Takin My Time [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Bonnie Raitt | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 5, 2002)
• Original Release Date: 1973
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Rhino
• ASIN: B00005YW4O
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,935 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #59 in Music > Rock > Singer-Songwriters

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com essential recording

Along with Give It Up, Bonnie Raitt's third album, Takin' My Time, stands as her finest work prior to her 1989 critical and commercial watershed, Nick of Time. Featuring an eclectic mix of pop, rock, blues, and soul, the material ranges from Eric Kaz's powerful ballad "Cry Like a Rainstorm" and Jackson Browne's "I Thought I Was a Child" to the snappy acoustic blues of Mississippi Fred McDowell's "Write Me a Few of Your Lines/Kokomo Blues" and the charming calypso "Wah She Go Do." Raitt is backed on the album by members of Little Feat as well as Taj Mahal, legendary New Orleans drummer Earl Palmer, and Rolling Stones sax man Ernie Watts, giving the album a loose, grooving vibe. Her versions of Mose Allison's smoldering "Everybody's Cryin' Mercy" and Randy Newman's sly "Guilty" are real standouts. --Daniel Durchholz

Product Description

Rhino/Warner Bros. digital remaster of her 1973 album. Features the legendary songwriting of Jackson Browne and Randy Newman.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sheer classic, November 23, 2001

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C.A. Baker (USA in The Netherlands) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Takin My Time (Audio CD)

The very first song I ever heard by Bonnie Raitt was "Everybody's Cryin' Mercy." And it was by a fluke that I had even heard this song. I had rented a 70s compilation album from the local public library and this song was on it. I immediately fell in love with Ms. Raitt's voice and tracked this album down. This song is still my favourite off Takin'My Time. Other highlights for me include Let Me In, Guilty, and Kokomo Blues. But the whole album from the first to last track is superb. And it's refreshing to listen to an artist like Raitt where so many moods are captured on one album, blues, reggae, folk, jazz, pop, you name it she plays it, especially on albums like Takin'My Time.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars All time classic recording for Miss Bonnie, April 5, 2002

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jeff newsom (Driggs,Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Takin My Time (Audio CD)

The Band had the brown album, The Allman Brothers had their Live at the Fillmore recording,Elton John -Tumbleweed Connection. This Bonnie Raitt recording stands right up against some of the all-time classics.This features a classic line-up with Freebo on bass, Taj Mahal, the incredible John Hall(Orleans)who wrote many songs for Janis Joplin and others, the Little Feat gang including Lowell George, Paul Barrere,Bill Payne and Sam Clayton, not to mention Jim Keltner on drums.With songs by Mose Allison, Fred McDowell,Jackson Browne and Chris Smither to name just a few, it would be hard to"go south" with an outing such as this.Had I realized this had just been re-mastered, I would not have picked up my third copy off of e-bay! A favorite of mine when it first came out, it remains in constant rotation on my turntable(yes! They still make those!)

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Third album is a classic, May 9, 2005

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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: Takin My Time (Audio CD)

A decade and a half before Bonnie captured the public imagination with her 1989 album, Nick of time, she was already building a solid reputation with her blend of blues, rock and folk music, of which this album is a fine example although the blues are the dominant influence here. It may not have been what mainstream commercial radio stations were looking for at the time but, like Bonnie's other early albums, continues to sell steadily while many bigger-selling artists of the time are now represented only by greatest hits compilations.

One reason why Bonnie's music stands the test of time so well is her uncanny ability to pick great songs that suited her outstanding, bluesy voice. Bonnie was also able to persuade some of the finest musicians of the day to play on her albums. On this album, the musicians include members of Little Feat (Lowell George among them), Taj Mahal and the brilliant saxophonist, Ernie Watts.

The set opens with You've been in love too long, a cover of a brilliant but relatively unknown Motown song that Barbara Acklin and Martha Reeves recorded. Bonnie doesn't usually cover Motown but her choice here is impeccable. More predictably, Bonnie covers songs written by some of the finest blues and rock songwriters such as Mose Allison (Everybody's crying mercy), Eric Kaz (Cry like a rainstorm), Jackson Browne (I thought I was a child), Fred McDowell (Write me a few of your lines / Kokomo blues) and Randy Newman (Guilty).

Maybe this isn't the place to begin a collection of Bonnie's music but it should be a high priority if you are interested in collecting at least some of her original albums.