Perspective is the eighteenth studio album by American singer Rick Nelson, and his eleventh for Decca Records.

[4] He also contributed two of his own songs, while Nelson's wife Kris performed vocals on "Hello to the Wind" (a joint Boylan/Nelson composition) and supplied album artwork.

[4] Although Nelson grew to dislike Perspective's overproduced style, he credits the album with clarifying his future musical direction.

"Perspective with those songs was a complete experiment and those Steve Miller type sound effects between tracks were my idea....

[1] Billboard selected the album for a "Pop Special Merit" review, and described as "an appealing, left - field type of tune"[8] Historian John Einarson stated that Nelson's albums "Perspective and Another Side of Rick embraced both folk and pop, with covers of Eric Andersen, Nilsson, Paul Simon, and Randy Newman.