Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Very nice. But conjures images of a family listening to the radio over an awkward dinner in 1950s suburbia.

Ray Charles! Just don’t make ‘em like that anymore

I love Ray Charles voice, and if you listen to the original release it’s 40minutes and not 70minutes. So it’s actually a nice album to listen to. The downside to this album is that it’s all covers and doesn’t show off his songwriting abilities which are really good. I also prefer when he uses his voice for more rnb and soul songs while this I think is an under utilisation of his voice

Perfect for a crisp autumn morning walk :)

I mean shit, such a mixed bag of vibes. Listening to this at 10am while on the way to get cider donuts truly was how this was meant to be listened to I think. Energy yet calm, balanced so well. I enjoy.

Easy listening while you’re at it. (Listened to it on Apple Music)

Calming and enjoyable.

Classic Ray, not much else to say to be honest. It's a collection of songs that are good to great, but as an album I don't see it as cohesive work.

Ufff que joya

Volume 1: 3.5/5. This album sees Ray Charles reworking a selection of folk and country songs into what were at the time more “modern” genres such as Pop, Soul and Vocal Jazz. partially as a way to breathe new life into these songs/standards and partially as a way to challenge the racial barriers present in the music industry (and America at large) at the time. You get a decent variety throughout this track list like the big band styled “Hey, Good Lookin” or the slower and more dramatic “Born to Lose.” Maybe not one of my all time favorites but still a good collection of songs and an important piece of pop history. Volume 2: 3/5. More of the same really, though with just a slightly weaker track list than volume 1. Was very interesting to hear such a different take on “You are my sunshine” though.

Started re-thinking after listening to CD 2, then realised that that wasn't part of the 1,001 element. Felt like a nice, nostalgic, sometimes choral album. When Ray Charles sang ad the vocals focused on him, they seemed like the better songs. Pleasant, can appreciate why people would enjoy this album, if not perfectly matched to my tastes. The big band element sounded good, rather than a heavy reliance on jazz or brass instruments.

Meh

It’s very Looooong, but clearly good - only problem with it I have is many of the songs sound very similar, lots of talk about love, similar instrumentation etc. Good songs, just don’t think the album has to be so long.

Só deviam poder mostrar este álbum a partir 1 Novembro, muito natalício

Interesting. This is neither of the two types of music, neither country nor western. But it is unmistakably Ray Charles, and that will make up for any disappoiment you may be having at that earlier revelation. I guess the subject matter of some of the songs can be related to C&W (she done left me, and similar themes). But sit back and listen to Mr Charles' wonderfully mellifluous tones, they will calm your furrowed brow.

Nice orchestral arrangements Too long, repetitive after a while

Love it. Got repetitive, and clearly from a different time, but I really enjoyed listening to it.

15/10/2026 Sorry Ray, I just wasn't really into it. It wasn't bad though. Spotify listeners: 8.6 million

Ray’s pop album. Boring, formulaic, no piano, too much of the garbage backup singers. Compared to his early work this is throwaway music.

Album #228: Ray Charles – Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Volumes 1 & 2 ⭐⭐ This feels very crass, given this a two-star review. I’m going to go quite subjective on this one, because I have to consider my own enjoyment when listening to an album, probably above anything else. Because objectively, this deserves its place. It’s a really important album. I’d never listened to it before, but I knew about it when it came up, and the whole crossing of the divide during the civil rights movement and the blending of black and white music. I think that’s all great, and I commend Ray Charles for making it. Fair play to him. I just don’t like this type of music at all. It’s expertly performed. It’s meticulously arranged. Parts of it are very beautiful. Ray Charles’s is great. Not my favourite singer of all time, but he has a pretty great voice, and he’s a lovely piano player. And some of these songs are stone-cold classics. Bye Bye Love, for example. That song is great regardless of who’s performing it, but it’s expertly performed here. I loved the female backing vocals, which reminded me a lot of Aretha Franklin’s backing singers. But I also like those wispy, Western-style, out-on-the-prairie backing vocals that accompany the quieter tunes. So musically, it’s got a lot going for it. But it’s the tone of the whole thing. It’s just so schmaltzy. So, so schmaltzy. There’s no edge to it. Songs like Leave My Woman Alone and What’d I Say have a bit of darkness, a bit of bite to them. I much prefer that stuff to this. I’m not a fan of big-band tunes either, although Bye Bye Love is an exception. My favourite song on the album is You Are My Sunshine, where he does this bluesy intro that I thought was really cool. But, that style is an outlier. Everything else just falls into two categories: uptempo schmaltz and slow-tempo schmaltz. And at an hour and fifteen minutes, I grew so weary of it. By the end of the last track, I literally hung my head in shame because I knew I was going to give this Ray Charles album two stars. I’ve already reviewed The Genius of Ray Charles, and I gave that two stars as well. So as it stands, he’s my most unpopular artist that I’ve reviewed so far, and that’s a crying shame. But I just don’t think I’m a Ray Charles fan. And I’m sorry to everyone for that.

Country-ish, Big Band-ish, Soul. It is quite a fusion album. Ray Charles was an icon and I had heard of this album before. I think I had heard some tracks, but I had never taken the time to listen to the entire albums. It doesn't fall into what I would regularly listen to, but it was very good.

All of these tracks are so great that it almost feels like a single album instead of the double album set that it is. Ray is smooth as hell, the songs are great, and it's a joy to listen to.

Listened

Country music, Big Band sounds, and Ray Charles. I like them all but this album just doesn't mesh for me. It was worth listening to but disappointing at the same time.

He has a great voice but this was a little too old fashioned for me or it was honestly just wasn’t what I wanted to hear at the moment

I ended up liking this more than I thought I would at first. Ray Charles has such a smooth voice, I could listen to him sing just about anything. Tackling country & western songs was a bold choice at the time and he did the songs justice. He made them his own. The record was more old-fashioned than I would have imagined for 1962, especially for someone who had done “Hit the Road Jack” years earlier. But the songs make lovely background music.

I don't 100 percent hear the Country / Soul fusion in the way this is intended, maybe because I wasn't familiar with many of the original songs. I did though, enjoy a solid hour and fifteen minutes of super smooth Ray Charles doing his thing. Can't comment on this specific release in the context of the whole genre, but as a stand alone this album felt like it gave every bit of what one might want when in the mood for some smooth and soulful vintage sounds. I'll remember this one for when the mood strikes again .

Let’s add this to the list of artists whose importance and influence I acknowledge and respect, but who I just don’t really care to listen to.

Those old school choir in some songs just make me ascend every time.

There are so many other artists in and of this era I’d rather listen to, just doesn’t do it for me.

not my kind of thing but easy to listen to and makes me feel like im at the grove which is nostalgic.

Every track is suitable for including on a dinner party playlist, slipping into a secret crush or heartbreak mixtape, or for listening deeply to the whole thing on a cold and rainy day. Nothing else, just these options. While the arrangements may be over the top, you can never say they aren't authentically Ray Charles' style - he made the record he wanted to with these 2 volumes.

Good old fashioned classic.

Blind black genius piano man blows up the construct of genre (and perhaps race?) by playing country music!

Country music redefined, and I'm here for it

Nah.

On the negative side of, "meh." There's better Ray Charles than this.

Why does every other song start with shitty 60s era orchestral strings? That question is rhetorical. It's because this was recorded in the early 60s when everything sucked sweaty balls tucked in conservative whitey-titeys. Especially this album. Sorry, Ray Charles.

Historical context notwithstanding, this is not really my thing. The songs are fine. Ray sounds good. The production leaves me wanting.

I love Ray Charles, but the excessive-yet-common-at-the-time choirs mean this one sits at my personal RC floor of 3. (Which is why Buck Owens was underrated -- he pushed country away from that choral crap.) It was apparently a massive national hit, and was pretty important in terms of showing country music wasn't just for honkies.

3/5 - Ray, just play, and lose the stylized backing vocals. Belongs on the list, but this isn't the groove I was hoping for.

My first review didn't post so I'll type what I think I thought at the time: Contains the classic: "Bye Bye Love".

gran disco del gran ray charles

I should probably like it more but it drags on a bit for me..

This is what I'm calling too much of a good thing. The songs themselves are great, but even greatness wears thin after an hour. No disrespect to what this album achieves.

Good quality music, nothing wrong with it, I just do not care very much for it.

“We're a tribute band...” “No, dude. We are a cover band.” Rock Star (2001)

podre de chique. queria ouvir tais sublimidades diariamente enquanto tomo meu chá pela manhã depois de ter caminhado em jejum pelas dependências da minha casa de campo.

classudo demais

Maybe the greatest cover album ever made. Ray takes country songs and completely makes them his own without losing the heart of the originals. The result feels natural, soulful and completely convincing. His voice is the center of everything. He sings these songs with so much control and feeling that they stop sounding like covers and start sounding like Ray Charles songs that just happened to come from another world. The arrangements move between lush strings, sharp R&B edges and classic country turns, but nothing ever feels forced. It all sits together cleanly. The production is clear and well balanced for its time. Sid Feller keeps the orchestra and the rhythm section in the right place so Ray’s voice always stays out front. The sound has warmth and space without becoming soft. Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music still feels like a high point. A rare case where reinterpretation actually improves on the source material and creates something lasting.

Kind of boring but it’s still Ray Charles

Apparently, I could listen to Ray Charles perform anything. It does go on a bit. Ray does not escape the curse of double albums. This would be better, as a single listen, as a single album of the best of these. On the other hand, I might still buy it on vinyl as a lovely afternoon listen. Approximately 50% essential in your precious life; 3/5.

I wasn't keen on this when I first started going through this list a few years ago, but I was reading about Blackness and country music yesterday and I was hoping this would come up today. Weird coincidence. Here's what I wrote while doing the challenge in lockdown: For me, this album highlighted the limitations of a one-day challenge and of a lot of online music writing, in which context is reduced to the decade of release, the instrumentation and the country of origin. I don't think that even the very best music can fully transcend the context in which it was made. I could say I liked it, but I don't think that's any more worthwhile than listicles that rank the Holy Bible as a Britpop album, or the 1001 Album Club podcast, which I gave up on after half an episode because they described Ian Dury as "British whimsy bullshit" that reminded them of a "more up-tempo Syd Barrett." This has sent me down a bit of a rabbit-hole, thinking about which aspects of culture we pass on, which we forget and why. I might like it even more if I understood it better, but I won't understand it without wider reading and listening into the social context, Ray's career to date and contemporary country, and I'm not sure I like it enough to make that commitment. But that's no criticism of Ray Charles; it's a ridiculously high bar for anyone to vault, and I appreciate there must be very good reasons that this music has lasted and will continue to last better than the vast majority of stuff I love.

Wollte das Album erst haten, weil mir der Sound zu aufgeblasen. Gerade da ich von "Bye Bye Love" als locker-leichte Version der Everly Brothers kenne und schätze, hat mich das richtig genervt. Generell gefallen mir hier die Uptempo-Stücke mit ihrem nach vorne drängenden Big-Band-Sound überhaupt nicht. Glücklicherweise besteht die Platte aber fast ausschließlich aus Balladen und zu denen passt diese fette Streicher-Produktion wirklich perfekt. Ich bin eigentlich nicht so der Balladen-Typ, vielleicht funktionieren diese Songs gerade deswegen so gut für mich, eben weil sie nicht wirklich subtil sind, sondern ihre Emotionen mit voller Breitseite vermitteln. Ray Charles hat natürlich auch eine tolle Stimme, die diese Emotionen auch rüberbringen kann. Vielleicht hilft es aber auch, dass ich die Original-Versionen alle nicht kenne und daher auch keine Vergleiche anstellen muss (dachte bei "You Win Again" aufgrund des Titels, dass der doch in den 00er-Jahren mal von der Boyband B3 gecovert wurde, aber das war der gleichnamige Song der Bee Gees). Und sogar das abschließende "Hey, Good Lookin'" (das Hank Williams-Original bekannt aus GTA: SA) hat mich - obwohl Uptempo und Big Band-Sound - dann irgendwie doch bekommen. Vol. 2 hab ich mir ebenfalls angehört. Würde zwar sagen, dass die größten Höhen eher bei Vol. 1 angesiedelt sind (bester Song natürlich "I Can't Stop Loving You"), aber ich bei Vol. 2 keinen wirklichen Qualitätsabfall feststellen konnte. Insgesamt also eine ausgesprochen positive Überraschung.

Modern sounds in Country and western music. Joa. Kann sein. War geschmeidig, aber gefühlt kam ich bis zum Ende nicht so richtig rein.

Das hat mich in der zweiten Hälfte kurz verloren, aber Junge hat das viel Spaß gemacht. Schönes Ding.

I think this is a remarkable project. But actually listening to it back to back gets tedious. 4 Boolean: True

This was a long walk, as it’s essentially a double album. I will start by saying overall “meh.” for me. Maybe it was too long, or maybe it was the fact that I just didn’t vibe with all of the tracks. It was probably a combination of both. This is one of those projects that I think would have been better served as a single album. Keep it at a reasonable length and just include the bangers. However I do understand that this was originally split into two volumes. And volume one was so successful that they had him do a second. I think that speaks to how different this was in 1962. The style and sounds Ray was employing were a mix of those that had been around for a while and ones he pioneered. But also ones that he melded together. I think this is overall very much a period work. I can appreciate it for what it is, what it was, what it did and meant at the time… I get the importance. But am I going to through it on for the hell of it? Maybe, maybe not.

20th century old club

Ray puts soul and swing in country oldies.

3.65 out of 5 stars for Ray Charles here. I appreciate his take on a lot of classic standards covering a multitude of genres. Rock, country, blues and everything in between. Ray Charles proves to us on this album why he was so revered. He made every song his own and it's hard to deny that this album deserves a place in music history. Excellent. I didn't go higher on this because I'm not a huge fan of these types of songs, but I absolutely will not deny it's good and everyone should hear this album before they die.

Even though I like Ray Charles's music, I wasn't sure if I'd like Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, because I'm not the biggest fan of country. In the end, it really surprised me!

Brilliant. I love how this is labelled as "modern sounds," because at the time, it totally was. I really like this as an artifact of American music. Old vs. New and "new" being the sonic twist of all sounds of America into something new and unique. I think this stands as a testament to two of our greatest art forms, jazz and country. Both fusions of many things that became something else on this continent.

Bye bye love - 4 You don't know me - 4 Half as much - 4 I love you so much it hurts - 3 Just a little lovin' (will go a long way) - 4 Born to lose - 3 Worried mind - 3 It makes no difference now - 4 You win again - 3 Careless love - 4 I can't stop loving you - 4 Hey, good lookin' - 4 You are my sunshine - 4 No letter today - 3 Someday (you'll want me to want you) - 3 Don't tell me your troubles - 3 Midnight - 3 Oh lonesome me - 3 Take these chains from my heart - 3 Your cheating heart - 4 I'll never stand in your way - 3 Making believe - 3 Teardrops in my heart - 3 Hang your head in shame - 3

Bye Bye Love - 8/10 You Don't Know Me - 8.2/10 Half As Much - 7.5/10 I Love You So Much It Hurts - 6/10 Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long Way) - 7.5/10 Born To Lose - 7/10 Worried Mind - 6/10 It Makes No Difference Now - 6/10 You Win Again - 6.5/10 Careless Love - 6/10 I Can't Stop Loving You - 7/10 Hey, Good Lookin' - 8.5/10 7.3/10

Some great ones but a lot of forgettable stuff too.

Storbandjazz med kvalitet over hele linja. "You Don't Know Me" står igjen som favorittlåt. Mangler kanskje det lille ekstra for å komme seg helt opp på 5ern, men dette var bra greier.

Måtte være i riktig humør for denne. Sterk 3er på første lytt, men god 4er på andre

Sterk 3. Mye bra, men når ikke helt opp til fireren. Hadde vært 5 om dette var en blindtest.

Jeg kan se hvorfor folk har fått øynene opp for hans gode blikk for musikk

Didn't sound like Country or Western, but was a quality listen Best Jazz album on here so far Also listened to some of his other tunes afterward, tasty stuff

not in the mood for sappy love songs rn.

I really enjoyed this - will add to my rotation of albums!

Gotta love Ray

Ray is amazing. This also should have been a single album.

Anything by ray charles are top ten to me

How can I not rate Ray Charles highly? This is so fun and catchy. I don't quite hear the country part, which is not a negative. A rare case where I didn't mind the length. 5*

Jazzy! I like it!

Inject this into my veins! This was a complete blind spot, and without question the best discovery I’ve made through this project. I’m rating it a 4 out of 5 primarily because the second volume doesn’t hold up as well as the first. Still quite good.

Everyone knows that Ray Charles is "The Genius" and that this album is an absolute can't-miss, must-listen. The five stars are automatic. Anything less is an insult to the very nature of being human. But hear me out... Is it really that exciting to hear a bunch of tried-and-true Country tunes reworked to sound like a bunch of Ray Charles songs? [reads the room] I'll show myself out....

As always... Ray Charles never misses, he's literally the fucking greatest opening door to any one who want to dig deep in the warm and wet cooch of jazz

Like the vibes and style

This isn't too bad, but it can get a little schmaltzy with the strings and background singers. I'd prefer a little more R&B sound throughout like you get in "It Makes No Difference Now", though maybe it would've been a bit too much for its time. An interesting album.

Modern Sounds In Country & Western Music gets five stars even though Dimery's a big fat cheater here since this is technically two albums released six months apart. This is a big improvement on the similarly themed Genius of Ray Charles in that it is Ray backed up by either big band or strings, but the arrangements on Modern Sounds are much better across the board, both on the big band and strings/choir side, even though I think both albums had the same arrangers: Gerald Wilson for the big band (a fabulous, underrated bandleader in his own right, check out his Pacific Jazz recordings) and Marty Paich for the strings. The highlight is Side 1 of Volume 2, where Wilson really kicks things into gear and we get touches of old juke joint Ray (albeit with a big band) and the choir is mercifully ditched in favor of the Raelettes (Charles's working backup singers), which is a huge improvement. But the rest of it is quite good even if the songs are no longer country or western, but traditional pop. I was tempted to deduct one star for the syrupy choir, but ultimately the combination of Ray's soulful singing and tasteful arrangements, with some very welcome swing and kick to the big band made this an enjoyable listen for me. My wife even popped in with a "hey, this one actually sounds good," the highest of praise in this house.

"I once was blind, but now I see" that's very funny Ray

incredible voice. gave chills

Just can’t get into it. I have no desire to listen to ray charles singing cover songs, even if his singing is good

This one got a lot of play on my parents' record player when I was a kid.

good christmas album

This is Art Deco when we've all moved on to MCM. I might be wrong, but it feels dated even for 1962. I love the interpretations of these songs, and Ray is just masterful with his voice, but the orchestral arrangements feel stale. Great grandma's doilies with too much starch. Pretty but dated... and stiff.

Jájá, þetta virkar alveg.

I have similar feelings about this album as I did for the previous Ray Charles album that came up on this list, “The Genius of Ray Charles”. It's all very enjoyable, but it’s not really the type of music I come to Ray Charles for. The idea of Ray tackling country western classics is interesting, and I particularly love the fact that during a time of racial unrest, a black artist topped the country charts. I mean, that’s just brilliant. Charles’ take on these country classics is, of course, great. His fantastic voice adds another dimension, and the big band approach brings new energy to these country yarns, while staying very true to the roots of the originals. The crossover between blues and country is nicely blurred by Ray, and it works very well. But will I come back to this album to listen again? As enjoyable as it all is, I’d probably be lying if I said I would. If I’m in the mood to listen to some Ray Charles, I’ll be looking for some of his livelier R&B tunes. But this was still a nice way to spend an hour.

Great music nice vibes, amazing voice. Most of the songs are great. I am lowering the rating just because some of the songs are not as great. 4,5/5.

Pretty amazing album from an artist that could rework a number of genres

Incredible! Volume 1 &2

재즈의 분위기가 좋았고, 앨범이 전체적으로 꽤 괜찮았다. The jazz atmosphere was great, and the album was pretty good overall.

Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Ray Charles 1962 Genres: Soul, Blues Styles: Rhythm Blues 1. Bye Bye Love (★★★★★) -Contexto: tema de los Everly Brothers sobre una ruptura amorosa; el narrador ve a su ex felicidad con alguien más mientras él queda con el corazón roto, tratando de aceptar la despedida. -Fav 2. You Don't Know Me (★★★★★) -Contexto: amor no correspondido y silenciado; el narrador nunca se anima a confesarle sus sentimientos a la mujer que ama, que solo lo ve como un amigo, y se queda solo al final por su propia timidez. 3. Half as Much (★★★★★) -Contexto: el narrador le pide a su pareja que lo quiera "aunque sea la mitad" de lo que él la quiere a ella, insinuando que si no es así, estaría mejor sin esa relación desigual. 4. I Love You So Much It Hurts (★★★★⯨) -Contexto: balada de amor doloroso y desbordante; el cariño es tan intenso que se vuelve una fuente de sufrimiento físico y emocional para quien lo siente. 5. Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way) (★★★★★) -Contexto: súplica de cariño y atención; el narrador pide pequeños gestos de amor, sugiriendo que no necesita grandes cosas, solo un poco de afecto sincero para sentirse bien. -Fav 6. Born to Lose (★★★★★) -Contexto: resignación fatalista frente al amor; el narrador se describe como alguien "nacido para perder", condenado a la soledad y al fracaso sentimental por naturaleza. -Fav -Frisson 7. Worried Mind (★★★★★) -Contexto: ansiedad y desconfianza en una relación; la mente del narrador no descansa por miedo a perder a su pareja o por sospechas sobre su fidelidad. 8. It Makes No Difference Now (★★★★⯨) -Contexto: aceptación resignada de una ruptura; el narrador afirma que ya nada le importa tras la separación, aunque el tono sugiere que en el fondo sigue dolido. 9. You Win Again (★★★★☆) -Contexto: escrita por Hank Williams; el narrador se siente humillado y derrotado al descubrir que su pareja le fue infiel una vez más, pero admite que no puede dejarla pese a todo. 10. Careless Love (★★★★☆) -Contexto: estándar tradicional de blues/folk sobre las consecuencias devastadoras de un amor imprudente y prohibido, y el arrepentimiento y la ruina personal que trae. 11. I Can't Stop Loving You (★★★★★) -Contexto: compuesta por Don Gibson; el narrador intenta en vano superar a un amor perdido, reconociendo que, pese al tiempo pasado, no logra dejar de amarlo. -Fav 12. Hey, Good Lookin' (★★★★⯨) -Contexto: escrita por Hank Williams; tema liviano y coqueto de conquista, con el narrador proponiéndole a alguien atractivo pasar tiempo juntos, en tono divertido y directo. 13. You Are My Sunshine (★★★★★) -Contexto: aunque suena como una canción alegre, la letra completa (poco conocida en sus versiones sing-along) habla del miedo a perder a la persona amada y de sentirse traicionado al despertar y encontrarla ausente. -Fav 14. No Letter Today (★★★☆☆) -Contexto: soledad de quien espera día tras día una carta de un amor lejano que nunca llega, aferrándose a la esperanza de tener noticias. 15. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) (★★★⯨☆) -Contexto: advertencia a una expareja que lo dejó: algún día ella va a arrepentirse y va a querer volver, pero para entonces quizás él ya no la quiera a ella. 16. Don't Tell Me Your Troubles (★★★★★) -Contexto: respuesta desafiante y sin culpa hacia alguien que lo abandonó y ahora vuelve a quejarse de sus propios problemas; el narrador se niega a compadecerse después de haber sido herido. -Fav 17. Midnight (★★★★⯨) -Contexto: la soledad se vuelve insoportable a la medianoche, cuando la ausencia del ser querido pesa más que en cualquier otro momento del día. 18. Oh, Lonesome Me (★★★★★) -Contexto: clásico de Don Gibson sobre la autocompasión de quien quedó solo tras una ruptura, mientras ve a los demás disfrutar de su vida en pareja. -Fav 19. Take These Chains from My Heart (★★★★★) -Contexto: súplica por ser liberado del dolor de un amor que se volvió una cadena emocional, pidiendo volver a sentirse libre. 20. Your Cheatin' Heart (★★★★☆) -Contexto: clásico de Hank Williams; el narrador le advierte a su expareja infiel que su propia conciencia culpable y "corazón traidor" la van a atormentar con noches de insomnio y arrepentimiento. 21. I'll Never Stand in Your Way (★★★★☆) -Contexto: aceptación dolorosa de dejar ir a la persona amada sin retenerla, aunque eso implique renunciar a la propia felicidad. 22. Making Believe (★★★★☆) -Contexto: el narrador sobrelleva la pérdida de su amor fingiendo, en su imaginación, que todavía siguen juntos. 23. Teardrops in My Heart (★★★★⯨) -Contexto: tristeza oculta detrás de una sonrisa; el narrador disimula ante el mundo un dolor interno que nadie más ve. 24. Hang Your Head in Shame (★★★★☆) -Contexto: reproche directo a una expareja por haberlo traicionado, exigiéndole que sienta vergüenza por cómo lo trató. -TOTAL = ★★★★⯨ (4,50) -Suena tan bien que merece un 5, pero bueno, tanto amor y despecho no es de mi completo agrado y fascinación lamentablemente.

Great voice. The soul sound makes the country songs really interesting.

Loved the soul feeling for country songs. I really enjoyed it, it will be in my rotation.

Love Ray Charles. Fantastic! It's a 4.5 for sure.