Sweet & Sour Tears is a 1964 album by Ray Charles. It is a concept album featuring songs with titles or lyrics referring to crying. In 1997, Rhino Records reissued the album on compact disc with seven bonus tracks from his early career (1956–1971) that added to the "crying" theme.
Critical reception
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Track listing
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Side one
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- "Cry" (Churchill Kohlman) – 3:34
- "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) – 4:20
- "A Tear Fell" (Eugene Randolph, Dorian Burton) – 2:45
- "No One to Cry To" (Sid Robin, Foy Glenn Willing) – 2:43
- "You've Got Me Crying Again" (Isham Jones, Charles Newman) – 2:52
- "After My Laughter Came Tears" (Charles Tobias, Roy Turk) – 3:13
Side two
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- "Teardrops from My Eyes" (Rudolph Toombs) – 3:29
- "Don't Cry Baby" (Saul Bernie, James P. Johnson, Stella Unger) – 3:09
- "Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton) – 3:20
- "Baby, Don't You Cry" (Buddy Johnson, Ned Washington) – 2:40
- "Willow, Weep for Me" (Ann Ronell) – 4:37
- "I Cried for You" (Arthur Freed, Abe Lyman, Gus Arnheim) – 2:40
Bonus tracks (1997 CD release)
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- "My Heart Cries for You" (Carl Sigman, Percy Faith) – 2:51
- "I Wake Up Crying" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:00
- "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) – 3:21
- "Teardrops in My Heart" (Vaughn Horton) – 3:05
- "Crying Time" (Buck Owens) – 2:58
- "No Use Crying" (Freddie Lee Kober, J.B. Daniels, Roy Gaines) – 3:19
- "Tired of My Tears" (Jimmy Holiday, Jimmy Lewis) – 2:23
Personnel
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- Technical
- Bill Putnam, Phil Macy – engineer
- Joe Lebow – design
- Howard Morehead – photography
References
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