Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection

Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection
Wykonawca box setu
Ray Charles
Wydany

16 września 1997

Nagrywany

1949-1993

Gatunek

R&B, soul, blues, country soul, piano blues

Długość

376:09

Wydawnictwo

Rhino

Oceny

AllMusic 4.5/5 gwiazdek link

Album po albumie
The World of Ray Charles
(1993)
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection
(1997)
Times of Genius
(2002)

Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collectionbox set amerykańskiego muzyka Raya Charlesa, wydany w 1997 roku. Składa się on ze 102 utworów, wybranych z całej twórczości muzyka. Ukazują one ewolucję kariery Charlesa, od pioniera rhythm and bluesa, przez mainstreamowy pop, a następnie country pop, aż do soulowego klasyka.

Lista utworów

Dysk 1

1. "Confession Blues" (Charles) 2:29
2. "Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand" (Charles) 3:07
3. "Kissa Me Baby" (Charles) 3:06
4. "It Should Have Been Me" (Curtis) 2:40
5. "Don't You Know" (Charles) 2:58
6. "Come Back Baby" (Charles) 3:07
7. "I Got a Woman" (Charles, Richard) 2:55
8. "A Fool for You" (Charles) 3:03
9. "This Little Girl of Mine" (Charles) 2:33
10. "Blackjack" (Charles) 2:20
11. "Greenbacks" (Charles, Richard) 2:52
12. "Drown in My Own Tears" (Glover) 3:23
13. "Hallelujah, I Love Her So" (Charles) 2:36
14. "Lonely Avenue" (Pomus) 2:36
15. "Leave My Woman Alone" (Charles) 2:41
16. "Ain't That Love" (Charles) 2:54
17. "Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)" (Charles) 2:21
18. "My Bonnie" (Traditional) 2:48
19. "Rock House, Pts. 1 & 2" (Charles) 3:56
20. "Night Time Is the Right Time" (Cadena, Herman) 3:25
21. "What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2" (Charles) 5:07
22. "Tell the Truth" (Pauling) 3:06
23. "I Believe to My Soul" (Charles) 3:02
24. "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying" (Greene) 5:15
    1:14:20

    Dysk 2

    1. "Let the Good Times Roll" (Moore, Theard) 2:53
    2. "Come Rain or Come Shine" (Arlen, Mercer) 3:43
    3. "Tell the Truth" (na żywo) (Pauling) 3:28
    4. "Drown in My Own Tears" (na żywo) (Glover) 6:25
    5. "I'm Movin' On" (Snow) 2:23
    6. "My Baby! (I Love Her, Yes I Do)" (Charles) 3:02
    7. "Sticks and Stones" (Glover, Turner) 2:15
    8. "I Wonder" (Gant) 2:31
    9. "Georgia on My Mind" (Carmichael, Gorrell) 3:40
    10. "Them That Got" (Charles, Harper) 2:50
    11. "Ruby" (Parish, Roemheld) 3:53
    12. "Hard Hearted Hannah" (Ager, Bates, Bigelow, Yellen) 3:17
    13. "I've Got News for You" (Alfred) 4:32
    14. "One Mint Julep" (Toombs) 3:05
    15. "I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town" (Razaf, Weldon) 3:45
    16. "Hit the Road Jack" (Mayfield) 1:58
    17. "Danger Zone" (Mayfield) 2:24
    18. "Unchain My Heart" (Powell, Sharp) 2:52
    19. "But on the Other Hand Baby" (Charles, Mayfield) 3:15
    20. "Baby, It's Cold Outside" (Loesser) 4:11
    21. "Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye" (Porter) 4:40
    22. "At the Club" (Mayfield) 2:58
      1:14:00

      Dysk 3

      1. "Hide nor Hair" (Mayfield) 3:11
      2. "I Can't Stop Loving You" (Gibson) 4:17
      3. "Bye Bye Love" (Bryant, Bryant) 2:12
      4. "Born to Lose" (Brown, Daffan) 3:18
      5. "You Don't Know Me" (Arnold, Walker) 3:15
      6. "You Are My Sunshine" (Davis, Mitchell) 2:59
      7. "Your Cheatin' Heart" (Williams) 3:35
      8. "Take These Chains from My Heart" (Heath, Rose) 2:56
      9. "The Brightest Smile in Town" (Charles, Devorzon, Sherman) 2:49
      10. "Without Love (There Is Nothing)" (Small) 3:35
      11. "Busted" (Howard) 2:11
      12. "That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)" (Gillespie, Smith) 4:25
      13. "Ol' Man River" (Hammerstein, Kern) 5:34
      14. "Smack Dab in the Middle" (Calhoun) 3:21
      15. "Makin' Whoopee" (Donaldson, Kahn) 6:20
      16. "Without a Song, Pts. 1 & 2" (Eliscu, Rose, Youmans) 6:34
      17. "The Cincinnati Kid" (Cochran, Schifrin) 2:24
      18. "Crying Time" (Owens) 2:58
      19. "Let's Go Get Stoned" (Armstead, Ashford, Simpson) 3:02
      20. "I Chose to Sing the Blues" (Charles, Holiday) 2:31
      21. "Together Again" (Owens) 2:40
      22. "I Don't Need No Doctor" (Armstead, Ashford, Simpson) 2:32
        1:16:39

        Dysk 4

        1. "Eleanor Rigby" (Lennon, McCartney) 2:58
        2. "Yesterday" (Lennon, McCartney) 2:47
        3. "Understanding" (Charles, Holiday) 3:11
        4. "Driftin' Blues" (Brown, Moore, Williams) 6:25
        5. "Here We Go Again" (Lanier, Steagall) 3:17
        6. "In the Heat of the Night" (Bergman, Bergman, Jones) 2:37
        7. "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" (Razaf, Redman) 2:54
        8. "I Didn't Know What Time It Was" (Hart, Rodgers) 4:57
        9. "If It Wasn't for Bad Luck" (Charles, Lewis) 4:59
        10. "We Can Make It" (Lewis) 3:44
        11. "Don't Change on Me" (Holiday, Reeves) 3:26
        12. "Feel So Bad" (Johnson, Temple) 3:15
        13. "Look What They've Done to My Song, Ma" (Melanie) 3:44
        14. "Spirit in the Dark (Reprise)" (Franklin) 8:30
        15. "Booty-Butt" (Charles) 4:14
        16. "I Can Make It Thru the Day (But Oh Those Lonely Nights)" (Charles, Ervin, Robinson) 3:56
        17. "Rainy Night in Georgia" (White) 6:14
        18. "America the Beautiful" (Bates, Ward) 5:21
          1:16:29

          Dysk 5

          1. "Living for the City" (Wonder) 6:06
          2. "Till There Was You" (Willson) 5:49
          3. "Am I Blue" (Akst, Clarke) 7:11
          4. "How Long Has This Been Going On?" (Gershwin, Gershwin) 5:25
          5. "The Jealous Kind" (Guidry) 4:40
          6. "Is There Anyone Out There?" (Fletcher, Flett) 5:59
          7. "Don't You Love Me Anymore" (Roberts, Sager) 5:31
          8. "One of These Days" (Manilow) 3:35
          9. "Seven Spanish Angels" (Seals, Setser) 3:53
          10. "We Didn't See a Thing" (Gentry) 2:13
          11. "Two Old Cats Like Us" (Seals) 2:38
          12. "Shake a Tail Feather" (Judie, Love, Philips) 2:50
          13. "I'll Be Good to You" (Johnson, Johnson, Sam) 4:57
          14. "That's Where It's At" (Alexander, Cooke) 3:14
          15. "A Song for You" (Russell) 4:17
          16. "Still Crazy After All These Years" (Simon) 6:23
            1:14:41