Crying Time (album)

This article is about the Ray Charles' album. For the album by Otis Spann, see Cryin' Time.

Crying Time is a studio album by Ray Charles released in February 1966 as the first release on his label Tangerine, which was distributed by ABC Paramount.

Crying Time
Studio album by Ray Charles
Released	February 1966
Recorded	R.P.M. International Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	R&B, soul, country
Length	39:44
Label	ABC Paramount / Tangerine
Producer	Joe Adams
Ray Charles chronology
Together Again (1965) Crying Time (1966) Ray's Moods (1966)
Singles from Crying Time
"Crying Time" Released: November 1965 "Let's Go Get Stoned" Released: May 1966

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Record Mirror	[2]

Track listing

LP side A

1. "Crying Time" (Buck Owens) – 2:57
2. "No Use Crying" (Roy Gaines, Freddie Lee Kober, J.B. Daniels) – 3:17
3. "Let's Go Get Stoned" (Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, Jo Armstead) – 3:00
4. "Going Down Slow" (Jimmy Oden) – 4:03
5. "Peace of Mind" (Ray Charles, J. Holiday) – 2:14
6. "Tears" (Norman Newell, Robert Maxwell) – 4:38

LP side B

1. "Drifting Blues" (Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams, Charles Brown) – 6:24
2. "We Don't See Eye to Eye" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:21
3. "You're In For a Big Surprise" (Percy Mayfield) – 3:35
4. "You're Just About to Lose Your Clown" (Johnny MacRae) – 2:01
5. "Don't You Think I Ought To Know" (William Johnson, Melvin Wettergreen) – 3:05
6. "You've Got a Problem" (William D. Weeks, Freddy James) – 3:28

Personnel

• Ray Charles – piano, vocals
• Billy Preston – electric organ on "No Use Crying", "Let's Go Get Stoned"^[3]
• Joe Adams – producer
• William Alexander – album cover artist
• George S. Whiteman – album cover design
• Joe Lebow – liner notes
• The Raelettes – performer
• Onzy Matthews – arranger
• Donald Peake – guitar

Charts

Chart (1966)	Peak position
US Billboard Top LP's	15
US Top Selling R&B LP's (Billboard)	1

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1966 (U.S.)

References

1. AllMusic review
2. Jones, Peter; Jopling, Norman (14 May 1966). "Ray Charles: Crying Time" (PDF). Record Mirror. No. 270. p. 10. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 April 2022. Retrieved 18 November 2022.
3. Evans, Mike (11 November 2009). Ray Charles: Birth of Soul. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-0-85712-051-9. Retrieved 18 September 2018.

• ABC Paramount (Tangerine) ABC 544 (1966 LP)

External links

• Crying Time at AllMusic