A Portrait of Ray [Extra tracks, Import]

Ray Charles | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 7, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Import
• Label: Magic
• ASIN: B000BKJ5S2
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #645,294 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Never Saw Naw

2. Sun Died (Il Est Mort Le Soleil)

3. Am I Blue

4. Yesterdays

5. When I Stop Dreamin'

6. I Won't Leave

7. Sweet Young Thing Like You

8. Bright Lights & You Girl

9. Understanding

10. Eleanor Rigby

11. In The Heat Of The Night (From The Motion Picture) (Bonus Track)

12. I Don't Need Your Doctor (Bonus Track)

13. I Chose To Sing The Blues Yesterday (Bonus Track)

14. Never Had Enough Of Nothin' Yet (Bonus Track)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Hooray! At Last we have this great great Ray Charles at his best!, January 4, 2007

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Carlos from Rio "Carlos from Rio" (Rio de Janeiro, RJ Brazil) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Portrait of Ray (Audio CD)

This is an album from ABC Records, originally issued in 1969, object of high desire by sensitive audiences who have treasured its vinyl through all those years. Curiously, this is not one of the most celebrated Charles' albums - I simply don't know why.

Strong personality, distinct registered mark - that's what Mr. Ray Charles has always represented to the American Song and this album shows it in all its extent and splendor, mainly in those cover tracks on well known standards like `Am I Blue' and Jerome Kern's `Yesterdays'.

A brilliantly soulful rendition of Beatles' `Eleanor Rigby' closes the original vinyl album, though CD tracks go on with some interesting bonusses, including Mr. Charles' rendition of `In The Heat of The Night', the Quincy Jones composition for the self-titled film, a rare and long time out of issue soundtrack.

Best of all for me is the second track, a sensational, deep emotional rendition of a French song `Il Est Mort Le Soleil', a long time tour-de-force for singer Nicoletta in France with original lyrics by the late Pierre Delanoé. Mr Charles sings it in its English version and it's pure fire.

One may find this CD somewhat expensive - it is an imported item from France. Quite worth the price.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Brillant but poor mastering, October 17, 2009

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Xanthippe "2006" (France) - See all my reviews

This review is from: A Portrait Of Ray (MP3 Download)

It is surely one of Ray's best albums, but it's a shame it didn't get a proper remastering. Its EQ is very poor compared to the vinyl version from 1969, also a shame it's sold for downloading at 10$ with such a lo-fi sound...