Sweet Forgiveness
{{Infobox album
| name = Sweet Forgiveness
| type = Album
| artist = Bonnie Raitt
| cover = Bonnie Raitt - Sweet Forgiveness.jpg
| alt =
| released = April 1977
| recorded =
| studio = Sunset Sound, Los Angeles
| venue =
| genre = Rock
| length = 37:37
| label = Warner Bros.
| producer = Paul Rothchild
| prev_title = Home Plate
| prev_year = 1975
| next_title = The Glow
| next_year = 1979
}}
Sweet Forgiveness is the sixth album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1977. The single "Two Lives" was written by Mark T. Jordan of the Edison Electric Band.
Raitt's cover of the Del Shannon hit "Runaway" was issued as a single, reaching No. 57 on the U.S. singles chart.
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r16099/review|first=Stephen Thomas|last=Erlewine}}
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3Score = A {{cite magazine |title=Bonnie Raitt on the record |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413065943/https://ew.com/article/1991/08/23/bonnie-raitt-record/ |archive-date=2023-04-13 |url-status=live |url=https://ew.com/article/1991/08/23/bonnie-raitt-record/}}
|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide
|rev2Score = A−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: R|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=R&bk=70|accessdate=March 10, 2019|via=robertchristgau.com}}
}}
Rolling Stone wrote that Raitt has "abandoned her flowing naturalness for a plodding roughness which, unfortunately, matches producer Paul Rothchild’s singular lack of imagination."[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/sweet-forgiveness-19770519 Rolling Stone review]
Track listing
Side one
- "About to Make Me Leave Home" (Earl Randall) – 4:14
- "Runaway" (Max Crook, Del Shannon) – 3:57
- "Two Lives" (Mark Jordan) – 3:49
- "Louise" (Paul Siebel) – 2:45
- "Gamblin' Man" (Eric Kaz) – 3:27
Side two
- "Sweet Forgiveness" (Daniel Moore) – 4:11
- "My Opening Farewell" (Jackson Browne) – 5:20
- "Three Time Loser" (Don Covay, Ron Miller) – 3:19
- "Takin' My Time" (Bill Payne) – 3:37
- "Home" (Karla Bonoff) – 3:28
Personnel
- Bonnie Raitt – acoustic guitar, guitar, electric guitar, vocals, slide guitar
- Norton Buffalo – harmonica
- Rosemary Butler – vocals
- Lester Chambers – vocals
- Sam Clayton – conductor, conga
- Freebo – bass, guitar, vocals, fretless bass
- David Grisman – mandolin, mandocello
- Jef Labes – keyboard
- Maxayn Lewis – vocals
- Michael McDonald – vocals
- Will McFarlane – guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar
- Bill Payne – organ, synthesizer, piano, keyboard, vocals, Fender Rhodes
- JD Souther – vocals
- Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar, guitar, keyboard
- Dennis Whitted – drums
- Carlena Williams – vocals
Production
- Producer: Paul A. Rothchild
- Engineers: John Haeny, Roger Mayer
- Remastering: Keith Blake, Lee Herschberg
- Series producer: Gregg Geller
- Project coordinator: Jo Motta
- Art direction: John Van Hamersveld
- Photography: John Van Hamersveld
Charts and certifications
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References
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{{Bonnie Raitt}}
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Category:Albums produced by Paul A. Rothchild