Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two
Modern Sounds, Vol. 2 | ||||
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Studio album by Ray Charles | ||||
Released | October 1962 | |||
Recorded | September 5 & 7, 1962 | |||
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Length | 34:15 | |||
Label | ABC-Paramount | |||
Producer | Sid Feller | |||
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two is a 1962 album by Ray Charles. It is the second volume of country and western recordings by Charles following his landmark debut on ABC Records. Following the surprising success of Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, an album of country music covers, which sold over a million copies, Charles and producer Sid Feller decided to do a follow-up. Unlike the previous album, where slow and fast tracks more or less alternated, this one features one side performed by the Ray Charles Big Band with the Raelettes, while the other side features a string section and the Jack Halloran Singers.
The album has been reissued on CD, coupled with Volume 1, and is also featured on The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 Box Set which also features the first C & W volume and many of Charles' later country recordings.
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [2] |
MusicHound R&B | [3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
In The Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992), J. D. Considine regarded the second Modern Sounds album as superior to the first, "because its balladry is smoother (as with his version of Williams's 'Your Cheatin' Heart') and because the blues tunes rock harder (check his smouldering rendition of Gibson's 'Don't Tell Me Your Troubles')."[4] AllMusic's Richard S. Ginell said it "defied the curse of the sequel and was just as much of an artistic triumph as its predecessor, if not as immediately startling".[1] Robert Christgau, on the other hand, preferred the first volume, writing in Rolling Stone that the second was a "half a step down".[5]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Take These Chains from My Heart" | Fred Rose, Hy Heath | 2:57 |
2. | "Your Cheating Heart" | Hank Williams | 3:35 |
3. | "I'll Never Stand in Your Way" | Fred Rose, Hy Heath | 2:20 |
4. | "Making Believe" | Jimmy Work | 2:52 |
5. | "Teardrops in My Heart" | Vaughn Horton | 3:04 |
6. | "Hang Your Head in Shame" | Fred Rose, Edward Nelson, Steve Nelson | 3:16 |
Singles
Catalog No. | Song | R&B | Pop |
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ABC 10375 | “You Are My Sunshine” | #1 | #7 |
ABC 10435 | “No Letter Today” | #105 | |
ABC 10435 | “Take These Chains from My Heart” | #7 | #8 |
ABC 10375 | "Your Cheating Heart" | #23 | #29 |
ABC 10481 | “Making Believe” | #102 |
References
- ^ a b Ginell, Richard S. (n.d.). "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 2 - Ray Charles". AllMusic. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2007). "Charles, Ray". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. p. 299. ISBN 9781846098567.
- ^ Graff, Gary; du Lac, Josh Freedom; McFarlin, Jim, eds. (1998). "Ray Charles". MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 1578590264.
- ^ a b Considine, J. D. (1992). "Ray Charles". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 126. ISBN 0679737294.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (July 8, 2004). "The Genius at Work". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
External links
- Album overview at ArtistDirect
- Complete C & W Recordings review at AMG
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- Live in Concert
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compilations
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- "Georgia on My Mind"
- "Hit the Road Jack"
- "One Mint Julep"
- "Unchain My Heart"
- "I Can't Stop Loving You "
- "You Don't Know Me"
- "You Are My Sunshine"
- "Busted"
- "Take These Chains from My Heart"
- "Crying Time"
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- "A Fool for You"
- "Mary Ann"
- "Drown in My Own Tears"
- "Together Again"
- "Let's Go Get Stoned"
- "Seven Spanish Angels"
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- "A Song for You"
- "Heaven Help Us All"
- "Here We Go Again"
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- "Confession Blues"
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