Crying Time (album)

{{about|the Ray Charles' album|the album by Otis Spann|Cryin' Time}}

{{Infobox album

| name = Crying Time

| type = studio

| artist = Ray Charles

| cover = Crying Time.jpg

| alt =

| released = February 1966

| recorded = R.P.M. International Studios, Los Angeles, California

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = R&B, soul, country

| length = 39:44

| label = ABC Paramount / Tangerine

| producer = Joe Adams

| prev_title = Together Again

| prev_year = 1965

| next_title = Ray's Moods

| next_year = 1966

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Crying Time

| type = studio

| single1 = Crying Time

| single1date = November 1965

| single2 = Let's Go Get Stoned

| single2date = May 1966

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r3694|pure_url=yes}} AllMusic review]

| rev2 = Record Mirror

| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last1=Jones |first1=Peter |author-link1=Peter Jones (journalist) |last2= Jopling |first2= Norman |date=14 May 1966 |title=Ray Charles: Crying Time |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/66/Record-Mirror-1966-05-14.pdf |magazine=Record Mirror |issue=270 |page=10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401225734/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Record-Mirror/60s/66/Record-Mirror-1966-05-14.pdf |archive-date=1 April 2022|access-date=18 November 2022}}

}}

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

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

;LP side B

"Drifting Blues" (Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams, Charles Brown) – 6:24
"We Don't See Eye to Eye" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:21
"You're In For a Big Surprise" (Percy Mayfield) – 3:35
"You're Just About to Lose Your Clown" (Johnny MacRae) – 2:01
"Don't You Think I Ought To Know" (William Johnson, Melvin Wettergreen) – 3:05
"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"{{cite book |last1=Evans |first1=Mike |title=Ray Charles: Birth of Soul |date=11 November 2009 |publisher=Omnibus Press |location=London |isbn=978-0-85712-051-9 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5v1pSAHAEa0C&q=billy+preston+organ+no+use+crying&pg=PT269 |accessdate=18 September 2018}}
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

class="wikitable"
Chart (1966) ! Peak{{break}}position
US Billboard Top LP's \| align="center"\|15
US Top Selling R&B LP's (Billboard) \| align="center"\|1

class="wikitable"

Chart (1966)

! Peak{{break}}position

US Billboard Top LP's

| align="center"|15

US Top Selling R&B LP's (Billboard)

| align="center"|1