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Genius Loves Company (Rsd Edition)

Ray Charles

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Format: 2LP

Cat No: LPTGR21201

Format Details: Rsd Edition

Release Date:  21 October 2022

Label:  Tangerine Records

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  708857212019

Genres:  R&B  Jazz  

Release Date:  21 October 2022

Label:  Tangerine Records

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  708857212026

Genres:  R&B  Jazz  

Release Date:  17 June 2022

Label:  Tangerine Records

Packaging Type:  Slip Sleeve (CD or Vinyl)

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  708857212118

Genres:  R&B  Jazz  

Release Date:  03 February 2015

Label:  Vinyl Offer

Packaging Type:  Gate Fold Vinyl

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  888072362130

Genres:  R&B  Jazz  

  • Description

    'Genius Loves Company' is the final studio album by rhythm and blues and soul musician Ray Charles, posthumously released August 31, 2004. Recording sessions for the album took place between June 2003 and March 2004. The album consists of rhythm and blues, soul, country, blues, jazz, and pop standards performed by Charles and several guest musicians, such as Natalie Cole, Elton John, James Taylor, Norah Jones, B.B. King, Gladys Knight, Diana Krall, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, and Bonnie Raitt. Genius Loves Company was the last album recorded and completed by Charles before his death in June 2004 and is issued on Vinyl for the first time The album is known as one of Ray Charles' most commercially successful albums. On February 2, 2005, Genius Loves Company was certified triple-platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America following sales of over three million copies in the United States. It also became Charles' second to reach number one on the Billboard 200, after Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962). On February 13, 2005, the album was awarded eight Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and Record of the Year.

    Description

    'Genius Loves Company' is the final studio album by rhythm and blues and soul musician Ray Charles, posthumously released August 31, 2004. Recording sessions for the album took place between June 2003 and March 2004. The album consists of rhythm and blues, soul, country, blues, jazz, and pop standards performed by Charles and several guest musicians, such as Natalie Cole, Elton John, James Taylor, Norah Jones, B.B. King, Gladys Knight, Diana Krall, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson, and Bonnie Raitt. Genius Loves Company was the last album recorded and completed by Charles before his death in June 2004. The album is known as one of Ray Charles' most commercially successful albums. On February 2, 2005, Genius Loves Company was certified triple-platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America following sales of over three million copies in the United States. It also became Charles' second to reach number one on the Billboard 200, after Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962). On February 13, 2005, the album was awarded eight Grammy Awards including Album of the Year and Record of the Year.

    Description

    First time on vinyl for the classic 2004 Ray Charles album "Genius Loves Company", which features the legendary singer in duets with Elton John, Norah Jones, Gladys Knight, Van Morrison and many others. Exclusive coloured vinyl for RSD 2022.

    Description

    Genius Loves Company is the last studio album Ray Charles completed before his death in June 2004. Prior to this, the last studio album he released was Strong Love Affair in 1996, which was a stab at modern pop, filled with new songs and given an adult contemporary sheen. It was not one of his most distinctive efforts, even when judged against his latter-day albums, and it disappeared not long after it's release. Charles left Warner and, years later, signed with Concord, who released Genius Loves Company, which had a decidedly different approach than the all-modern Strong Love Affair. As the title acknowledges with a wink, this is a duets album, which may be a little commonplace as far as latter-day superstar albums go but is still a step up from his previous studio album since it puts Ray Charles in a comfortable, relaxed situation that plays to his strengths. Instead of trying to put Charles in a modern setting, producers John Burk and Phil Ramone (Burk helmed seven of the album's tracks, Ramone is responsible for the other five, and their work fits together seamlessly) go for a clean retro setting with a few guitars, synths, and a rhythm section, occasionally dressing it with an orchestra or some strings. In other words, apart from the glistening production, it's not far removed from any of Charles' crossover records from the '60s, and he's also given a strong set of songs, largely familiar pop classics, from "Fever" and "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" to "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word" and "Crazy Love." His duet partners are fairly predictable - classy newcomers like Norah Jones and Diana Krall, but also old stalwarts like Elton John, B.B. King, Johnny Mathis, James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, and the ubiquitous Willie Nelson (who has never sounded older than he does here on "It Was a Very Good Year") - but they're also reliable, never overshadowing Ray yet never shrinking in his shadow either; in short, it sounds more like a real duets album than most superstar duet records.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Here We Go Again
      • 2. Sweet Potato Pie
      • 3. You Don't Know Me
      • 4. Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word
      • 5. Fever
      • 6. Do I Ever Cross Your Mind
      • 7. It Was A Very Good Year
      • 8. Hey Girl
      • 9. Sinner's Prayer
      • 10. Heaven Help Us All
      • 11. Over The Rainbow
      • 12. Crazy Love [Live]