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This article is about the Ray Charles' album. For the album by Otis Spann, see Cryin' Time.
Crying Time
Studio album by
Ray Charles
ReleasedFebruary 1966
RecordedR.P.M. International Studios, Los Angeles, California
GenreR&B, soul, country
Length39:44
LabelABC Paramount / Tangerine
ProducerJoe Adams
Ray Charles chronology
Together Again
(1965) 		Crying Time
(1966) 		Ray's Moods
(1966)
Singles from Crying Time
  1. "Crying Time"
    Released: November 1965
  2. "Let's Go Get Stoned"
    Released: May 1966
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Record Mirror[2]

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.

Track listing

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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

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Charts

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

See also

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References

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  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)
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