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Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Audio CD

A fair review of the Ray Charles "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Ray Charles reviews here, or go back to the Ray Charles tabs.

Ray Charles Band: Ray Charles
Title: Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music
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Release Date: 1990-10-25
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Bye Bye Love 2: You Don't Know Me 3: Half as Much 4: I Love You So Much It Hurts 5: Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way) 6: Born to Lose 7: Worried Mind 8: It Makes No Difference Now 9: You Win Again 10: Careless Love 11: I Can't Stop Loving You 12: Hey, Good Lookin' 13: You Are My Sunshine [*] 14: Here We Go Again [*] 15: That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day) [*]

Crossing over
Good-hearted old soul music for sure, but one that is more preserved than personal. Though the arrangements can border on schmaltzy often, Charles's crystalline charisma as musical translator shines through. .


Ray Charles: modern sounds in country and western


After purchasing many MONO recordings on Amazon, I no longer buy anything originally recorded prior to 1970. Problem with many of these recordings is they don't tell you if its STEREO or MONO recordings. Remasted means nothing, but a good sales ploy.

Some of the recordings at companies like Stax or Atlantic are MONO up until 1970. No wonder so many artist like Ray Charles moved on.

Apparently Atlantic didn't know about STEREO recording until way late in the game.

If you like a very flat sound, no problem. .


"RAY CHARLES"- Modern Sounds
The main jewels of that royal crown are "I Can't Stop Loving You" definitely the top hit song of 1962, played and played not only for that entire year but subsequently. On the very best list of 1962 and 1960's albums, Ray Charles'"Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music" has to be on a top and prominent place on that distinguished list. The others top hits in that album were "Born to Lose" originally the flip side on the former 45 rpm single version and "You Don't Know Me". Bonus tracks were added on this great compilation. Perhaps the only missing Ray Charles musical jewel in this great musical compilation is "Georgia On My Mind". If they would've added that song to this fabulous album, it would've been an unprecedented collector's item and best seller.


A trail-blazing LP that stll plucks an emotional chord...
Charles knew good lyrics when he heard them, and he didn't think the message of a song had to be confined to the style in which it was originally composed. Mr. Back in 1961, when much of the country still considered rhythm and blues artists to be makers of "race records" and even more of the nation thought that "country music" could only be created by Southern whites, Ray took a bunch of the best songs he could find from country artists, added an orchestra, a backing vocal group, and his "soul" sensibilities and produced this record. My sister bought it, and I was a senior in high school and wore it out. I already knew most of the tunes because I was a country fan, albeit living in New Jersey. Although "backing vocals" and "orchestral accompaniment" are terms that have largely disappeared from the labels of Top Forty singles, they work on this album better than on most from the era. Not every track here is a masterpiece, but about half of them bear up to repeated play, even continuous play, quite well. "You Don't Know Me" and "Born to Lose" and "Worried Mind" and "You Win Again" and "I Can't Stop Loving You" brought black and white artists and songwriters and fans a lot closer to the mainstream market. Rock and Roll was still young in '62, and the "Nashville Sound" was just getting off the ground. Thanks to Ray, bridges were built, friendships were cemented, and genres were combined in a way that benefitted music lovers around the world. I had not heard this album in about 40 years until I bought the CD version last week. It is good to have an old friend back in my home.
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Modern Sounds in Country & Western Music
A fine recording. Can anyone say anything negative about Ray Charles? Not me either.


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