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I Can't Stand the Rain
Studio album by
Ann Peebles
Released1974
Recorded1973
StudioRoyal Recording Studios, South Lauderdale, Memphis, Tennessee
GenreSoul, Memphis soul
Length27:16
LabelHi
ProducerWillie Mitchell
Ann Peebles chronology
Straight from the Heart
(1972) 		I Can't Stand the Rain
(1974) 		Tellin' It
(1975)
Singles from I Can't Stand The Rain
  1. "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down"
    Released: January 1973
  2. "I Can't Stand the Rain"
    Released: 1973
Professional ratings
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Christgau's Record GuideB+[1]

I Can't Stand the Rain is the fourth studio album by American Memphis soul singer Ann Peebles. It was released on the Hi label in 1974 and was her highest-charting record on the Billboard 200, where it reached no. 155 and spent 7 weeks.[2] Produced by Willie Mitchell and largely written by Peebles and her husband, Don Bryant, I Can't Stand the Rain included the R&B hits "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" and "I Can't Stand the Rain", the latter of which reached no. 6 on the R&B chart and no. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973.[3][4]

Track listing

Side A

  1. "I Can't Stand the Rain" (Don Bryant, Bernard "Bernie" Miller, Ann Peebles) – 2:31
  2. "Do I Need You" (Bryant, Peebles) – 2:33
  3. "Until You Came Into My Life" (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 3:13
  4. "(You Keep Me) Hanging On" (Ira Allen, Buddy Mize) – 2:44
  5. "Run Run Run" (Bryant, Darryl Carter, Peebles) – 2:38

Side B

  1. "If We Can't Trust Each Other" (Earl Randle) – 2:55
  2. "A Love Vibration" (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 2:50
  3. "You Got to Feed the Fire" (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 2:22
  4. "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" (Earl Randle) – 2:45
  5. "One Way Street" (Bryant, Peebles) – 2:50

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1974)[2] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 155
U.S. Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) 25

References

  1. ^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  2. ^ a b "Ann Peebles | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  3. ^ "Ann Peebles Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
  4. ^ "The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Love Like Rain: Ann Peebles & Don Bryant Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 2023-09-05.


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