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Ray Charles
CAREER SPAN:
Decade
Album Score
# Albums
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews for each album.
Overall Band Score:
2.4858
Ray Charles Album Rankings
1
For his appearance at the Newport Jazz Festival on July 5, 1958, Charles pulled out all the stops, performing raucous versions of "The Right Time," "I Got a Woman," and "Talkin' 'Bout You.
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2
Taking one of the most interesting bodies of work in the history of American music and trying to narrow it down to one 20-song compact disc would seem to be the sort of project that's doomed to failur
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3
Some players from Ray Charles' big band are joined by many ringers from theCount BasieandDuke Ellingtonbands for the first half of this program, featuring Charles belting out six songs arranged byQuin
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4
As the first comprehensive, multi-label box set assembled on Ray Charles, the five-disc, 101-songGenius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collectionis an extensive overview of one of the greatest musicians
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5
Perhaps the best single CD collection of Ray Charles' '60s and '70s ABC-Paramount material.
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6
Less modern for its country-R&B blend (Elvis Presleyand company did it in 1955) and lushly produced C&W tone (the Nashville sound cropped up in the late '50s) than for its place as a high-profile cros
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7
On Thursday, June 10 this year, I received an e-mail from a colleague asking me if I would be joining in the national day of mourning the following day. My reply: "Absolutely. Ray Charles was THE MAN.
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8
Although it was a big commercial success, reaching number two on the LP charts, this record would typify the erratic nature of much of Charles' '60s output.
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9
This 16-track budget package hits all the high notes of Brother Ray's rise to greatness.
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10
The light blues and jazz of Ray Charles' early recordings were heavily influenced byNat King Cole, and Charles frequently recorded in a similar trio format.
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11
Got the new Ray Charles CD. Listened to the new Ray Charles CD. Immediate response: "Damn, I hope I'm this cool when I'm as old as he is."Charles just keeps goin'.
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13
Alas, when you look in the Ray Charles bins at the major record chains these days, you'll find mostly his Columbia and Warner Bros. releases.
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14
A Rhino reissue of the LP that set the stage for the nearly-perverse direction Charles would maintain throughout his career, alternating a classic like "Let The Good Times Roll" with the schmaltzy "A
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15
Alas, when you look in the Ray Charles bins at the major record chains these days, you'll find mostly his Columbia and Warner Bros. releases.
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19
Down-home, anguished laments and moody ballads were turned into triumphs by Ray Charles.
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23
Prime Cuts' two-fer Ray Charles/Let's Have a Ball compiles little-known Charles albums on one disc.
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26
It's a Blues Thing is a good, but uninspiring, live set recorded with Esther Phillips, featuring such Ray Charles staples as "You Are My Sunshine" and "Cryin' Time.
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31
This brief selection from Delta Records features early sides from Ray Charles at a time when he was more of a crooner than the gospel-fueled soulman and icon he was to become.
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33
Once he signed to Warner Bros., Ray Charles adopted the '90s superstar schedule, releasing an album every three years.
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43
Another easy access point for Charles' seminal Atlantic catalog.
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