifeless event".