ray charles genius loves company track list

It Was A Very Good Year (with Willie Nelson)ġ0. Do I Ever Cross Your Mind (with Bonnie Raitt)ħ. Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word (with Elton John)Ħ. The album’s 8 Grammy Awards include Album Of The Year, Best Pop Vocal Album, Record Of The Year, Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals for “Here We Go Again” with Norah Jones, and Best Gospel Performance for “Heaven Help Us” with Gladys Knight.Ĥ. All of us at Exceleration are extremely happy and excited to make this seminal album available once again, this time on Ray’s own label, Tangerine Records.”

The record features collaborations with some of the biggest names in music like Norah Jones, Elton John, James Taylor, BB King, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt and more, all performing with Charles.īurk recalls, “Working with Ray Charles in making this album was a dream come true, especially when it became the most successful album of an incredible career. Together, Charles and Burk and co-producer Phil Ramone curated a list of artists and matched them with specific songs. This turned out to be the final album Ray Charles ever recorded and came to be when producer John Burk, then chief creative officer of Concord Records, approached Charles with the idea of making a duet record.

NPR All Things Considered hailed, “It’s got flashes of fire you wouldn’t expect from such a setting, gems of phrasing that remind you how Ray Charles transformed the wreckage of heartbreak into poignant sound,” and Rolling Stone added, “the tone is reverential and warm, as the Genius sings…” Genius Loves Company garnered critical acclaim immediately upon its release.

Stream & Pre-Order ' Genius Loves Company' HERE This iconic album will be available once more on CD and Vinyl on October 21st. The album also won a record 8 Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and Record of the Year. Genius Loves Company reached #1 on the Billboard Top 200, selling over 200,000 copies in the US in its first week and quickly achieving Gold and then multi-Platinum status. Tangerine Records announces the upcoming re-release of Ray’s remastered 2004 hit duets album Genius Loves Company, one of the most popular and most commercially successful albums of Ray Charles’ illustrious career.

Ray charles genius loves company track list