Silver Lining (Bonnie Raitt album)

For the album by Less Than Jake, see Silver Linings.

Silver Lining is the fourteenth album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 2002.

Silver Lining
Studio album by Bonnie Raitt
Released	April 9, 2002
Studio	Sound Factory, Hollywood, California
Genre	Rock
Length	51:12
Label	Capitol
Producer	Bonnie Raitt, Tchad Blake, Mitchell Froom
Bonnie Raitt chronology
Fundamental (1998) Silver Lining (2002) Souls Alike (2005)
Alternate cover

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(74/100)
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
Billboard	(favorable)
Blender
E! Online	B+
Entertainment Weekly	B
PopMatters
Q
Robert Christgau	B−
Rolling Stone
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Track listing

1. "Fool's Game" (Jon Cleary) – 4:08
2. "I Can't Help You Now" (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Tommy Sims) – 3:13
3. "Silver Lining" (David Gray) – 6:19
4. "Time of Our Lives" (Teron Beal, Tommy Sims) – 4:00
5. "Gnawin' on It" (Raitt, Roy Rogers) – 4:44
6. "Monkey Business" (Jon Cleary) – 3:36
7. "Wherever You May Be" (Alan Darby, Gavin Hodgson) – 5:31
8. "Valley of Pain" (Rob Mathes, Allen Shamblin) – 4:27
9. "Hear Me Lord" (Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi) – 5:09
10. "No Gettin' Over You" (Raitt) – 4:45
11. "Back Around" (Habib Koité, Raitt) – 5:15
12. "Wounded Heart" (Jude Johnstone) – 4:13

Personnel

• Bonnie Raitt – lead vocals, slide guitar, backing vocals (1), organ arrangements (3), horn arrangements (5)
• Jon Cleary – keyboards, backing vocals, duet vocals (6)
• Mitchell Froom – organ, synthesizers, clavinet (2), marxophone (3), additional acoustic piano (3)
• George Marinelli – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmony vocals (3), backing vocals (9), mandolin (10)
• James "Hutch" Hutchinson – bass guitar, acoustic guitar (11)
• Ricky Fataar – drums, percussion, backing vocals (9)
• Steve Berlin – baritone saxophone
• Tommy Sims – backing vocals, electric guitar (4)
• Bernard Fowler – backing vocals

with:

• Benmont Tench – acoustic piano (12)
• Roy Rogers – slide guitar (5)
• Andy Abad – lead guitar (9)
• Habib Koité – gut-string guitar (10)
• Andrew Scheps – drum loops (2)
• Gary Gold – snare drum (5)
• Pete Thomas – percussion (8)
• Alex Acuña – congas (9), talking drum (9)
• Souleymane Ann – calabash (10)
• Mahamadou Kone – talking drum (10)
• Kélétigui Diabaté – balafon (10)
• Freebo – tuba (9)
• Steve Raitt – backing vocals (1)
• Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (7)
• Fred White – backing vocals (7)

Production

• Producers – Bonnie Raitt, Tchad Blake and Mitchell Froom.
• Pre-Production Assistant – Tom Corwin
• Tracks 1-10 & 12 recorded by Tchad Blake, assisted by Jacquie Blake.
• Track 11 recorded by John Paterno, assisted by Adam Samuels.
• Overdubs on Track 2 recorded by John Paterno, assisted by Craig Conrad.
• Mixed by Tchad Blake
• Mix Assistant on Track 2 – Claire Lewis
• Mixed at Real World Studios (Wiltshire, England).
• ProTools Engineer – Jacquie Blake
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME).
• Art Direction and Design – Norman Moore
• Photography – Tchad Blake, Ann Cutting, Henry Diltz and Pat Johnson
• Stylist – Kate Lindsay
• Make-up – Lucienne Zammit

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2002)	Peak position
US Billboard 200	13

Year-end charts

Chart (2002)	Position
US Billboard 200	182

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	Gold	500,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

External links

• Silver Lining at Metacritic