| Wish You Were Here Tonight | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Ray Charles |
| Cover: | Wish You Were Here Tonight.jpg |
| Released: | 1983 |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Columbia |
| Producer: | Ray Charles |
| Prev Title: | Brother Ray Is at It Again |
| Prev Year: | 1980 |
| Next Title: | Do I Ever Cross Your Mind |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
Wish You Were Here Tonight is an album by the American musician Ray Charles, released in 1983.[1] [2] Charles shot videos for the title track and "3/4 Time"; both were nominated for American Video Awards.[3]
"Born to Love Me" was nominated for a Grammy Award for "Best Country Vocal Performance, Male".[4] The album peaked at No. 29 on Billboards Top Country Albums chart.[5] It was a moderate commercial success.[6]
Produced by Charles, the album was recorded in Los Angeles.[7] Charles recorded many of the songs in a country music style, employing mandolin, banjo, and fiddle.[8] [9] [10] "Let Your Love Flow" is a cover of the Bellamy Brothers song.[11]
The Globe and Mail wrote that "the material Charles has chosen is nearly all third-rate and the arrangements limp along hopelessly out of synch with the growl and roar of his voice."[12] The Philadelphia Daily News opined that "it's the best he's made in the better part of a decade, and whatever the weakest material is more than made up for by his always wise and whimsical performances."[13] Robert Christgau deemed the album "another rehash of his jokey, deeply felt shtick... Not that it can't be great shtick."