Crying Time (album) explained
| Crying Time |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ray Charles |
| Cover: | Crying Time.jpg |
| Released: | February 1966 |
| Recorded: | R.P.M. International Studios, Los Angeles, California |
| Genre: | R&B, soul, country |
| Length: | 39:44 |
| Label: | ABC Paramount / Tangerine |
| Producer: | Joe Adams |
| Prev Title: | Together Again |
| Prev Year: | 1965 |
| Next Title: | Ray's Moods |
| Next Year: | 1966 |
Crying Time is a studio album by Ray Charles released in February 1966 as the first release on his label Tangerine, which was distributed by ABC Paramount.
Track listing
- LP side A
- "Crying Time" (Buck Owens) – 2:57
- "No Use Crying" (Roy Gaines, Freddie Lee Kober, J.B. Daniels) – 3:17
- "Let's Go Get Stoned" (Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, Jo Armstead) – 3:00
- "Going Down Slow" (Jimmy Oden) – 4:03
- "Peace of Mind" (Ray Charles, J. Holiday) – 2:14
- "Tears" (Norman Newell, Robert Maxwell) – 4:38
- LP side B
- "Drifting Blues" (Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams, Charles Brown) – 6:24
- "We Don't See Eye to Eye" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:21
- "You're In For a Big Surprise" (Percy Mayfield) – 3:35
- "You're Just About to Lose Your Clown" (Johnny MacRae) – 2:01
- "Don't You Think I Ought To Know" (William Johnson, Melvin Wettergreen) – 3:05
- "You've Got a Problem" (William D. Weeks, Freddy James) – 3:28
Personnel
- Ray Charles – piano, vocals
- Billy Preston – electric organ on "No Use Crying", "Let's Go Get Stoned"[1]
- Joe Adams – producer
- William Alexander – album cover artist
- George S. Whiteman – album cover design
- Joe Lebow – liner notes
- The Raelettes – performer
- Onzy Matthews - arranger
- Donald Peake - Guitar
Charts
See also
- List of number-one R&B albums of 1966 (U.S.)
References
- ABC Paramount (Tangerine) ABC 544 (1966 LP)
Notes and References
- Book: Evans . Mike . Ray Charles: Birth of Soul . 11 November 2009 . Omnibus Press . London . 978-0-85712-051-9 . 18 September 2018.
