Crying Time (album)

Crying Time
Studio album by Ray Charles
Released	February 1966
Recorded	R.P.M. International Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre	R&B, soul, country
Length	39:44
Label	ABC Paramount / Tangerine
Producer	Joe Adams
Ray Charles chronology
Together Again (1965) Crying Time (1966) Ray's Moods (1966)
Singles from Crying Time
"Crying Time" Released: November 1965 "Let's Go Get Stoned" Released: May 1966

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Record Mirror	[2]

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.

LP side A

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

LP side B

1. "Drifting Blues" (Johnny Moore, Eddie Williams, Charles Brown) – 6:24
2. "We Don't See Eye to Eye" (Percy Mayfield) – 2:21
3. "You're In For a Big Surprise" (Percy Mayfield) – 3:35
4. "You're Just About to Lose Your Clown" (Johnny MacRae) – 2:01
5. "Don't You Think I Ought To Know" (William Johnson, Melvin Wettergreen) – 3:05
6. "You've Got a Problem" (William D. Weeks, Freddy James) – 3:28

• Ray Charles – piano, vocals
• Billy Preston – electric organ on "No Use Crying", "Let's Go Get Stoned"^[3]
• 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

• List of number-one R&B albums of 1966 (U.S.)

• ABC Paramount (Tangerine) ABC 544 (1966 LP)

• Crying Time at AllMusic

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