Maps of Music

Intakes (1977)

Where the lyrics of Intakes take you, and where it was really made.

Intakes is Nelson's only album on Epic Records, and Billboard called it his most commercial effort.

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Eric Hilliard "Ricky" Nelson (May 8, 1940 – December 31, 1985) was an American musician and actor.
From age eight, he starred with his family in the radio and television series The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet.
In 1957 he began a long, successful recording career, placing 54 songs on the Billboard Hot 100 and its predecessors between 1957 and 1973.
"Poor Little Fool" (1958) was the first number one single on Billboard's newly created Hot 100 chart.
He appeared with John Wayne and Dean Martin in Howard Hawks's western Rio Bravo (1959).
He was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on January 21, 1987.
In 1972 he returned to the Top 40 with "Garden Party", which peaked at number six on the Billboard Hot 100.
He died in a plane crash on December 31, 1985.

He was married to Kristin Harmon from 1963 until their divorce in 1982.
They had four children: actress Tracy Nelson, twin sons Gunnar and Matthew, and actor Sam.

Billboard described the album as "the most commercial effort from Nelson"
Billboard said Nelson moved away from a countrified vocal style toward pop-oriented, fast-paced material with a few ballads mixed in
Cashbox described the album as "a highly listenable sound album"
The album is classified as country rock, while Billboard heard its sound as pop-oriented
Released September 1977, the album was Nelson's only release on Epic Records
It was Nelson's twenty-second solo studio album

Bear Family included the album in the 2010 box set The Last Time Around
Real Gone Music included the album in the 2012 box set The Complete Epic Recordings
Both reissues brought the album back into print within box set releases

Nelson wrote two songs himself, "It's Another Day" and "Something You Can't Buy"
Larden wrote "One X One" and "Wings" and arranged the songs
Tom Brumley played steel guitar on the album
Nelson's Epic Records release was his only album on that label