Crying Time (album)

Crying Time
Crying Time
Studio album by Ray Charles
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
Ray Charles chronology
Singles from Crying Time
	"Crying Time"; Released: November 1965; "Let's Go Get Stoned"; Released: May 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.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Record Mirror	^[2]

Track listing edit

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 edit

Ray Charles – piano, vocals
Billy Preston – electric organ on "No Use Crying", "Let's Go Get Stoned"^[3]
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 edit

Chart (1966)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LP's	15
US Top Selling R&B LP's (Billboard)	1

References edit

^ AllMusic review
^ Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (14 May 1966). "Ray Charles: Crying Time" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 270. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
^ Evans, Mike (11 November 2009). Ray Charles: Birth of Soul. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-051-9. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

ABC Paramount (Tangerine) ABC 544 (1966 LP)

External links edit

Crying Time at AllMusic

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[1] AllMusic review

[2] Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (14 May 1966). "Ray Charles: Crying Time" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 270. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.

[3] Evans, Mike (11 November 2009). Ray Charles: Birth of Soul. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-051-9. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

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