by Richie Unterberger By 1967 Nelson's records were no longer selling, and out of step with contemporary trends. So why not, someone must have reasoned, try to put Nelson in step with contemporary trends? It was about as good a strategy as any, considering his tried-and-true rockaballad format wasn't working. But giving him fruity psychedelic baroque production was not the answer, indeed yielding rather embarrassing results. Nelson showed good taste by covering three Tim Hardin songs, but producer John Boylan's five songs (one co-written with Rick) not only weren't that good, but weren't a good match for the vocalist. Nelson wasn't totally blameless, penning one of the album's crummiest songs, the overdone pop-psychedelic "Marshmallow Skies," twith James Burton. At one point during the cover of "Georgia On My Mind," the musicians suddenly slip into double-time, as if they can't wait to get the obviously doomed-to-failure album over with. The LP has been reissued, together with 1968's Perspective, on an Ace CD that combines both albums onto one disc.