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Ray Charles - True to Life

True to Life
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Album Details: True to Life

Release Date:10/01/1977
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Track List: True to Life

  1. I Can See Clearly Now
  2. Jealous Kind
  3. Oh, What a Beautiful Morning
  4. How Long Has This Been Going On?
  5. Be My Love
  1. Anonymous Love
  2. Heavenly Music
  3. Game Number Nine
  4. Let It Be

User Reviews: True to Life

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    One of the Forgotten and One of the Best

    By greg s  Oct 17, 2004 | 1 out of 1 found this True to Life review helpful

    Pros: Songs youll never on the Internet

    Cons: Some of the cuts are absolutley 70's, like "I can see clearly now"

    I have owned this album since it came out and even today it is still one of my favorites. Oh! What a Beautiful Morning, has been my wake up song when I shower for the past 25 years. The instrumental arrangement and Rays soulful rendition cannot be ...topped!This album is hard to come by. I cant find it anywhere on line, but was able to pick up a second copy from a used record store. I wore the first one out. Another favorite cut is Ray's version of Let It Be. Your the best Ray. Read more Less

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Pro Reviews: True to Life

  • All Music Guide

    True to Life presents a classic case about the problem with two-sided music media. Side one is terrific -- great songs, shining horn charts and Ray Charles' most consistent singing in years. The covers of Johnny Nash's "I Can See Clearly Now" and Joe Cocker's "The Jealous Kind" are stellar. Charles then breathes life into two old chestnuts: "Oh What a Beautiful Mornin'" and the Gershwin's "How Long Has This Been Going On." Unfortunately, side two has absolutely nothing to recommend it. "Be My Love" suffers from a dull, drawn-out big band arrangement while the next three numbers attempt, and ultimately fail, to inject some soul funkiness into the proceedings. "Let It Be" joins "Eleanor Rigby" in the class of Charles' forgettable Beatles covers. Conclusion: half a great Ray Charles record is better than none.

    - J.P. Ollio, All Music Guide

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Ray Charles

Ray Charles was the musician most responsible for developing soul music. Singers like Sam Cooke and Jackie Wilson also did a great deal to pioneer the form, but Charles did even more to devise a new form of black pop by merging '50s RB with gospel-powered vocals, adding plenty of flavor from contemporary jazz, blues, and (in the '60s) country. Then there is his singing;... Read more
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