Windfall (Rick Nelson album)

Windfall is a 1974 country rock album by Rick Nelson and the Stone Canyon Band, Nelson's twenty-second studio album. The album peaked at No. 190 on the Billboard albums chart.

Critical reception
Bruce Eder of AllMusic said that the album "showed [Nelson], displaying more confidence than he'd had since the mid-1960s, delved not only into some achingly beautiful corners of country-rock, but also harder rocking territory and also more soul and funk-oriented sounds than anyone believed possible."

Billboard called it "the urban form of country pop music" and stated that "such tunes as "How Many Times" and a marked contrast in "Evil Ways" with its driving rhythm and wah wah guitar solo"

Rolling Stone gave the album a mostly positive review, praising two of Nelson's contributions, "Lifestream" and "Someone to Love."

Track listing

 * 1) "Legacy" (Dennis Larden) – 3:24
 * 2) "Someone to Love" (Rick Nelson) – 3:58
 * 3) "How Many Times" (Jay DeWitt White) – 4:42
 * 4) "Evil Woman Child" (Larden) – 3:45
 * 5) "Don't Leave Me Here" (Larden) – 2:44
 * 6) "Wild Nights in Tulsa" (Don Burns, Riley Wildflower) – 3:32
 * 7) "Lifestream" (Nelson) – 2:40
 * 8) "One Night Stand" (Larden) – 3:17
 * 9) "I Don't Want to Be Lonely Tonight" (Thomas Baker Knight) – 3:15
 * 10) "Windfall" (Nelson, Larden) – 3:00

Personnel

 * Ricky Nelson – guitar, lead vocals
 * Dennis Larden – lead guitar, backing vocals
 * Tom Brumley – steel guitar
 * Jay DeWitt White – bass guitar, backing vocals
 * Ty Grimes – drums

Production

 * Producer: Rick Nelson
 * Recording engineer: Michael "Nemo" Shields
 * Photography: John Longenecker
 * Artistic design: Kristen Nelson