Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company

Ray Charles - Genius Loves Company
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Artist: Ray Charles and Various Artists
Album: Genius Loves Company
Genre: R & B
Source: CD
Year: 2004
Quality: 320kbps
Information:
BY ROB SHEFFIELD August 31, 2004
Like Johnny Cash, Ray Charles was a tough old man who kept making music right up to the end, probably because everybody was too scared to tell him to knock it off. When he died in June, he was readying Genius Loves Company, his version of Frank Sinatra's Duets, featuring pop stars such as James Taylor, Bonnie Raitt, Elton John and Norah Jones. The tone is reverential and warm, as the Genius sings "It Was a Very Good Year" with Willie Nelson, "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" with Johnny Mathis and "Fever" with Natalie Cole. B.B. King, the one guest who can approach Charles as a peer, pushes him to play a little blues piano. But the best moment is the live "Crazy Love": Van Morrison and Charles sing together in real time, two grizzled cats trying to top each other, competitive yet completely in tune.
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Generated on: March 28 2016
Posted by: shebra

Tracklisting:
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1. Here We Go Again - Ray Charles/Norah Jones - (3:59)
2. Sweet Potato Pie - Ray Charles/James Taylor - (3:47)
3. You Don't Know Me - Ray Charles/Diana Krall - (3:54)
4. Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word - Ray Charles/Elton John - (3:58)
5. Fever - Ray Charles/Natalie Cole - (3:30)
6. Do I Ever Cross Your Mind? - Ray Charles/Bonnie Raitt - (4:34)
7. It Was A Very Good Year - Ray Charles/Willie Nelson - (4:59)
8. Hey Girl - Ray Charles/Michael McDonald - (5:15)
9. Sinner's Prayer - Ray Charles/B.B. King - (4:24)
10. Heaven Help Us All - Ray Charles/Gladys Knight - (4:32)
11. Over the Rainbow - Ray Charles/Johnny Mathis - (4:54)
12. Crazy Love - Ray Charles/Van Morrison - (3:34)

Playing time: 52:00