Ray Charles Greatest Hits (Vinyl) 12" Album
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Title: Greatest Hits
Condition: New
Format: Vinyl
EAN: 8436563181740
Edition: 12" Album
Genre: R&B/Soul
Style: Soul/R&B
Release Date: 02/02/2018
Description: EDITORIAL REVIEWS
The term legend is used all too loosely in this day and age, with music arguably the worst offender. But in Ray Charles, modern music has someone it can proudly label one of culture’s true geniuses. This LP set encompasses some of Ray Charles’ most popular, influential and seminal recordings.
Though the song order isn’t chronological, the range of material varied widely in familiarity – at the time, “I Can’t Stop Loving You” and the album Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music were burning up the charts, and it made sense to include numbers such as “I’m Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town” and “I’ve Got News for You” (both of which had been only modest pop hits but good performers on the R&B charts), alongside major singles such as “Hit the Road Jack” and “One Mint Julep,” in an effort to broaden his exposure. As it was, this album made it to number five, making it the second highest-charting album of his career up to that time, and also his first to chart in England (where a lot of aspiring rock & rollers and soul belters likely wore out its grooves). It still holds up nearly 50 years later, track for track, and can stand with any other hits compilation of its era, by any of Charles’ contemporaries.
No Of Discs: 1
Artist: Ray Charles
Record Label: Del Ray Records
MPN: DR10014
Release Year: 2018
Tracks:
1: Them That Got
2: Georgia On My Mind
3: Unchain My Heart
4: I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town
5: The Danger Zone
6: I've Got News for You
7: Hit the Road Jack
8: Ruby
9: I Wonder
10: Sticks and Stones
11: But On the Other Hand Baby
12: One Mint Julep
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