Green Light [Original recording remastered]

Bonnie Raitt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 2, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Warner Bros / Wea
• ASIN: B000002KN5
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #19,182 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Keep This Heart in Mind

2. River of Tears

3. Can't Get Enough

4. Willya Wontcha

5. Let's Keep It Between Us

6. Me and the Boys

7. I Can't Help Myself

8. Baby Come Back

9. Talk to Me

10. Green Lights

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The late '70s found Bonnie Raitt casting about for a new musical direction. Ironically, she found it on 1982's Green Light by going back to the basics. The album finds her using her road musicians, the Bump Band (including former Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan) and handling most of the guitar chores herself, resulting in a confident, high-energy set. The hard-charging "Willy Wontcha" rocks with abandon, as do Raitt's covers of a pair of NRBQ tunes, "Me and the Boys" and "Green Lights." There's also a Bob Dylan track, "Let's Keep It Between Us" and a little easy-in-the-islands charm, courtesy of Eddy Grant's "Baby Come Back." --Daniel Durchholz

Product Description

Rhino/Warner Bros. digital remaster of 1982 release. Features 'River Of Tears', 'Me And The Boys' & 'Baby Come Back'. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Bonnie rocks those blues away, March 7, 2004

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Green Light (Audio CD)

This album is predominately an up-tempo rocking album - it never slows below mid-tempo - although Bonnie's roots in blues music are still in evidence. This was the first Bonnie Raitt album I ever bought and is still my favorite among those I've heard. Apparently, the musicians used on this album were the ones that backed her on tour at the time rather than studio musicians.

Bonnie found some great songs here by noted songwriters such as Eric Kaz (River of tears) and Bob Dylan (Let's keep it between us, one of his more obscure but still excellent songs). Two songs were written by Terry Adams of NRBQ - the title track and Me and the boys.

To my ears, the standout track is Baby come back, perhaps because I was already familiar with the song even before Bonnie started her long and distinguished career. Eddy Grant wrote this song in the sixties, when he was lead singer of the Equals. Their original version of the song went all the way to number one in the UK charts in 1968. Bonnie's cover is faithful to the original but equally brilliant.

I love to hear Bonnie sing the blues but this album shows that Bonnie could rock too. It may not be typical, but it's great entertainment.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One Of The Best Albums You Never Heard Of, April 14, 2001

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AntiochAndy "antiochandy" (Antioch, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Green Light (Audio CD)

I first heard Bonnie Raitt in 1989, when she had become the toast the record industry following the release of "Nick Of Time". I knew that she had been around for a long time before that, but (like a lot of other people, I guess) I had never really heard anything by her. She had never gotten a lot of airplay. I was impressed, though, and I decided to give some of her other albums a try. I got a copy of "Green Light", and I can say I wasn't disappointed. This album is a first-rate collection of solid rock-and-roll songs. There isn't a clinker in it anywhere. There are several straight-up rockers, such as "Willya Wontcha" and "Me and the Boys", and a couple of slower tunes, like "River of Tears". Several are covers of songs by others, but all are given solid treatment here. Check out Raitt's versions of Dylan's "Let's Keep It Between Us" and Eddy Grant's "Baby Come Back". There are just two minor problems with this album. First, the lack of a standout song that could have been put out as a single to capture some airplay. Second, Raitt's vocals sometimes sound a bit thin or tinny. As though the microphone was inside a tin can. She doesn't quite have the vocal presence on this album that she acquired by the time she recorded "Nick Of Time". Even so, "Green Light" is a very good album. The songs are well-chosen and played with feeling. If you like rock-and-roll (or if you just like Bonnie Raitt) give this album a listen. I think you'll like it.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Another Raitt career highlight...., April 16, 2002

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J. Bilby "littlebibs" (Kingston, New Hampshire United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Green Light (Audio CD)

Being a fan of Bonnie's music since the middle
70's period, I was use to her wonderful voice, guitar
stylings and assorted material she chose to sing and
sometimes wrote and recorded herself. I just loved
her early work to death, played it so much growing
up. Pick up any Bonnie collection during the 1970's and theres always
something to love from this period., she puts her soul into
everything. By the early 80'she seem to start to
struggle just to be heard on a radio station and
with this collection she almost got it right. Like
earlier reviews stated she just needed that one
single to push this into mainstream, but for one
reason or another it sank. I always felt this was
one of her best records, I saw her perform this
material in Boston after its release and I remember
the concert was considered one or two of the best
shows (LIVE) in Boston in 82'. The material ROCKED!She was dazzill'in to watch and had complete control of these songs.
I feel it was difficult for Bonnie to put this
energy on a record, she should have recorded these
concerts live, they were like nothing I'd ever experienced
going to see Bonnie. Great songs on GREEN LIGHT, but
the production on this record just wasn't quite right. Her
vocals had been recorded much better in the past, she blended into the music too much and that voice should have been recorded much more in the front and center, like Don Was did,
now listen to her, she's an awesome vocalist with
a tight blues rock sound and she can do anything. This
period, early 80's was the time video came jumping
out and the flashiest got noticed and Bonnie never
really compromised herself to a sellout, it took
time and "Green Light" was just a great step'in stone
for a women like Bonnie showcasing what a great talent
she would be in the not that far away 90's.