I've Got My Own Hell to Raise

{{Infobox album

| name = I've Got My Own Hell to Raise

| type = studio

| artist = Bettye LaVette

| cover = Bettye LaVette - I've Got My Own Hell To Raise (album cover).jpeg

| alt =

| released = September 27, 2005

| recorded =

| studio =

| genre = R&B

| length = 39:08

| label = Anti-

| producer = Joe Henry{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2005/09/26/ive-got-my-own-hell-raise/|title=I've Got My Own Hell to Raise|author=Chris Willman|website=Ew.com|access-date=25 December 2021}}

| prev_title = A Woman Like Me

| prev_year = 2003

| next_title = The Scene of the Crime

| next_year = 2007

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|author=Thom Jurek |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ive-got-my-own-hell-to-raise-mw0000408290 |title=I've Got My Own Hell to Raise - Bettye LaVette | Songs, Reviews, Credits |website=AllMusic |access-date=2020-02-29}}

| rev2 = The Guardian

| rev2score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/dec/16/popandrock.shopping2 |title=CD: Bettye Lavette, I've Got My Own Hell to Raise | Music |newspaper=The Guardian |date= |access-date=2020-02-29}}

}}

I've Got My Own Hell to Raise is an album by Bettye LaVette.{{cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5246297 |title=Singer Bettye Lavette, Still Raising Hell |website=NPR |date= |access-date=2020-02-29}} It was released on September 27, 2005, on Anti-. The album comprises covers of songs written by other female artists including Aimee Mann, Joan Armatrading, Sinéad O'Connor, Rosanne Cash, Dolly Parton and Fiona Apple, whose song "Sleep to Dream" (1997) contains the album's title within its lyrics. I've Got My Own Hell to Raise was chosen as one of Amazon.com's Top 100 Editor's Picks of 2005.

Track listing

"I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got" (Sinéad O'Connor) – 2:11
"Joy" (Lucinda Williams) – 3:55
"Down to Zero" (Joan Armatrading) – 3:10
"The High Road" (Sharon Robinson) – 4:29
"On the Surface" (Rosanne Cash) – 3:26
"Just Say So" (Cathy Majeski, John Scott Sherrill) – 4:29
"Little Sparrow" (Dolly Parton) – 4:41
"How Am I Different" (Aimee Mann, Jon Brion) – 4:28
"Only Time Will Tell" (Toni Brown) – 4:33
"Sleep to Dream" by (Fiona Apple) – 3:46

Personnel

Musicians

Bettye LaVette – vocals
Chris Bruce – acoustic and electric guitar
Doyle Bramhall II – electric guitar
Lisa Coleman – piano, organ, Wurlitzer electric piano
Paul Bryan – electric bass
Earl Harvin – drums
David Piltch – upright bass
Niki Harris – backing vocals
Valerie Watson – backing vocals

Production

Charts

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|+Chart performance for I've Got My Own Hell to Raise

! scope="col"| Chart (2005)

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position

{{Album chart|BillboardIndependent|44|artist=Bettye LaVette|rowheader=true|access-date=May 14, 2023}}

{{Album chart|BillboardBlues|4|artist=Bettye LaVette|rowheader=true|access-date=May 14, 2023}}

References

Category:2005 albums

Category:Bettye LaVette albums

Category:Albums produced by Joe Henry

Category:Anti- (record label) albums