Nine Lives

by Bonnie Raitt

Nine Lives cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1986
  • Label: Warner Bros.
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:27
  • Community rating: 2.86/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released during a period of commercial transition for the acclaimed slide guitarist, this album heavily utilizes polished mid-80s studio technology. It shifts significantly away from her traditional blues-rock foundation in favor of sleek, radio-friendly pop-rock and adult-oriented melodies.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic

Tracklist

  1. No Way to Treat a Lady (3:51)
  2. Runnin' Back to Me (4:14)
  3. Who But a Fool (Thief into Paradise) (4:26)
  4. Crime of Passion (4:20)
  5. All Day, All Night (4:03)
  6. Stand Up to the Night (4:43)
  7. Excited (3:12)
  8. Freezin' (For a Little Human Love) (4:58)
  9. True Love Is Hard to Find (4:34)
  10. Angel (4:00)

Credits

  • Bonnie Raitt - primary artist, guitar, backing vocals, slide guitar, acoustic guitar, guitar slide guitar, background vocals lead vocals vocal
  • Stephen Kupka - horns [tower of power horn section is], baritone saxophone, baritone saxophone guest
  • Emilio Castillo - horns [tower of power horn section is], tenor saxophone, guest tenor saxophone
  • Richard Elliot - horns [tower of power horn section is], tenor saxophone, alto saxophone, alto saxophone guest tenor saxophone
  • Greg Adams - horns [tower of power horn section is], trumpet, flugelhorn [flügelhorn], arranged by [horns], flugelhorn guest trumpet, hornarranger
  • Lee Thornburg - horns [tower of power horn section is], trumpet, trombone, flugelhorn [flügelhorn], flugelhorn guest trombone trumpet
  • Lindsey Loch - illustration [cover]
  • Denise Pauly - make-up [makeup]

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