She Talks to Rainbows
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| name = She Talks to Rainbows
| type = EP
| artist = Ronnie Spector
| cover = RonnieSpector_Rainbows.jpg
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| released = September 14, 1999
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| label = Kill Rock Stars{{Cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/515537/ronnie-spector-live-track-on-ep/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170922135908/http://www.mtv.com/news/515537/ronnie-spector-live-track-on-ep/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 22, 2017|title=Ronnie Spector Live Track On EP|website=MTV News}}
| producer = Joey Ramone, Daniel Rey
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{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/she-talks-to-rainbows-mw0000669139|title=She Talks to Rainbows [US] - Ronnie Spector | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}
| rev2 = Robert Christgau
| rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|hm1}}{{Cite web|url=https://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=3011|title=Robert Christgau: Album: Ronnie Spector: She Talks to Rainbows|website=robertchristgau.com}}
|rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev4 = Rolling Stone
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ronniespector/albums/album/144794/review/5942286/she_talks_to_rainbows_us |title=Ronnie Spector: She Talks to Rainbows [US] : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=October 28, 1999 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013023825/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/ronniespector/albums/album/144794/review/5942286/she_talks_to_rainbows_us |archive-date=October 13, 2007}}
|rev5 = The New Rolling Stone Album Guide
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She Talks to Rainbows is an EP by Ronnie Spector, released in 1999.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/06/22/nyregion/public-lives-ronnie-spector-just-walking-in-a-rainbow.html|title=PUBLIC LIVES; Ronnie Spector, Just Walking in a Rainbow (Published 2000)|first=Jan|last=Hoffman|newspaper=The New York Times|date=June 22, 2000}}{{cite news|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/arts-she-talks-to-rainbows-1190814.html |title=Arts: She Talks to Rainbows|newspaper=The Independent |access-date=April 16, 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/ronnie-spector-mn0000846277/biography|title=Ronnie Spector | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}} It was originally released in the UK via Creation Records.{{Cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/ronnie-spector-1390365|title=RONNIE SPECTOR SIGNS TO CREATION RECORDS | NME|website=NME|date=April 28, 1998}}
Production
She Talks to Rainbows was produced by Joey Ramone and Daniel Rey.{{Cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/ronnie-spector-1798208039|title=Ronnie Spector|website=The A.V. Club}}
The EP contains two late-period Ramones songs ("She Talks to Rainbows", from ¡Adios Amigos!, and "Bye Bye Baby", from Halfway to Sanity), and versions of songs by the Beach Boys, Johnny Thunders, and the Ronettes. Brian Wilson had originally written "Don't Worry Baby" for Spector.{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iJss2gwNEsEC&dq=she+talks+to+rainbows+ronnie+spector&pg=PA52|title=Reviews|work=CMJ New Music Report|date=September 13, 1999|publisher=CMJ Network, Inc.|via=Google Books}}
Critical reception
Entertainment Weekly wrote that Spector's "bruised, cracked vocals work wonders on the Beach Boys' 'Don't Worry Baby'." The Village Voice wrote: "Tough and ruefully tender, a dialectic of vulnerability and guts runs through the four songs."{{Cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/1999/03/09/ronnie-spector/|title=Ronnie Spector|date=March 9, 1999|website=The Village Voice}} Goldmine wrote that the EP "has a warmth and a richness that pulls you in from the first note, with Ronnie's voice as mesmerizing as ever."{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldminemag.com/features/for-ronnie-spector-loving-what-you-do-is-the-best-revenge|title=For Ronnie Spector, loving what you do is the best revenge|first=Patrick|last=Prince|website=Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia}}
Track listing
- "She Talks to Rainbows" (Joey Ramone)
- "Don't Worry Baby" (Brian Wilson, Roger Christian)
- "You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" (Johnny Thunders)
- "Bye Bye Baby" (duet with Joey Ramone) (Joey Ramone)
- "I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine" (live) (Ellie Greenwich, Jeff Barry, Phil Spector)