True to Life (Ray Charles album) explained

True to Life
Type:	album
Artist:	Ray Charles
Cover:	True to Life.jpg
Released:	October 1977^[1]
Recorded:	1977; R.P.M International, Los Angeles, California
Genre:	R&B, soul
Length:	38:44
Label:	Atlantic
Producer:	Ray Charles
Prev Title:	Porgy and Bess
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Love & Peace
Next Year:	1978

True to Life is a 1977 studio album by American musician Ray Charles.^[2] It marked Charles's return to Atlantic Records. The album contains cover versions of popular songs, including Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now", Bobby Charles' "The Jealous Kind", George and Ira Gershwin's "How Long Has This Been Going On?", and the Beatles' "Let It Be". The album was arranged by Larry Muhoberac, Roger Newman, Sid Feller and Ray Charles.

Critical reception

The Bay State Banner wrote: "His album is not new ground, the break-through his name on a song once assured; but it is sensitive, sometimes exhilarating, stuff."^[3]

Track listing

1. "I Can See Clearly Now" (Johnny Nash) – 4:22
2. "The Jealous Kind" (Robert Guidry) – 4:38
3. "Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin'" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers) – 4:30
4. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin) –- 5:07
5. "Be My Love" (Nicholas Brodsky, Sammy Cahn) – 4:19
6. "Anonymous Love" (Edward Langford, Joel Webster) – 4:36
7. "Heavenly Music" (Bob Bradstreet, Solomon Burke) – 3:38
8. "Game Number Nine" (Dee Ervin, Tommy Payton) – 4:07
9. "Let It Be" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:27

Personnel

• Ray Charles – arranger, engineer, keyboards, piano, producer, vocals
• Sid Feller – arranger
• Bob Gratts – engineer
• Robert Gratts – engineer
• Larry Muhoberac – arranger
• Roger Newman – arranger

External links

• True to Life at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Web site: Ray Charles Albums - 1970s. raycharles.com. June 11, 2011. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20100217020458/http://raycharles.com/ray-charles-albums-1970s/. February 17, 2010.
2. Book: Friedwald . Will . A Biographical Guide to the Great Jazz and Pop Singers . 2010 . Pantheon Books . 82.
3. News: Freedberg . Mike . Ray Charles True to Life . Bay State Banner . 11 . 22 Dec 1977 . 18.