Hallelujah I Love Her So [Import]

Ray Charles, Ray Charles And the Count Basie Orchestra | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 15, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Rhino/Wea UK
• ASIN: B000056OZW
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #51,950 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #55 in Music > Imports > Blues

Track Listings

1. Aint That Love

2. Drown In My Own Tears

3. Come Back Baby

4. Sinners Prayer

5. Funny (But I Still Love You)

6. Losing Hand

7. A Fool For You

8. Hallelujah I Love Her So

9. Mess Around

10. This Little Girl Of Mine

11. Mary Ann

12. Greenbacks

13. Dont You Know

14. I Got A Woman

Editorial Reviews

Charles came up with his unique reinvention of popular music by combining blues, jazz and gospel in the mid-50s when he was signed to Atlantic Records. While he made a number of classic albums for the label, his biggest impact was through his incredible string of hit singles. This album was originally released by Atlantic in 1962, soon after Charles left the label for ABC-Paramount, where he would have even bigger success with his reinvention of country music. This record is made up of hits Charles had enjoyed with Atlantic, from the early 'Roll With My Baby', 'I Got A Woman' and 'Drown In My Own Tears' through to the title track and 'Ain't That Love', his last hit for the label. 2005.

Customer Reviews

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Pay no attention to the other review!, May 21, 2006

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David Schulz - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hallelujah I Love Her So (Audio CD)

The other reviewer must have typed his review in a padded room in your local mental institution. What we have here is Ray's first actual album re released on cd. Anything he put out before this was a single. It is a great purchase for someone looking to collect original Ray albums. All the songs are outstanding and in my personal opinion Ray's Atlantic years were among his best. To say that he hadn't come into his voice at this time in his career is like sayin that nacho's don't taste good. Every song on this album is outstanding, it's a win win for the buyer so slide your mouse to the right and add it to your shopping cart before I buy them all!

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Its about time with original album cover, too!!!!, October 6, 2006

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J. bell "just call me j" (yonkers, ny United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hallelujah I Love Her So (Audio CD)

I remember having this album in my house as a child. My father was a huge fan of jazz, Sam Cooke and Ray Charles. Once I heard this album I was hooked. From that point on I wanted to play piano and I became a Ray Charles fan. Yeah me a 5 year old interested in piano and Ray Charles. I do agree Atlantic was the label for his best material vocally and instrumentally showing his jazz/blues licks on keys. Also as a child I had albums before he went to Atlantic (on the SwingTime label) which I thought was also fascinating material. So if you are a Ray Charles fan I would suggest you pick up "The Birh of A Legend 1948-1952" if you can find it. That will give you a pre-requisite of his musical virtuosity (chops if you will) and vocal genius to imitate Nat King Cole and Charles Brown (hence the song "Funny But I Still Love You" giving his Charles Brown imitation on this album, now CD).

This is a great album and actually is a compilation of his singles between 1952-1957 (I'm only in my early 40's but I know my music, yes). His voice really didn't shape until 1957 and anything before that I guess he was just experimenting and having fun. I would suppose from '57 up to this point he finally found his voice. In any case, this is and was Ray Charles. I would suggest picking this one up, for all you Ray Charles fans.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hallelujah, I Love Her So album not yet genius, September 15, 2005

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Lance W. Davis "Roll Tide" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hallelujah I Love Her So (Audio CD)

Brother Ray was just about to enter an era of nearly unparalleled greatness when these tracks were recorded in the early-to-mid '50s. Unfortunately, "just about" in this case means Hallelujah, I Love Her So is hardly essential. Don't misunderstand me, none of these songs are bad ... in fact, the title track, I Got A Woman, and Greenbacks are solid precursors to the rootsy soul music that was to come ... but it's clear that Ray hasn't yet found his voice. I suppose an appropriate comparison might be to the early Stones albums, like 12x5 and Rolling Stones Now. These albums are entertaining and certainly have their moments, but by and large they're noteworthy as foundation pieces.

If you're a Ray Charles newbie, I suggest starting with Ray Charles Live, The Genius Of Ray Charles, or Genius + Soul = Jazz and then work your way through his late '50s/early '60s catalog.