Sweet & Sour Tears

by Ray Charles

Sweet & Sour Tears cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1964
  • Label: ABC-Paramount
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 38:13
  • Community rating: 3.89/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Sweet & Sour Tears' is a concept album built around songs of crying and emotional release, framed by Ray Charles's jazz-pop and big-band arrangements. The record highlights his ability to turn a thematic program into a vehicle for expressive vocal interpretation.

Genres

Descriptors: ballad, orchestral, vocal, crooning, soulful

Tracklist

  1. Cry (3:31)
  2. Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out To Dry (4:14)
  3. A Tear Fell (2:41)
  4. No One To Cry To (2:38)
  5. You've Got Me Crying Again (2:49)
  6. After My Laughter Came Tears (3:09)
  7. Teardrops From My Eyes (3:22)
  8. Don't Cry, Baby (3:04)
  9. Cry Me A River (3:15)
  10. Baby, Don't You Cry (2:32)
  11. Willow, Weep For Me (4:26)
  12. I Cried For You (2:32)

Credits

  • Ray Charles - primary artist
  • Calvin Jackson - arranged by
  • The Gene Lowell Singers - featuring
  • Sam Feldman - lacquer cut by
  • Churchill Kohlman - written-by
  • Jule Styne - written-by
  • Sammy Cahn - written-by
  • Dorian Burton - written-by

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