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Product DescriptionNo Description AvailableNo Track Information AvailableMedia Type: CDArtist: CHARLES,RAYTitle: VERY BEST OF RAY CHARLESStreet Release Date: 03/14/2000<Domestic or Import: DomesticGenre: BLUESHard as it is to go wrong when shopping for a Broth
Product Description No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: CHARLES,RAY Title: VERY BEST OF RAY CHARLES Street Release Date: 03/14/2000 Domestic Genre: BLUES
Hard as it is to go wrong when shopping for a Brother Ray package, some career-spanning compilations bundle the decades better than others. Count this one, true to its title, among the very best. The track sequencing is straight-up chronological, opening with 1954's groundbreaking blues and gospel mingling "I've Got a Woman." From there it charges through the late-'50s Atlantic era, rounding up classic singles like "Hallelujah (I Love Her So)," "(Night Time Is) The Right Time," and "What'd I Say." By the time the disc lands us in the '60s, the Genius has saddled up to explore his country side, turning in such popular-music-altering hits as "Georgia on My Mind" and "I Can't Stop Loving You." A final cut jumps into the '80s for the Willie Nelson duet "Seven Spanish Angels," leaving the listener with a solid--and deeply satisfying--sense of Charles' bold artistic wanderings. All that's missing is his soul-dunked rendition of "America the Beautiful." -Tammy La Gorce
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Track listing1. I Got a Woman 2. Fool for You 3. Drown in My Own Tears 4. Night Time Is the Right Time 5. What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 6. Sticks and Stones 7. Georgia on My Mind 8. One Mint Julep 9. Hit the Road Jack 10. Unchain My Heart 11. I Can't Stop Loving You 12. You Are My Sunshine 13. Busted 14. Let's Go Get Stoned 15. Seven Spanish Angels 16. I'll be good to you
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