Rain or Shine (Paul Carrack album)

Rain or Shine is the fifteenth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul Carrack. It was originally released in 2013 on Carrack's own Carrack-UK label, and was co-produced by Carrack and long-time associate Peter Van Hooke, who is Carrack's former Mike + The Mechanics bandmate.

Rain or Shine
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 2013
Genre
Length35:26
LabelCarrack-UK
ProducerPaul Carrack, Peter Van Hooke
Paul Carrack chronology
Good Feeling
(2012)
Rain or Shine
(2013)
Soul Shadows
(2016)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [1]

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes that "Rain or Shine captures Paul Carrack living comfortably inside his signature sound: a blue-eyed soul that turns happier with each passing year."[1]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stepping Stone"Paul Carrack4:04
2."That's All That Matters To Me"Carrack3:37
3."One In A Million"Carrack3:38
4."You Don't Know Me"Cindy Walker, Eddy Arnold3:14
5."(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right"Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson3:59
6."Time Waits For No One"Carrack4:02
7."Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)"Ray Charles, Mitch Mitchell3:07
8."I'm Losing You"Pierre Havet, Jean Gaston Renard, Carl Sigman2:54
9."Life's Too Short"Carrack3:19
10."Come Rain Or Come Shine"Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer3:31

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[2]

  • Paul Carrack – vocals, acoustic piano, Hammond organ, guitars, bass, drums, vibraphone
  • Jim Watson – acoustic piano (7, 10)
  • Jeremy Meek – bass (5, 6)
  • Steve Pearce – double bass (7, 8, 10)
  • Jack Carrack – drums (1, 2, 5, 6, 9)
  • Ian Thomas – drums (7, 8, 10)
  • Doug Webb – alto saxophone
  • Tom Luer – baritone saxophone
  • Tom Evans – tenor saxophone
  • Steve Stassi – trumpet
  • Lee Thornburg – trumpet
  • Stringzilla Orchestra – strings (1-6, 8, 9, 10)
  • Richard Niles – horn and string arrangements

Production

  • Paul Carrack – producer
  • Peter Van Hooke – producer
  • Rupert Cobb – engineer, mixing
  • Ashburn Miller – engineer (horns and strings)
  • Zavosh Rad – engineer (horns and strings)
  • Andrea Hunnisett – photography
  • Martin Huch – inlay photography
  • Ian Ross – design

References

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  1. ^ a b [Rain or Shine at AllMusic allmusic review]
  2. ^ Rain or Shine liner notes. Carrack-UK. 2013.
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