Crying Time (album)

Crying Time
Studio album by Ray Charles
Released	February 1966
Recorded	R.P.M. International Studios, Los Angeles, California[1]
Genre	R&B, soul, country
Length	39:44
Label	ABC Paramount / Tangerine
Producer	Joe Adams
Ray Charles chronology
Together Again (1965) Crying Time (1966) Ray's Moods (1966)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[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

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, Nikolas 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

• Ray Charles – piano, vocals
• Joe Adams – producer^[1]
• William Alexander – album cover artist^[1]
• George S. Whiteman – album cover design^[1]
• Joe Lebow – liner notes^[1]
• The Raelettes – performer^[1]
• Onzy Matthews - arranger

Charting history

Chart	Peak chart position
Billboard 200	15
Billboard R&B Albums	1

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1966 (U.S.)

References

1. "RAY CHARLES - TANGERINE MONO - CRYING TIME". ebay. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
2. Allmusic review

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

External links

• Crying Time at AllMusic