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Crying Time (album)

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Crying Time
Studio album by
ReleasedFebruary 1966
RecordedR.P.M. International Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreR&B, soul, country
Length39:44
LabelABC Paramount / Tangerine
ProducerJoe Adams
Ray Charles chronology
Together Again
(1965)
Crying Time
(1966)
Ray's Moods
(1966)
Singles from Crying Time
  1. "Crying Time"
    Released: November 1965
  2. "Let's Go Get Stoned"
    Released: May 1966
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Record Mirror[2]

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.

Track listing

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LP side A
  1. "Crying Time" (Buck Owens) – 2:57
  2. "No Use Crying" (Roy Gaines, Freddie Lee Kober, J.B. Daniels) – 3:17
  3. "Let's Go Get Stoned" (Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, Jo Armstead) – 3:00
  4. "Going Down Slow" (Jimmy Oden) – 4:03
  5. "Peace of Mind" (Ray Charles, J. Holiday) – 2:14
  6. "Tears" (Norman Newell, Robert Maxwell) – 4:38
LP side B
  1. "Drifting Blues" (Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams, Charles Brown) – 6:24
  2. "We Don't See Eye to Eye" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:21
  3. "You're In For a Big Surprise" (Percy Mayfield) – 3:35
  4. "You're Just About to Lose Your Clown" (Johnny MacRae) – 2:01
  5. "Don't You Think I Ought To Know" (William Johnson, Melvin Wettergreen) – 3:05
  6. "You've Got a Problem" (William D. Weeks, Freddy James) – 3:28

Personnel

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Charts

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

See also

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References

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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.
  • ABC Paramount (Tangerine) ABC 544 (1966 LP)
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