Released on 26 June 1990" After The Rain" was the debut album of the US rock group Nelson. The album was a commercial success, peaking at number 17 on the Billboard 200 and spending 64 weeks on the charts. The album spawned four singles the No. 1 "(Can't Live Without Your) Love And Affection", the top 10 "After The Rain", and "More Than Ever" & "Only Time Will Tell".
After The Rain, will always be looked upon as one of the finest rock albums ever to be released in the 1990’s., the twins of pop legend Ricky Nelson truly proved to be successful, making this album and band synonymous with a sound and style uniquely their own. Showcasing their amazing talents and skills in the studio setting, with brilliant guitar and bass artistry, strong hard rock vocals and popular songwriting expertise.
Featuring a treasure trove of AOR, Top 40 and MTV era smash hits like "More Than Ever", "Only Time Will Tell" and the stellar title track "After The Rain", Nelson truly delivered the goods with this fine debut album. Matthew and Gunnar Nelson decided to approach Geffen Records for a record deal. They began talks with 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.
Most of the songs of the album were co-written with Marc Tanner, who was introduced to the band by Tom Vickers. Gunnar Nelson described the collaborating process in an interview as "magical" and praised Tanner for being "very supportive of our own instincts and our melodic sense". Tanner also produced the album. After a year of meeting with Kalodner without being signed, Matthew and Gunnar met with him alone, against the wishes of their managers, and played an acoustic version of "(Can't Live Without Your) Love and Affection". Kalodner was so impressed that the band was signed the next day. As they prepared to record, Matthew and Gunnar started assembling a band. They settled on drummer Bobby Rock, Joey Cathcart, Brett Garsed, and Paul Mirkovich.
In the making of the album, there were several issues in creating the album. One was that Gunnar could not play guitar. Gunnar stated "But what if I took a year off and all I did for that year was play guitar for 10 hours a day, every day?" Gunnar ended up studying and learning how to play. Another issue was their songwriting. Then another issue was the producers for the album: they had to fight the label to get Tanner behind production, and they were initially supposed to work with Duane Baron and John Purdell, which both never worked out. Eventually, they worked with Tanner and co-producer David Thoener, who helped shape Nelson's influences into a modern, radio-friendly sound.
After the Rain was recorded at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles, and Studio B in Hollywood. According to Gunnar Nelson, they weren't "intimidated" by the process, despite being relatively new to the industry. He also credits co-writer and producer Marc Tanner for keeping them focused.
According to the Nelsons, Geffen producer John Kalodner "basically let us do our own thing". Gunnar has said that Kalodner's process of filtering songs before signing them helped them sort out their material and made it easy for them to come up with the songs for the album.
After the Rain was released on June 26, 1990, and became an instant success, peaking at No. 17 on the Billboard 200. It also demonstrated staying power, remaining in the charts for 64 weeks.
