“Ingredients In A Recipe For Soul” by Ray Charles - album review
| features in: Album Chart of 1963 ● Album Chart of the Decade: 1960s |
Released in August, 1963. The artist formerly known as a soulful blues dude continues along his croon-some way with 10 song picks dipping into both American songbook and Country catalogues. All of the song’s characters seem to have the blues. That’s about as close as you’ll get to roots. Digging for highlights, I can find some worth when Ray treads away down an unexpected path; the humour within “Busted” (Burl Ives, 1962) goes down well, “Over The Rainbow” (Judy Garland, 1938) works simply because it’s so wildly unlikely and “That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Aound Heaven)” (Frankie Laine, 1949) at least has a bit of dramatic adventure in it.
The Jukebox Rebel
26–Jul–2008
| Tracklist |
| A1 | [02:15]  Ray Charles - Busted (Harlan Howard) Cerebral Pop |
| A2 | [03:29]  Ray Charles - Where Can I Go? (Sigmunt Berland, Leo Fuld, Sonny Miller) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A3 | [02:53]  Ray Charles - Born To Be Blue (Mel Torme, Bob Wells) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A4 | [04:20]  Ray Charles - That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Aound Heaven) (Haven Gillespie, Harry Beasely Smith) Crooner / Cabaret |
| A5 | [05:29]  Ray Charles - Ol’ Man River (Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B1 | [05:50]  Ray Charles - In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down) (Leroy Carr) Blues / Rhythm n Blues |
| B2 | [02:26]  Ray Charles - A Stranger In Town (Mel Tormé) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B3 | [02:27]  Ray Charles - Ol’ Man Time (Jack Reynolds, Cliff Friend) Big Band / Jive / Swing |
| B4 | [04:09] Ray Charles - Over The Rainbow (Harold Arlen, Herbert Stothart, Edward Yipsel Harburg) Crooner / Cabaret |
| B5 | [04:00]  Ray Charles - You’ll Never Walk Alone (Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II) Crooner / Cabaret |
