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2004 studio album by Ray Charles

Genius Loves Visitor
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Studio anthology past

Ray Charles
Released August 31, 2004 (posthumously)
Recorded June 2003–March 2004
Genre Rhythm and blues, soul, country, blues, jazz, popular
Length 54:03
Characterization Concord/Hear Music
Producer John Burk
Phil Ramone
Ray Charles chronology
Strong Honey Matter
(1996) 		Genius Loves Company
(2004)
Singles from Genius Loves Company
  1. "You Don't Know Me"
    Released: September 18, 2004
  2. "Hither We Go Again"
    Released: 2005

Genius Loves Company is the final studio album by rhythm and blues and soul musician Ray Charles, posthumously released August 31, 2004, on Concord Records.[ane] Recording sessions for the album took place between June 2003 and March 2004.[ii] The album consists of rhythm and blues, soul, country, dejection, jazz and pop standards performed past Charles and several guest musicians, such as Natalie Cole, Elton John, James Taylor, Norah Jones, B.B. King, Gladys Knight, Diana Krall, Van Morrison, Willie Nelson and Bonnie Raitt. Genius Loves Visitor was the final anthology recorded and completed by Charles before his decease in June 2004.

The album was produced by Concord A&R human, John Burk, who approached Charles with the concept of a duets album for a collaboration of Concur Records and Hear Music, the record characterization endemic by the java chain Starbucks.[three] It served as the commencement original non-compilation release by Hear Music,[3] as well as ane of Ray Charles' most commercially successful albums. On Feb 2, 2005, Genius Loves Company was certified triple-platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America following sales of over three one thousand thousand copies in the United States.[4] It also became Charles' second to achieve number i on the Billboard 200, afterward Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962). On Feb 13, 2005, the album was awarded eight Grammy Awards including Anthology of the Year and Record of the Year.

Reception [edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [5]
Robert Christgau A−[six]
The Daily Vault A−[7]
Amusement Weekly (C)[viii]
JazzTimes (favorable)[9]
Mojo [10]
PopMatters (favorable)[11]
Rolling Stone [12]
United states Today [13]
The Western Courier B+[xiv]

Commercial performance [edit]

Genius Loves Company proved to be a comeback success for Ray Charles, in terms of sales and critical response, quickly becoming his first top-10 album in forty years and the best-selling record of his career.[fifteen] [16] The release of Genius Loves Company served equally Charles' two-hundred fiftieth of his recording career, equally well every bit his last recorded endeavour earlier his death on June x, 2004.[17]

Inside its first week of release, the album sold over 200,000 copies in the United States lone,[18] while information technology debuted at #2 on the Billboard 200 nautical chart, somewhen ascending to #ane on March 5, 2005, becoming Charles' first #one album since Modern Sounds In Land And Western Music in 1962.[1] Genius Loves Company also received a significant corporeality of airplay on jazz, blues, R&B, urban contemporary and state radio stations, too as critical praise from well-known publications and music outlets.[17] By the first month of its release, the anthology had shipped over two million copies in the U.s. and shipped more than than three million worldwide, receiving gold, silver and platinum certifications across North America, Europe and several other regions.[17] The massive commercial success of the album (over v.5 million copies were sold worldwide up to 2007)[nineteen] was attributed in function to it being distributed and promoted via Starbucks coffeehouses,[iii] besides as the distribution and marketing relationship between Agree Records and the Starbucks Hear Music label.[17] The Starbucks Coffee Company proved to be singularly responsible for nearly 30-percent of the total domestic sales of the album. Following several certifications of gold, platinum and multi-platinum in the United States during the fall of 2004, Genius Loves Company earned a triple-platinum sales certification past the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on February 2, 2005.[4]

For the week ending September eighteen, 2004, Genius Loves Company sold 202,000 copies, ranking 2d on the Billboard 200. This was Charles' highest charting album in over xl years and represented an opening week record for a duets album (since Nielsen SoundScan began tracking such statistics in 1991). Frank Sinatra's 1993 Duets sold 339,000 during the Christmas week, eight weeks after its 173,500-unit opening. The initial shipment of 733,000 units was an all-fourth dimension record for the 31-year history of Concord Records and the sales represented a Soundscan record for the visitor.[20] In addition, the album placed at number five on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums for Charles' highest placement since A Portrait of Ray peaked at fifth in 1968.[21] These albums sales occurred despite digital singles sales that saw 12 of the 13 tracks on the album make the Hot Digital Tracks Peak 50 chart. The previous record for most tracks from the same album was 9 by Neil Young & Crazy Horse with their 2003 Greendale album. "Hither We Go Again" was the download sales leader amid the album's tracks, just the 12 tracks totaled 52,000 digital downloads.[22] [23]

Grammy Awards [edit]

In December 2004, announcements were fabricated that the album had earned ten Grammy Laurels nominations.[24] At the 47th Grammy Awards on February xiii, 2005, Genius Loves Company led the annual ceremony with a total of nine awards, including Album of the Year, while its hitting single "Here We Go Again" won a Grammy Award for Record of the Year. Awards won are every bit listed below:[25]

  • Grammy Award for Album of the Year: John Burk, Phil Ramone, Herbert Waltl, Don Mizell (producers), Terry Howard (producer & engineer/mixer), Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt, Ed Thacker (engineers/mixers), Robert Hadley, Doug Sax (mastering engineers)
  • Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album: Ray Charles and various artists
  • Grammy Award for All-time Engineered Album, Not-Classical: Robert Fernandez, John Harris, Terry Howard, Pete Karam, Joel Moss, Seth Presant, Al Schmitt & Ed Thacker (engineers)
  • Grammy Honour for All-time Environs Sound Anthology: John Burk (Producer), Al Schmitt (environs mix engineer), Robert Hadley & Doug Sax (environment mastering)
  • Grammy Honor for Tape of the Yr: John Burk (producer), Terry Howard, Al Schmitt (engineers/mixers), Ray Charles & Norah Jones for "Here Nosotros Go Over again"
  • Grammy Award for Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals: Ray Charles and Norah Jones for "Here We Go Again"
  • Grammy Honor for Best Popular Collaboration with Vocals: Ray Charles and Elton John for "Sorry Seems To Be The Hardest Word" (nominated)
  • Grammy Award for Best Gospel Performance: Ray Charles & Gladys Knight for "Heaven Help Us All"
  • Grammy Award for Best Instrumental System Accompanying Vocalist(s): Victor Vanacore (arranger) for "Over the Rainbow" performed past Ray Charles & Johnny Mathis

The Album of the Twelvemonth award was presented to coproducer John Burk, who accustomed on behalf of himself and coproducer Phil Ramone, who was unable to make the trip to Los Angeles for the Grammy anniversary. The cover featured an iconic image past photographer Norman Seeff.

Track listing [edit]

In UK, this album was also published every bit LP tape, where track 1 to seven were on side A and the balance of tracks were on side B.[26]

No. Title Author(s) Length
1. "Here We Go Again" (with Norah Jones) Don Lanier, Red Steagall iii:59
two. "Sweet Tater Pie" (with James Taylor) James Taylor iii:47
3. "You Don't Know Me" (with Diana Krall) Eddy Arnold, Cindy Walker 3:55
4. "Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Discussion" (with Elton John) Elton John, Bernie Taupin iii:59
5. "Fever" (with Natalie Cole) Eddie Cooley, John Davenport 3:xxx
6. "Exercise I Ever Cantankerous Your Mind?" (with Bonnie Raitt) Billy Burnette, Michael Smotherman 4:34
7. "It Was a Very Good Year" (with Willie Nelson) Ervin Drake 4:59
8. "Hey Girl" (with Michael McDonald) Gerry Goffin, Carole King five:xv
9. "Sinner's Prayer" (with B.B. Rex) Lowell Fulson, Lloyd Glenn 4:25
10. "Sky Assistance Us All" (with Gladys Knight) Ronald Miller iv:32
11. "Over the Rainbow" (with Johnny Mathis) Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg 4:54
12. "Crazy Love" (with Van Morrison) Van Morrison iii:42
tenth Ceremony Deluxe Edition
No. Title Writer(south) Length
13. "Mary Ann" (with Poncho Sanchez) Ray Charles 5:05
fourteen. "Unchain My Heart" (with Have half-dozen) Teddy Powell, Bobby Sharp 4:06

Chart history [edit]

Singles [edit]

Single Nautical chart (2004) Superlative
position
"You Don't Know Me" U.S. Billboard Adult Gimmicky 21
"Here We Go Once more" French Singles Chart 51
Austrian Singles Chart 52

Certifications [edit]

Personnel [edit]

Notes [edit]

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References [edit]

  • Nathan Brackett; Christian David Hoard; Christian Hoard (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. excerpt by Douglas Wolk. Simon and Schuster, United states of america. ISBN0-7432-0169-8.

External links [edit]

  • Song past song analysis by Ray Charles - CD notes at Discogs.com
  • Genius Loves Company : Ray Charles : Agree Music Group

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