Crying Time
Studio album by Ray Charles
Released	February 1966
Recorded	R.P.M. International Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	R&B, soul, country
Length	39:44
Label	ABC Paramount / Tangerine
Producer	Joe Adams
Ray Charles chronology
Together Again (1965) Crying Time (1966) Ray's Moods (1966)
Singles from Crying Time
" Crying Time" Released: November 1965 " Let's Go Get Stoned" Released: May 1966

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Record Mirror	[2]

Crying Time is a studio album by Ray Charles released in February 1966 as the first release on his label Tangerine, which was distributed by ABC Paramount.

Track listing

LP side A

1. " Crying Time" ( Buck Owens) – 2:57
2. "No Use Crying" ( Roy Gaines, Freddie Lee Kober, J.B. Daniels) – 3:17
3. " Let's Go Get Stoned" ( Valerie Simpson, Nickolas Ashford, Jo Armstead) – 3:00
4. " Going Down Slow" ( Jimmy Oden) – 4:03
5. "Peace of Mind" ( Ray Charles, J. Holiday) – 2:14
6. "Tears" ( Norman Newell, Robert Maxwell) – 4:38

LP side B

1. " Drifting Blues" ( Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams, Charles Brown) – 6:24
2. "We Don't See Eye to Eye" ( Percy Mayfield) – 2:21
3. "You're In For a Big Surprise" ( Percy Mayfield) – 3:35
4. "You're Just About to Lose Your Clown" ( Johnny MacRae) – 2:01
5. "Don't You Think I Ought To Know" ( William Johnson, Melvin Wettergreen) – 3:05
6. "You've Got a Problem" (William D. Weeks, Freddy James) – 3:28

Personnel

• Ray Charles – piano, vocals
• Billy Preston – electric organ on "No Use Crying", "Let's Go Get Stoned" ^[3]
• Joe Adams – producer
• William Alexander – album cover artist
• George S. Whiteman – album cover design
• Joe Lebow – liner notes
• The Raelettes – performer
• Onzy Matthews - arranger
• Donald Peake - Guitar

Charts

See also

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1966 (U.S.)

References

• ABC Paramount (Tangerine) ABC 544 (1966 LP)

External links

• Crying Time at AllMusic

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