Nick Of Time

Nice little album that I'd definitely play again. Bonnie Lass can definitely pipe a tune.

Cry on my shoulder is a bop So is Real Man & Love Letter I think I might like Bonnie Raitt

I liked it! I really enjoy Bonnie's voice!

Nick of Time is undoubtedly a well-produced and carefully crafted album, with a strong vocal performance and a mature take on themes like love, aging, and self-respect. You can sense the craftsmanship and experience throughout the songs. Bonnie Raitt’s voice is beautiful, and the sound is warm and inviting. But despite its quality, the album tends to feel a bit too polished and subdued over time. It lacks that emotional spark or musical edge that really pulls me in or leaves a lasting impression. There’s definitely a lot to admire, and it’s easy to understand why Nick of Time became such a breakthrough for Raitt. But on a personal level, it just doesn’t move me enough to rate it higher. 3/5

A nice enough sounding album, full of love songs mostly. It has its share of cheesy late 80s pop sounds. Average album.

“Scared to run out of time” Charli xcx sampled this?!?! went into it thinking i wouldn’t recognise anything so imagine my surprise to immediately hear the original “scared to run out of time” sampled in Charli XCX ft Bon Iver Nick Of Time was cuteee i enjoyed that, a great opener, love a chill fade out too The album was a lot of similar sounding music and blended together so it didn’t feel groundbreaking but also was a nice vibe to have on. It felt like i was listening to the soundtrack of a classic 90s/00s romcom some will argue this shouldn’t be here and in some ways i agree (it’s not necessarily innovative) however it’s a pretty great example of it’s genre/style and i’d personally keep it in over some artists that got like 3+ albums fave: i loved Nick of Time (maybe partly bc i recognised a charli xcx sample lol) least fave: can’t say i have one, there weren’t any duds imo, but the rest of the album did blend quite a bit 3 stars or 63/100

It’s about time we got another female artist. Shoutout to Bon Iver for introducing me to Bonnie Raitt with his cover of I Can’t Make You Love Me/Nick of Time. She’s got a nice voice that helps elevate even the more generic songs. And “Thing Called Love” was giving me Shania Twain vibes, in a good way. Favorite tracks: - Nick of Time - Thing Called Love

Really liked the first track, lost was a bit lost on me

This is fine but i don't think i'll ever listen again and it's very dated.

Great vocals, didn't love the music but it was good enough

Run-of-the-mill mellow 80s pop.

Bonnie Raitt sounds amazing on Nick of Time and the album is technically well made but the whole Americana blues-rock vibe just isn’t really my thing

It's Bonnie Raitt. She's great. But how very generic feeling. I can't recall a single song from it, and I just listened to it.

Le cover me disait vraiement. La musique était déjà mieux! Nick of time me semblait la meilleure du lot, mais je ne suis pas sur d’y revenir.

If there was one genre of music I couldn’t stand while growing up, it was 80s pop music. Close second would be country music. While I was open to weird experimental music, I was incredibly closed minded to anything I perceived as being commercial and 80s pop seemed to be the epitome of commercial music in my mind. I definitely missed out on a lot of music because of that. This album in particular probably isn’t something I’d return to frequently, but it’s pretty enjoyable, if somewhat straight forward pop with a bit of a bluesy and country flair.

Honestly surprised Bonnie Raitt only has one album on this list. Considering all the artists who have like 3+, she should definitely have more here. This album was alright, but there's definitely albums of hers I prefer. I'm in between a 3 and a 4 for this, but this doesn't have much replay value for me, so I'm rounding down.

Good singer, unique voice, good songs.

Bonnie is great.

Bonnie Raitt is fine. She’s good! But she’s so overexposed and overrated that I think of her as just another Starbucks artist. Sorry Bonnie, but there’s nothing you can do to change that.

Hearing Bonnie Raitt from this era is hard to separate from my childhood memories. Some of the instruments in the recordings have a distinct late 80s early 90s sound that I associate with being kind of cheesy. Her voice is great and some of these songs could be great if they were arranged/recorded differently. Also I'm going to guess that Luck of The Draw is going to be on this list somewhere because after listening to Nick of Time I went to go listen to 'I Can't Make You Love Me' because I think that's probably her best song. In an alternate version of the mid 90's she would have done a duet with Paul Westerberg and I would pretend that I don't like it but then listen to it all the time

80s pop. Very MOR.

This is normally not my choice of music but there were some catchy songs.

Milquetoast 80s pop rock. Not offensive, but certainly not exciting. Bonnie has a great voice though. And the bass player has solid chops. 2.5/5 #100

I can appreciate this, but it’s not meant for me. This is the definition of “Chick Country”

Three-time Grammy-Award winning...

"Nick of Time" is the tenth studio album by American singer and musician Bonnie Raitt. Americana, rock and blues rock are the Wiki-listed genres. I'd also put just plain pop too. In 1983, Raitt was dropped by her label Capitol and, in 1986, was forced to release an album, "Nine Lives," she had no control over. A short time later, Raitt met musician Don Was who agreed to produce her album and bring her music back to her blues roots. She was also signed by Capitol. Raitt was on lead vocals, electric piano and multiple guitars. 30 additional musicians and singers contributed to album including Don Was, Herbie Hancock, Kim Wilson, David Crosby and Graham Nash. The album was a massive success hitting #1 in the US and garnered three Grammy's. In 2022, it was inducted into the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress for its artistic significance. The album opens with the self-titled "Nick of Time" which Raitt also wrote. A handclap beat. Smooth with the keyboards. A clean voice and nice backing vocals. A pop/R&B vibe. A coming to terms with middle age. Raitt covers John Hiatt's "Thing Called Love." A great bass by James "Hutch" Hutchinson. Acoustic and slide guitars. A romping beat. This song was everywhere in 1989. The fourth and final single was Bonnie Hates' "Love Letter." A drumbeat, bass, guitar and keyboards which do sound very 1980's. One of my favorite songs on the album is "Real Man." A bouncy piano. Slide guitar and the Fabulous Thunderbird's Kim Wilson on the harmonica. "I Ain't Gonna Ley You Break My Heart Again" is a heartfelt ballad. Just a piano and Bonnie's voice. This works. This is a smooth sounding album and nicely produced. However, the particular sound of those keyboards and synths are very much of the 80's and sounded dated to me in this type of music. The songs that really grabbed me were the ones that stayed to the blues roots without the keyboards. The ballad was fine too. I understand that the keyboard sound probably helped the album's massive success given its popularity at the time. There are a number of very good songs worth going back for a listen. Just try not to cringe (or maybe try to) at that keyboard sound.

Blind album and artist. 80s country for sure that did not stand out too much to me.

So this is not an album I’d reach for but admit I get the appeal. It’s built on a good blend of country, folk, and blues and ol’ Bonnie shares some relatable emotions for sure. Her voice is beautiful - steady and soulful and there is something powerful about the fact that she hit her stride in middle age singing about life’s unexpected turns: love, longing, and heartbreak…all the usual suspects, but with a grace that makes them hit deeper. “Have A Heart” does bring back a weirdly specific memory of it playing in the background at a local pizza arcade in the mid-90’s, and again at one of my mom’s friend’s houses. I’d probably sing along without knowing totally what the lyrics meant but now, I’m pretty sure some woman was blasting that track because her man was being a total POS. It tracks. I also kind of dig the "Road's My Middle Name" and hope I hear it someday while I'm on a road.

Very approachable and fun. Kinda crazy to see as many misogynistic reviews as I did here.

Nada mal, un country medio glamoroso y sutil. Me aburro de todas formas. Nota: 2.7

Pleasant melodies, interesting lyrics, Fleetwood Mac like.

i love her giant poofy hair! this the type of music that makes me wish i was sitting on the couch in a bathrobe with the windows wide open and a glass of wine

I don’t like the easy listening sound but girl’s got backbone

woman sing yaaayyieee

There are some elements that show some good songwriting, but that 80s production is bleh

Not sure why there’s so many top negative comments here but I enjoyed it . I do like female singer song writers and this was a nice mesh

Pretty much exactly what I'd expect a Bonnie Raitt album to sound like. No standout moments but it was well-listenable.

Definitely one of the albums of all time. It's by far the most recent I've heard, and of all the albums, it's definitely one of them. (It did not do anything for me I'm afraid lol)

Didn't expect anything of this but it was fairly enjoyable. Country-pop-blues-jazz-adult-contemporary. I'll probably never listen again but it was pleasant enough

Ramble on

non-plussed

Inte riktigt min kopp te. Men det är inte dåligt för den sakens skull. Det är ett stabilt hantverk. Love letter är rätt najs.

Det här är en skiva som borde vara bättre än vad den faktiskt är. Hon sjunger bra, det är välproducerat och det är en genre som brukar kunna vara publikfriande i sin enkelhet, men det saknas det där lilla extra. Alla låtar är okej men ingen är riktigt bra. Nick of time, Have a heart och Love letter är möjligen starka treor medan resten pendlar mellan mellan starka tvåor och treor. Kanske skulle växa med ännu fler lyssningar, men jag känner mig tveksam.

She has a nightclub voice. Soothing, not really special in any way but she knows what she is doing.

Great writing, with some really excellent high energy moments. Mostly more sedate, well done, not my taste.

Perfectly pleasant.

A perfect example of an album that's been horribly mutilated by eighties production. It sounds awful. The dreams are hilarious, but the keyboard sounds - especially in 'Nick of time', 'Love letter' and 'Have a heart' are nothing but disgusting. This isn't anything like blues, what I expected. It's 90% pop. Listen to that ridiculous 'woo woo woo' chorus on 'Nick of time'... The closing songs are probably the best, ' I will not be denied' at least has some proper singing, 'I ain't etc' is a rather okay piano ballad (with - it's incredible - a piano that actually sounds like a piano) and 'The road's my middle name' (cliche alert) at least has a blues feeling. I'm a bit friendly because this is what albums sounded like at the time. And the second listen was better than the first one, except for 'Nick of time'. That's really a very bad song.

Nick of Time is one of those albums that clearly matters to music history and to fans of adult contemporary. I feel like this album is powerful and resonates more with me now, at this point in my life, as it does offer a earnest and vulnerable portrait of middle age, love, and loss. That said, I found myself more appreciative of the album’s significance than genuinely moved by much of the material. As someone who leans more toward "rawer" sounds or more "envelope-pushing" music, I found Nick of Time a little too polished and radio-friendly for my tastes. Still, there’s no denying Raitt’s talent and the album’s place in music history.

Check it out, Mom's got a new favorite cassette. I did my best to listen to this record out of context. Look past the album cover with Ms. Raitt posing in front of a Sears photo studio backdrop. Listen past my general dislike of Blues Rock. Listen past the Don Was production and his cringe inducing keyboard sounds. Hoo boy, 1989 popular music. Sigh. My feelings about this album can be easily summed up by describing the first two tracks. I listened to the first track, "Nick of Time". It's a kind of understated song about people at different stages in their life making difficult choices. She's reflecting about aging, and how even though one may be wiser, the realization that there is so much less life to waste makes it much harder to risk making mistakes. I thought, "Okay! Style is not there, but the substance is here. This song is not what I expected, I'm in". Then, the next track, "Thing Called Love" comes on in. We got the quiet opener out of the way, let's rock! Are you ready for the thing called love? Don't come from me and you, it comes from up above I ain't no porcupine, take off your kid gloves Are you ready for the thing called love? Bonnie...you had me! Then...porcupines held by kid gloves? What the fuck are you even talking about? Love from above? Are you bringing God into this weird mixed not even a metaphor? Bonnie Raitt is a great guitar player, and a great singer. She can write great lyrics too! When she is writing about characters from the third person, it's so good! "Nick of Time" and "Nobody's Girl", are great examples of this. They're clever, nuanced songs. But they are few and far between on an album full of radio-ready cliches. By the time this album came out, Bonnie Raitt had really paid her dues, and she finally made a record that was a big hit. This also won the Grammy for Album of the Year! Hey, good for her. And good for all those jilted divorced moms out there in 1989 that were over that no-good dirtbag that hurt them, that just had their hair done, and were ready to find a real man who wasn't afraid to love a porcupine without his gloves on. Or something.

Bonnie's voice is coaxing enough, but I can't connect enough to the rest of the material

Enjoyable enough with some decent tracks, if overly synthesized.

I found myself enjoying this. I don't know what I expected, but I do know I didn't expect to enjoy it! 3 stars.

overall valid album, entertaining as you are doing other stuffs while listening to this music, but if you are looking for immerse listening experiences, maybe find another one. I think it's actually around 3 to me.

Not bad, some decent songs.

J'ai eu un jumpscare en voyant le cover, me retrouvant immédiatement plongé dans la section albums à rabais du Jean-Coutu. Heureusement, la qualité des chansons m'ont fait oublié le ptsd visuel qu'est la pochette. Ça reste du easy listening pop-country, mais ça rempli les oreilles le temps d'un avant-midi

Nick Of Time was a pretty good album. This album was certainly a country album, i will give it that. This album basically had all the sound styles that you would expect from a country album like the slow guitar song, the more upbeat song with some harmonicas among many other things with some of those being blues elements as well. Most of the songs here were pretty good and had some pretty groovy vibes to them and at worst they could be a little bit boring and forgettable. The forgettable songs were not very common in this album but unfortunately, they were still there. This album is a pretty solid album that i would not be against listening to in the future. Best Song: Love Letter Worst Song: Nobody's Girl

This seems like such a unique type of country-rock. It's not at all a go-to style for me, but I remember so many of these songs from my mom having this album on around the house all the time when I was young. I hate some of the bass lines, catchy as they are, but aside from that this album isn't one I'm opposed to playing again. 3/5

I liked this album alright. I expected more country, but it's closer to something like Sheryl Crow. I guess this is a precursor to that? Anyways, I have a soft spot for Sheryl Crow and so I didn't bounce off this like I might have otherwise. 3/5

It’s like if Bon Jovi was a woman. And not just because of the hair.

Very nice listen, sounds a bit dated

Good album for listening on the porch, watching sunset, drinking some pop

I thought it was just ok, easy listen. No big songs I recognize and overall harmless. I was expecting country music for some reason. 6/10.

Not very memorable. One great song.

good but so eighites arrangements

A selection of country sounding music, track 1 was pretty nice. low 3/5

Well, that was .... average. Pleasant enough, but once it finished playing, I couldn't remember any realfeatures of it. Mid.

Good songs. Very poppy.

It’s got that precise, professionally smooth, middle of the road, edgeless sound, augmented by some stylistically horrible synths and electric pianos.

Pretty good. We enjoyed it. Decent vibes

That is okay

I didn’t feel like this really showcased her guitar playing. Maybe next time.

It was great that Raitt finally received some long-deserved accolades and financial success from the album.

Bonnie Raitt has a difficult story, but a great voice. I am glad this record did so well for her and helped establish herself as an artist. But between the genre and the 80’s horrid production sound toolkit, I couldn’t buy in.

Completely generic, inoffensive in every way, music. Reckon it's good for napping.

I ain't no porcupine, take off your kid gloves. Are you ready for the thing called love?

This just feels about as generic as music can be. Not a bad listen if you just want something on but there's nothing really worthwhile here. Cool voice though.

Typisch jaren '80 geluid. En ik erger me daar niet eens aan. Een prestatie als je dat met jaren '80 klanken voor elkaar krijgt. Maar het komt ook wel omdat het een duidelijke vergeetbare 3 is.

Middle of the road, very pleasant

It's 1992, and I'm somewhere in middle America in a lonely dive bar smoking my cigarette and regretting my life choices. This is the soundtrack that plays.

Bonnie's pretty cool. Maybe a smokey for the death pool this year

Solid album. Some good tracks and a good overall listen. I am going to be hard on this and put it on the 3 side of a 3.5.

I had a faint memory of several of the songs on this record, which gave it an added wistfulness.

First time really listening to Bonnie Raitt. Her music has an interesting blend of styles. Her voice carries the album- the instruments in the songs could be hokey and saccarine any many parts. But Bonnie sounded good. Overall- decent album. Not really for me but I appreciate her style

Just good 80s music, nothing crazy

first listen few standouts but mostly miss

The production is very 80's and kind of cheesy sounding, which I suppose is kind of charming about this. Her voice suits the bluesy style nicely. Not really my taste of music so it did get kind of uninteresting towards the end though.

80s country pop. I tended to like the more 80s ballad pop songs more than the honkie tonkie but over still enjoyable enough. 6/10

If you are a fan of Artists like Alannah Myles, Linda Ronsradt, or even Heart. Then you will love Bonnie Raitt. Not really my thing but it gives off that late 80s - early 90s, dive-bar rock and roll scene. The music is well crafted but it honestly feels like it is written by a bunch of studio musicians. The main focus, of course, is the voice and talent of Bonnie Raitt. And she delivers. These artists are probably responsible for setting the path for artists such as Alanis Morissette, Meredith Brooks, and Amanda Marshal. Strong lead women with medicorce backing bands.

Decent blues-rock. Nothing ground breaking... well, at least from a first time listener 36 years after release. Might have been ground breaking at the time though. idk. 3/5

It's OK when she sticks to the blues guitar but should not have got sucked into that terrible late 80s production but I guess it was unavoidable

I'll be honest - I was really surprised to see a Bonnie Raitt record on here. Maybe it's because I've never really been privy to most of what she's done, or maybe it's because I used to conflate her with Reba McEntire and thought she was a country bumpkin singer producing over-produced country schlock that I assumed she wouldn't make a list like this. I was then further surprised when I actually found that I liked this. For one, it isn't country so that right off the bat scored it some points. Is it still 80's music that suffers from the horrendously 80's production sound? Yes. Yes it is. I would love to hear these songs produced today, or remixed by someone today, who can make them sound modern. Because I could see that really improving the album as a whole and making it more accessible. That aside, it's hard to deny that this album is a fun time. The bluesy stuff on here really shines (looking at you "Thing Called Love"). The softer stuff...is ok. I could've done without and instead made this whole album one big blues rock blowout. I almost got the impression that the softer stuff was there to sell the album while the bluesy stuff was her real passion. On the whole, this was a good time and gets a very solid three stars from me. Good stuff, could've been better had it focused on its strengths more. Standout Tracks: Nick of Time, Thing Called Love, Love Letter, I Will Not Be Denied, The Road's My Middle Name

Judging by the cover (and I know that’s a bad idea) I was expecting this to be more of a country album, but it turned out to be an amiable bit of 70s style funky bluesy rock/easy listening that put me in mind of Fleetwood Mac. I really loved Bonnie Raitt’s vocals on this, but the music didn’t really do it for me - the opening track is pure 80s cheese (and was somehow a breakthrough hit) but the rest is an improvement (even if she does somehow manage to rhyme ‘Queen of Sheba’ with ‘Amoeba’). I’m guessing this was a lot more popular in the USA than over here in the UK.

Bonnie Raitt has covered so much ground in her career there is a reason she's an elder stateswoman in music (not just rock - look at her early Blues work). Nick of Time is such a dated sound to today's ears, but was such a crossover smash in how it attracted rock, pop, and blues audiences 3/5

I was warned this wasn’t the best Bonnie but it’s pretty good

OK

Listened to this on one of the lists before. Still hasn’t done much for me.

Pretty straightforward. Raitt’s vocals are great and the tunes are well written. It doesn’t stand out to me as extraordinary, but I wouldn’t skip this LP in a record store.

Gorgeous voice, insane guitar playing skills. Bonnie Raitt is a phenomenal artist. This album is way too commercial for who she truly is, but it got her on the board.

Competent music but not exciting. Not my jam

very nice

I listened to this

I really did want to like this more. Love her voice but this is pretty boring. 3/5

Love her name. Her music is average American fare. Safe and bland.

While country/pop is not a genre I would typically listen to, I did enjoy this album. It has a lot going on and the list of who played on the album sure supports that. I may not necessarily seek this one out again, but I sure wouldn't mind hearing it again.

wow

Sounds nice! But stops at a 3.

next time teller she has to write a melody to the song

Not bad. Very produced country music but Bonnie Raitt has a lot of cred to me between the songwriting and the guitar playing.

Många bra låtar, helt fiilis album

Gave me Cars soundtrack vibes. Fun, danceable, great bass tones. Slightly generic sounding but I’ll give it grace since for all I know it is the blueprint of that sound.

This is pretty alright I guess. It’s kind of got a mix of disco and country which was interesting, but it just seems kind of forgettable overall to me.

Better when she's bluesy, less so when she's loungy.

Enjoyable listen to this

I was expecting this to be quite irritating, but it’s actually pretty pleasant throughout. It is what it is.. it’s not something I’d ever listen to again, but it’s quite nice pop-country-blues. She’s got a nice voice and it’s easy listening.

blues, country, (light) rock, 80's style. OK, but not something I would choose to put on

Not bad, not spectacular either.

While I don't think I'm the target audience it was a cosy enough album, the track Nick of Time is a standout

Das Album “Nick Of Time” zeigt die solide Stimme der Interpretin im Country-Stil und bietet ein schlüssiges Gesamtwerk. Die Produktion und das Konzept verleihen dem Album einen klaren und professionellen Klang. Besonders hervorzuheben ist der Titelsong “Nick Of Time”, der sich unsentimental mit dem Thema des Älterwerdens auseinandersetzt. Trotz dieser Stärken bleibt das Album insgesamt eher unspektakulär. Einige Songs wie “Nobody’s Girl” und “Real Man” wirken vorhersehbar und fügen sich aber nahtlos in das übrige Repertoire der Künstlerin ein.

Decent one.

I probably liked this more at the time. The production, by Don was, is slick and very '80s in places, with a few tracks full of synths and electric pianos, and a little too much reverb on some of the snares. It is still a very good album, the singing and guitar playing, particularly Bonnie's slide is fantastic. The bluesy numbers, some with The Fabulous Thunderbirds are better, elsewhere the sound is very like Eric Clapton’s mid-‘80s output and just sounds a bit dated now.

If I squint, half of these songs sound like they could be on a Christmas album.

The last, bluesy song was my favorite. I can clearly hear that she's talented musically and she's got a lovely, smooth voice. But the songs on this album overwhelmingly scream Adult Contemporary. It's just sort of lifeless and bland to me. Seems like it's specifically written and performed to appeal to a wide-range of people while remaining completely edgeless. Maybe there's stuff in her catalog that would grab me. There are certainly some hints in that direction on this album, but this one ain't it for me. She seems like a classy lady, overall. Maybe she's got a blues album that'd tickle my fancy.

The first couple of songs of this were actually fantastic - it tailed off a bit after that with some quite generic country pop but it started with real impact

It’s ok. Pretty good in some places.

Raitting this 3/5.

I appreciated the lyrical stories, personality, and the experience of listening to this. I definitely won't be returning to it, not my thing, which is why I give it only three stars, but it was an interesting listen!

Nick Of Time is a great song. Some other nice moments on the album. Unfortunately most of it just sounds like anyone at a shitty dive bar. Which don't get me wrong, has a kind of charm in its own way, however the contrast is just too glaring when we know she's capable of Nick Of Time. But hey, without the foothills we wouldn't have peaks. Grateful for it all. 2.5

Soft Rock. Not bad, but not great. Her passion doesn't come across.

Overproduced to a degree that it doesn’t show off Bonnie Raitt, which is a shame. I love Bonnie Raitt.

High 3. Good album

I enjoyed this album a lot more than I thought I would. High 3 almost a 4

This one did very little, it was well sung and the lyrics were good but the end result is not musically stimulating.

Old fashioned melodic country pop, from an artist I had heard of but not heard before starting this project. Pleasant enough, but absolutely no edge or emotion

Das wäre eine 2 aber was für eine melancholische stimme. Schöne balladen, die schnelleren lieder naja. Peak 80s

Thoughts before listening: This was a big deal when it came out back in the early 90s...at least in terms of radio play and Grammy nominations. Bonnie Raitt has always been a little boring to me, but I also have probably never given her a fair listen. She just feels like a very adult contemporary version of blues rock. Review: Ok so I thought this was the album with "Something to Talk About" on it, but apparently this was the one right before. It also won a bunch of Grammys so I guess Bonnie had a pretty solid run in the late 80s/early 90s. I definitely had the sound pegged though...very adult contemporary with adult lyrics. Today this would likely be categorized as country music, but in the 80s it passed as blues rock I guess. It's technically very good but just not something I'd ever choose to listen to. 3-stars

I can see my mom dusting the living room to this album on full blast. This album is a total product of its time and worthy of all the late-80s, early-90s praise. That said... hard to imagine going back to it. Keep on dusting, Mom.

classic. 3.5

This really disappointed me. Love Letter and the final song were good songs, everything else was generic 80s plodders. Nowhere near enough slide guitar which is what Raitt is actually known for, how did this win album of the year at the Grammys 2.75/5

I appreciate it but wouldn’t listen to it often.

better than expected. More bluesy than I thought

This album is fine. The songs are all of decent quality but not that notable, and it doesn’t overstay its welcome. I don’t have any strong feelings on it, but I guess I’m okay with it being here.

Totally listenable, no highlights. Won't return.

Heard of her before but never really listened. Sounds nice but most likely will never listen to it again

Has some cool stuff. Bit boring at times

Amazing slide playing, polished yet gritty country pop. Easy to listen to songs.

Favorite Track: Nick Of Time

Sweet, but not so catchy

A good voice and good music, though I don't listen to country much at all.

Nice US, bluesy

Competent enough. Sits in a weird blues pop zone not many do? So respect I guess for that. Hiatt song naturally the strongest, she does good with his stuff.

September 13, 2024 HL: title track, "Love Letter", "Have a Heart", "I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again" The only song I knew before today was "Have a Heart" Think this album's greatness lies mainly in opening the door for later Bonnie Raitt albums, though there are some great songs here. The opener & closer are enjoyable, though together they represent the unevenness of Nick of Time; slick 80s pop contrasting hard-hitting blues 3.5

First Raitt album I bought. Sounds dated now, but a decent representation and decent songs.

Very meh, ok album. The blues elements were pretty good, the country elements less so. 2.5/5 -> 3/5

i really want to like bonnie raitt's music but every time i've listened to this album i have been absolutely middled by it. despite its wide acclaim, really outside of a handful of songs, this album is just really not a whole lot to me. bonnie's songwriting is pretty good at times and her voice is iconic. but, quite frankly, some of the stuff here is just boring. the highlights to me are the first three tracks (the title track, 'thing called love,' and, 'love letter') and i could take or leave the rest. it's not bad, it's just really middle of the road for me. i'm always a little perplexed why it has such a huge reputation.

Actually not bad. Maybe this list has broken me down with the amount of turgid country on it. Inoffensive, not my style but whatever, some catchy tunes but nothing to write home about. Alright.

Country legalizinho

Too 80s, too poppy, too country for me. Just not my vibe at all. I can respect it though. As far as this kind of music goes it's much more tolerable to me than most, and I can tell that it had artistic thought and creativity put into it.

75% Best: Nick of Time; Love Letter; Too Soon to Tell; I Will Not Be Denied; I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again Must-Hear? Not quite

Slickly produced adult contemporary pop with blues and country touches. Highlights: "Nick of Time" (solid adult contemporary song although the dance-y backbeat doesn't really fit the melancholic tone of the lyrics, singing, and other music.), "Thing Called Love" (catchy chorus), "Real Man" (piano work gives it a bit of a different vibe) Notable: "Nobody's Girl" (sounds like a Sheryl Crow song)

This wasn't bad, but it also wasn't won-three-Grammys-and-topped-the-charts kinda good. Favorites: "Thing Called Love", "Love Letter"

167/1001

blues rock with a hint of americana. smooth vocals. very polished sound.

She’s good and all but I’m not sure why this album was selected for this project.

Bonnie gets her groove back. I can't stand late 80s production, but I can look past it when the talent's there. The title song is still strong. It's not pop country! Adult-oriented blues?

Groovy! Suprisingly great songs 🤠

Middle of the road

I don't know whether this is a perfect expression of country/pop in the late 80s or oddly bland. It's taken lots of awards and plaudits (though in the UK we have never heard of it/her) so it means something, and it's not a bad album really. I'm going to give it a break.

Very good

After having just praised The The for their unmistakably 80s sound, I chuckled over how the first few bars of this album made me cringe for its also unmistakably 80s sound - synthy, smooth jazzy shlock. While the instrumentation on much of this album is a terrible time capsule of a part of 80s music in which blues and R&B became horribly watered down, Bonnie's voice is phenomenal. It saves the album. But just barely

Like tuning in to a mid morning radio station in the 80s. Pleasant enough, inoffensive, tales of love and heartbreak. She has a decent voice let down by the production and not especially strong set of songs. I imagine she can rip it up live but here feels like unfulfilled potential.

good songwriting and well played songs

this had some good tracks but in the midst of the album most tracks felt similar

Very 80s, not bad. 3.5

貌似很多风格

Raitt is very talented and I enjoyed a lot of the songs on this album. The tone is very 90’s era, especially the bass playing. Overall I liked this. 3.5/5 Probably will listen again

Certainly not my favorite record I’ve listened to for the list. Very clean late 80s sound, which to me makes it less interesting. This is definitely music that your mom would have listened to in the minivan carting you around. That said Raitt’s guitar playing and lyrics aren’t anything to sneeze at and I’ve listened to far worse recently.

Decent album, not my favorite.

Its an album that its quite innofensive. It doesn'tmaje anything really bad, but it doesn't surprises me in any aspect. Many times songs sound like generic blues rock or 80's pop songs. Which really saves the album is James Hutchinson bass playing and Bonnie's voice, which iss absolutely amazing. Sometimes, a little guitar part appears and helps the thing a bit. Overall I think its good, but a bit boring

This is a solid album. Well produced and Bonnie Raitt is a talented songwriter and artist. Amazingly, thus is my forst Country album from this list (day 89). This music isn't something I seek out,and sadly it reminds me of background music at the market. Because that's what it was for me for so long in the 90s. But this deserves more than that.

Viime aikaiset levyt on ollut sellasta kurapaskaa, että nyt oli ilo kuunnella taas musiikkia. Tämä artisti itselle vieras, mutta helppo tunnistaa ajan hengen mukaiseksi vahvaksi naiseksi.

Ihan miellyttävä ja tasapainonen levy. Uusi tuttavuus itselle

It's a typical 80s(?) love music album. I didn't find anything unique about it.

Super talented. Everything from that era feels glossy and lacks depth to me. That being said, you can tell the quality of the songs underneath.

Great musicianship, dated 80s production

Such a good album. It's starting to show its age, however.

Thing Called Love is a good song, but this fails to hit the blues/soul awesome level that Bonnie can hit. Ultimately, this is a great sounding album with not great songs.

One good song

Have a Heart made the Dutch Top 40 in 1990, an ok top 40 song but not very special. I listened to the album only 10 years later or so. Several nice songs and a smooth production, but also a bit boring at times. I certainly prefer it to the Don McLean album from the day before, so 3 stars seems about right.

Very much an '80s studio album; DX7 sounds, fade-outs, the whole shebang. Flawless, but also a little boring. Only the blues at the very end made it a bit more lively.

The title song plus a couple more are nice, the rest is quite unremarkable.

Not as dreadfully horrible as the reviews lead me to believe

Alussa ja lopussa kivoja biisejä ja mukava fiilis kaikkinensa. Keskivaiheella oli jotain bulkkia, mutta hyvin voisin taustalla pyöritellä. 3+/5

Started solid then really started to drag

It OK!

Passed the time. Nice voice. MOR.

Not bad, not great either

Genuinely surprised at how good this album was. Great blues based album and not the pop country. I was definitely caught judging a book by its cover. While not necessarily my style. It was a well done album for sure.

Love and pop. You don't need it but it's fine for an evening of lovers.

It's country hour on the local easy listening radio station. It's the kind of music I'd expect to hear any time of the day when tuning in. Fave: The Road's My Middle Name

Ugh, this is aggressively of its time. It sounds like the archetype for a specific flavor of 80s pop rock. I don't know whether that's because it was massively influential and created that sound, or whether it cynically hopped on every bandwagon going at the time, but either way, I don't much care for the end result. I'm just relieved I wasn't forcibly exposed to these songs in my youth - I think I'd probably have grown to hate them a lot. As it is, I guess this album didn't actively piss me off, so it avoids a 2 rating, but it's a low 3. Like, a 2.7. Fave track - eh, I dunno, "Real Man" maybe? I don't particularly want to revisit any of them....

Background: Bonnie Raitt was going through a tough time in life when the album came out, she was sort of wavering between recording contracts and had some substance issues and a skiing accident in the years leading up to this album. This is generally revered as her best album, produced by Don Was, who produced B-52s Good Stuff, and some of the later not so good stuff for the Rolling Stones and other artists more or less past their prime, the album blends elements of country, blues, new wave and something of a more traditional pop sensibility into something uniquely late 80s and extremely listenable. Lyrically the album is very traditional and waivers between country/r&b/new wave sensibility along with the music, which reflects the varied songwriting credits on the album. On the lead title single "Nick of time" we get the sound of 1989. This song sounds a lot like some early 00's country music in lyrical pace. Harmonies and synthesizers make such a positive vibe. This is one of only two tracks on the record written by Raitt herself. "Thing called love" seems much closer to country rock than the synthesizer 80s bass smooth groove we hear on nick of time. It's a pretty catchy bop if not terribly innovative. Written by John Hiatt, a prolific artist more in the country/blues new wave vein, this track was one of the bigger hits on the record. "Love Letter" brings us back to more of that 80s bass and synth feeling, feels like something out of the 90s world of romcom. This seems more in line with the "Nick of Time" production. "Cry on My Shoulder" seems to be a bit of new wave + pop + traditional song. Raitt's tracks here always combine country/blues guitar and synth/drum tracking that feels more at home in new wave pop. Vocal harmonies with the masculine underpinning voice help propel this to an almost broadway-esque tone. We also have backing vocals from Crosby and Nash Real Man feels like something Dolly Parton could have written, written by frequent Clapton collaborator Jerry Lynn Williams, we get some great honky-tonk on this track and strong vocals from Bonnie. On Nobody's girl we go to the quieter softer side of the hard rocking Bonnie Raitt as she absolutely shreds the guitar part here, I was not familiar with her guitar game, so first went looking to see if this guitarist was someone else I had heard of, but her guitar here is some specimen fingersyle blues songwriting. "Have a heart" we're suddenly in some sort of carribbean beat and percussion with something reminiscent of call me angel in the morning. Bonnie Raitt continues to tear down weak men with her raspy strong voice. She delivers some more Southern slide guitar shredding on this track even along the synth + strings + steel drums sound of the more tropical equatorial south. "Too Soon to Tell" we're on a traditional pop song, plus the signature bonnie raitt slides and blues guitar. We've got some strong belting on this track and delicate pulling back. Bonnie Raitt's dynamics on this track are fabulous and the song itself holds up strong. This song was interestingly written by college football hall of famer Mike Reid along with Rory Michael Bourke who have some strong country credits under their belt. "I will not be denied" we have a blues motown feeling from the beginning. "Hutch" Hutchinson's bass shines through this one, as we layer on the honky tonk piano, some horns from Heart Attack Horns, and the guitar work from Johnny Schell. Was' backing vocalists come in with sandpaper bass to smooth out the "deadly" sound of the pre-chorus. Blues, motown, gospel and musical theater influences all come out here as this song builds up to let us know that Bonnie absolutely will not be denied. "I ain't gonna let you break my heart again", we start from a traditional piano + blues song, with the strong reverberating vocal tone that we've heard throughout the record. The intricate piano from Herbie Hancock drives this song to a level of jazz songwriting that we haven't heard to this point on the album. After this soft detour away from the honky tonk bar to the jazz concert hall, we're back on the road, "The road's my middle name". The only way we can possibly close out this album is with Bonnie's roots, some killer guitars a harmonica and a blues standard composition. Ending where we began with a Raitt composition, we know where we can find Raitt, touring and performing and bringing the honky tonk bar and her blues soul to mid-large concert venues across the country in the late 80's early 90s. Overview: Coming to this album with no knowledge of Raitt's work or her history, this album was an exceptionally relatable listen. I'm a big fan personally of 70s southern rock and new wave pop so oddly enough this album was a very good hodge podge for me personally. We can feel her stand at the precipice of the 70's, 80's and 90's all at once as she brings the new wave, southern rock, and even more traditional sounds of blues, standards and jazz into a relatable package.

Got off to a good start this, but wasn’t convinced by the end. Simpsons: No

I couldn't really place this album, I guess it's country? Maybe 1989 country. I was just surprised at some of the synth'y sort of sounds that I heard on there. Decent album overall. You can tell why Bonnie is highly respected in the music world. I think she bent some boundaries here.

3/5

its really mediocre and boring, but inoffensive

Ok

Bonnie is so versatile. This album gets a little too poppy for my taste. Though it does have some rippers

Interesting voice, but the song arrangements are of it’s time.

I seem to be landing on a lot of 3 stars lately and Bonnie Raitt will continue that trend.

Pop

Her success is well deserved but I am not sufficiently evolved as a human to disassociate this with the Boomer nostalgia soundtrack that I resent for degrading popular music in the 1980s.

Although I've never been a huge fan of hers, I was sorry to read (in the Wikipedia entry) that this album has been sliding down in Rolling Stone's best 500 albums (and likely is gone by now), as it's a solid album for its time and was--and to some degree still is--enormously popular. I had no idea about all the struggles she endured before this album came out, and I'm glad it rescued her career, as she seems like a great artist and person. And she and Lyle Lovett put on a great show at the 2002 MN State Fair, so it's hard not to hear some of these songs and think about that performance.

# Playlist track - "Thing Called Love" # Notes - Opening track suffers from a serious case of "80s keyboard sample" but it's cool. +1 - "Thing Called Love" is super campy and fun. +1 - The slower, love-balady tracks that follow are a bit boring, and unfortunately they set the done for the rest of the album. - 80s Hair and outfit on the cover are also +1 star.

Litt tynt, litt kjedelig, veldig åttitalls. Noe morro honky tonk greier men... er liksom bare ting jeg har hørt før, tekst som spiller på klisjeer. Men samtidig er klisjeene brukte for en grunn, det funker.

I feel like I should have enjoyed this more but it never really gets out of first gear. I know Bonnie Raitt is a talented musician but it just didn't work on this album. 2.5/5

A great mix of country of synth! Very fun and upbeat in an 80s way

Meh

The biggest thing I've had on my mind listening to this album has been context and its importance to the listening experience–or lack thereof. I've made it no secret in my past reviews that I find context pretty important: PACIFIC OCEAN BLUE, IF YOU WANT IT DARKER, EXODUS, even DEVIL WITHOUT A CAUSE. Nothing exists in a vacuum; what happens before and after a piece can be just as important as the piece itself. But I suppose the question is "To what point is it really necessary?" The review of this album on this website that stuck out the most to me has been one that claimed that Pitchfork's retrospective review of the album is 80% relaying the surrounding context. I skimmed the review before I read this, and that does seem to be the case. The reviewer does spend a lot of time going over the personal and professional trouble Raitt was going through beforehand and the success she found with this album afterwards. There's only a paragraph or two in there that actually touches on the music itself. And, y'know, on the one hand I get: the story is the appeal. Y'know, listening to it and knowing that Raitt was able to pull herself up from such a dark place and produce such a commercially and critically successful album. It won her Album Of The Year for goodness sake. But on the other hand, you wonder: is that it? Is that all this album has going for it: its surrounding story? What does it offer beyond that? I'll say to begin with that I had no idea who Bonnie Raitt was seeing this album pop up. Which felt weird to me. Sure, I recognized her name, the album title, and even the cover, but I didn't have a clue what it'd sound like. How do I recognize an artist so much and not know how they sound? It took me nigh on five minutes to remember she won the 2023 GRAMMY for Song Of The Year, and in the interim I legit confused this album for the Stevie Nicks one with "Edge Of Seventeen". Then, when I actually listened to the album... Despite clearly reading on Wikipedia that this is an Americana album, for some reason I kept comparing it to the country albums I've heard? From her debut she was blues and folk, but I kept thinking about, like, the Johnny Cash and Dolly Parton songs I liked, and the more modern songs I was introduced to through Cledus T. Judd. 'Cuz at least in the title track I can hear that style of writing. Musically, **Lord** no. It's not the most 80's thing I've ever heard, but it's up there. I mean, maybe that's why I thought it was country. I guess I expect Americana to be rootsier, like that Emmylou album I heard before. And with way less synthesizers. Certainly I can't hear it as **blues** like Wikipedia also claims it is. Honestly, listening to this album in 2024, I can't help but wonder why it was such a big hit. What was really so different in 1989 that this hit hard enough to win Album Of The Year? Even removing it from its context, like I often do with Axl Rose's CHINESE DEMOCRACY, doesn't make anything here terribly better. I guess her voice is nice, and I didn't think there was a song on here that was terrible, but... Beh. This is a 3 from me, but a lower end 3. It doesn't spill into the realm of 2's by virtue of not being an ass-boring drum n' bass album, and that's not entirely an impressive feat. At the end of the day, though, I don't wanna begrudge Bonnie Raitt anything. This album helped her out of a bad place, I'm happy for that. And clearly, this album and the story surrounding it holds a lot for people who resonate with it. Just a shame it doesn't do anything for me.

It’s a 2.5 that I’m gonna round up to a 3. I don’t think there’s a bad track on this album, but when this sound starts to lose its luster, it loses it FAST. There are some really nice tracks here, but by the end, too much of it just started to blend together for me. Solid instrumentation, some occasional vocal standouts, but a lot of this just feels really really paint-by-numbers to me, and not in a way that hit with my sensibilities too often. Sort of disappointing, but not bad, just… plain.

it was alright better then the other albums so far at least there was a tune and some funky music sometimes

A great singer, but overall I thought the album was just alright.

Once again with the "pile" syndrome. A couple of times now I have considered this phenomenon. It is when there is nothing particularly bad about a band or musician, but that for whatever reason they sort of find themselves in a "pile" of somewhat similarly genred and well placed alternatives. Bonniie Raitt has some shining moments and uniqueness that puts her closer to the front of the line, but ultimately... meh.

I’ve always loved her voice especially when she skews blues over country. She does go a bit more country more often though.

p627, 1989. 3 stars. Music for US midwest roadside bars. Well done country/rock, but lacking standout tunes.

Good, pleasant to listen to, but not really for me.

Not bad

3.5/5

Strongly feel like I could have died just fine without listening to this

Can't wait to talk to Kev's mom about Bonnie Raitt when I see her next. She has a pretty good college-aged story about meeting Bonnie Raitt that I'll have her tell me again. Love Letter is a jam! Definitely errs on the side of folk, but there is definitely that 80's electronic sound in a lot of songs Came out to a hot start, but settled into a standard album for me. Kinda forgot I was listening tbh.

Realized this was on shuffle over halfway through :( I got the gist of it enough though so just let it roll. Pleasant album, even though it incorporated some of my least favorite 80's sounding country. Enjoyed it even for that which really means something! Solid 3.

Bonnie Raitt honestly feels like such a blind spot for me. I love so much 80s rock, especially the female singers, and yet have just somehow never sat and listened to Bonnie. Looking at the track list here, there is nothing that jumps out as recognisable to me. I’m very optimistic going into this one. Let’s listen! Songs I already knew: none Favourites: Nick Of Time, Have A Heart I did enjoy this, but it feels like a bit of a stretch to consider this a rock album. It’s far more poppy than the likes of other female rock singers of the time. There’s nothing wrong with that - it’s just to point out that I went in with the wrong expectations. This was still a pleasant listen, with nice vocals and a generally laid back vibe. There are ballads aplenty here, but still a few more upbeat tracks too. Overall, this was decent. Nothing amazing, but decent.

Prototype Shania Twain with some synths. Didn't hate it.

Good but not my style

Bonnie Raitt is an artist that I've known of, but have never actually listened to intentionally. I always equated her to being just another country artist. This record was a really nice listen that was very easy on the ears and she has a wonderful voice. The content is relatable as she talks about love and companionship. The music is 80s cheesey at times, but it's still pleasant. A welcomed surprise.

Smooth voice and a joy to listen to. The slide guitar is just as masterfully played as her singing. Not a lot of jams on this one, was hoping for a few more.

I'm a Bonnie Raitt fan, and had both this album, and the "Luck Of The Draw" album that came out just after it in 1991... Liked both albums, though prefer "Draw" - probably because it seems more bluesy to me, as that's how I like my Bonnie... Best songs on "Nick Of Time" IMO were "The Road's My Middle Name", the title track "Nick Of Time", and "I Will Not Be Denied"...

Not typically my style of music but a really well produced album with a lot of great songs. Bonnie Raitt also has a beautiful and terrific voice!

This felt like a guilty pleasure album. I enjoyed it more than I expected.

Most music really is just 'fine', isn't it?

Well constructed album, just not really my thing.

The title track is excellent but the rest of it was showing its age quite a lot. A generous 3 because it was good but starting to creak.

Not my favorite Bonnie music, but I sure do like her.

Some bangers but a synthy bore otherwise. Maybe needs another listen

thought i would hate this but to be fair it’s pretty great being what it is

Very talented songstress

Bonnie Raitt won Best Female Rock Vocal for this album, and Best Female Pop Vocal for the title track. “Nick of Time” is an album that deftly weaves between genres - easy listening, honky tonk, blues rock, pop, Americana - and I think that’s what gave it such broad appeal. It made a slow climb to the number one album on the strength of the deserved hits “Nick of Time” and “Thing Called Love,” and has the neat distinction of being the longest from an artist's debut on the Billboard chart to having an album hit number one. It revitalized Raitt’s career and probably did a great deal to inspire a decade of pop country singers. I really want to give it four stars for those first two songs, but the rest of the album never reaches those levels again.

And a half

I like the bluesy stuff more than the 80s pop sounds.

Not so interesting to me, but very pleasant and incredibly well executed. Yet I don't think I'll listen to this again unfortunately

20th century female pop-tinged country is a great genre that I'd love to hear more from. This album is nothing special, but it's still good.

Other than "Cry On My Shoulder" and "Real Man", this album wasn't too bad. Would I always be in the mood to hear it? Nah, but most of the songs are okay enough. I guess being born in the mid 90s and not hearing any Bonnie Raitt (except for "I Can't Make You Love Me") means I'm not overexposed to her stuff.

Solid but nothing I had heard before.

Quite good

A tremendous vocalist and bottleneck slide guitar player, Bonnie Raitt certainly deserves consideration in the pantheon of 20th century American music -- if for no other reason than her torchbearing for blues and what later became known as Americana. This record feels a bit over-polished, however. It's good, it's stylistically varied, but it's too clean an effort to be truly interesting. I Will Not Be Denied stands out as a showcase for the Raitt with whom I'm familiar, but overall the album is a bit staid and sterile. Worth a look if you're curious but not a must-listen for general audiences.

I love Bonnie Raitt, but there are definite ups and downs in this album. Some great pop and blues, but also late 80's elevator music

I am ready for the next album

What does that button do that she's pushing on her utility belt?

тоже кантри но не такое непроходимое как некоторые) норм

Starts strong with nick of time, which was probably my favourite song off this album A lot of the songs here feel quite generic, maybe this wasn't the case when the album released but it is hard to say. I enjoyed this anyways, although it did leave something to be desired. Just like I am now desiring a simple life out in the country

Not bad. Again, not my cup of tea. But I really liked "The Road's My Middle Name."

The blooz. As I get older, I much prefer listening and playing anything but screeching Chicago style bs. Macho posturing, tales told by idiots signifying nothing. Bonnie raitt is a fine player and interpreter. She is a hard worker, but this, when I was 19, would have been awesome!!! But now is dull to me. See also Eric gales and Joe bonamassa. All clearly talented. But I’d rather listen to English, New Orleans , Memphis. Yank Rachel thrills me much more than Stevie ray. The originators - wolf, muddy, b b, hooker etc are exceptions. To be honest, this is pretty good. Bonnie’s got a terrific voice, the songs are solid, and she really can play. But it’s dull. Predictable and I’d much rather listen to her earlier stuff. I’m glad this sold well. I don’t need to hear it though. 2.5 rounded up.

I’ve always been fond of Bonnie Raitt, but I definitely prefer her earlier 70’s albums to this. Her voice is still great on this, as is her slide guitar, which we don’t hear enough of. But there are only a couple of standout tunes here - the reggae-tinged Have A Heart & definitely the title track.. To this day the second verse of Nick of Time makes me weepy : “ I see my folks, they're getting old, I watch their bodies change... I know they see the same in me, And it makes us both feel strange... No matter how you tell yourself, It's what we all go through... Those eyes are pretty hard to take when they're staring' back at you. Scared you'll run out of time.“ Probably even more so now that I’m in my 70’s with a daughter who is now the age I was when this album was released. Her father John was a Broadway & Hollywood star (male lead opposite Doris Day in The Pajama Game) & I saw them perform together on Letterman a few times in his later years. Very touching. Three stars for the title song alone.

Rating: 6/10 Mixed bag album. The upbeat songs are great, a lot of fun to listen to and a great mix of blues, rock, and pop. The slower songs are incredibly boring, not bad instrumentally or vocally just not interesting for me to listen to. Favorite songs: Nick of Time, Thing Called Love, Love Letter. Worst songs: Cry on My Shoulder, Have a Heart, Soon to Tell, all very boring.

This is so close to being something i really really like, but instead it's just something i think is good. The first track is fantastic, and all the songs on the album that are in a similar vain are great. The issue is the songs that are the 12 bar blues. I dont think they fit in with the rest of the songs, and if you have to pick a portion not working, its the bluesy songs. i would have been a high four, but its an average 3/5

And here we have an album that just kind of exists to me. I don't really know what I can say about this album because of how neutral I am to its existence. I think the singing is pretty good. Bonnie Raitt definitely isn't a bad singer, I'll give her that. The songs are nice, albeit a bit repetitive at times in terms of what the songs are about. The instrumentals are fairly simple, but they get the job done quite well. Does this album deserve to be called "Album of the Year" at the Grammys? Probably not. Maybe this album was important and groundbreaking at the time, but it doesn't really seem special to me now. Still, I will acknowledge that is definitely not a bad album. 3/5.

Country roads take me home

2 days in a row I’ve gotten a great singer singing other people’s songs. Overall it’s good. Like it, don’t love it. Production is SO 1989. Songs are decent but I wish she’d written them. Didn’t add. Not sure I’ll ever listen again

Good singer songwriter type album, great lyrics

Quite boring,nothing very interesting here,country/rock 80s radio stuff

Good album. Just not for me

It’s an ok album. Not her best work.

Best Song: Love Letter. Something about female artists of this error just grants them the ability to sound righteous in a non-sanctimonious way. Worst Song: I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again. Too effortfully cheesy. Overall: Better than I expected, but still not great. She's got a pleasant voice, but the songs aren't particularly interesting.

Rating: 3.5

I've listened to "Something to Talk About" for over thirty years now, but that's really the only song of Bonnie Raitt's that I'm familiar with. However, thanks to the podcast 60 Songs That Explain the 90's, I know the background to the recording of this album (Raitt being dropped by Warner Bros., becoming depressed and struggling with alcoholism, almost signing with Prince, then signing with Capitol). I was really excited to get assigned this album today, and I thought it was a good album. Right from the first note, I was struck by how "un-country" this album sounded. The lyrical content of this album was very much not what I expected, but knowing where Raitt was in her life at this time, these songs had a very genuine quality to them. Raitt has a great voice, and this album really showcased her talent as a singer. The title track absolutely blew me away, and "Have a Heart" was great too. All day though, the lyrics to "Nick of Time" have been replaying constantly in my head. I'm 38 years old, and my wife and I have an almost two year-old daughter, and another child due next spring. Time is something that I think about a lot, especially as a new dad. I struggled to adjust to fatherhood during the first several months of my daughter's life, and finally started to get therapy for some unaddressed trauma from my childhood. Last fall, I lost a grandmother whom my parents kept me away from throughout my childhood. She was a wonderful woman, and despite the emotional distance, I miss her dearly, and I regret that she never got to meet my child, who was her only great granddaughter. Time is such a thief, especially during these last several years, as we grappled with a global pandemic. "Nick of Time" illustrated the heartbreaking fragility of the short time we all have on this earth with a beautiful simplicity. The simple melody was beautiful as well, and served as a perfect compliment to the poetry of the song. "Nick of Time" is the type of song that I will probably remember where I was the first time I heard if for the rest of my life. "Nick of Time" good album, but a timeless song.

Kinda like it for being... blues rock? Never heard much from that genre. Even if I couldn't pick a single song right now, I enjoyed listening to the album as a whole. Plus that album cover slays.

Pleasant enough but not exciting.

Man, people really fucking hate this album. Not every song is top tier but definitely an enjoyable listen. 3.5/5

Not the worst, but absolutely not my thing. Bonnie has talent, thats for sure, but this album is the sort of music that makes me leave a room. 3/5

3/11, 27%

I have found it extremely difficult to rate these albums, for two reasons: - My rating scale is very subjective and varies album-to-album, making the numbers useless for comparison. - Often my first impression does not line up with how I feel after a few more listens. I'm trying to be more consistent by using the following scale: 1 = Boring or unpleasant enough that I couldn't finish (or had to force myself to finish) 2 = Finished but didn't particularly enjoy 3 = Liked it this time but not interested in listening again 4 = Planning to listen to it again (for enjoyment; listening again because I haven't formed an opinion doesn't count) 5 = Likely to listen frequently (basically the same as 4, but with a

youtube does not have the full album. Let's be fair.

Pleasant enough

pretty good, didn't really push my buttons that much but it was alright to have on

Thanks Ms. Rat, I like your voice but was overall bored (2.5/5)

Great 80s memories!

It’s great to hear an early record from a pioneering woman in blues. It is super cheesy. Sorry.

Même si Robert sait bien que j'ai un faible pour les ballades cuculs des années 80, ce baril de connerie qu'il est a encore généré un album sans tube alors que l'ami Bonnie en a quelques-uns. Je donne un trois sur cinq, dans ces conditions.

Si Bonnie s'habillait moins comme un chagasse, elle aurait peut-être pas besoin de nous chanter ses peines amoureuses sur 11 pistes.

for being mainstream country lite, bonnie raitt can pipe and sing and slays. this album is alright. get it gal!

Well produced album, no doubt! Thing Called Love ends with a little Joe Walsh nod. Love Letter definitely sounds Peter Gabriel-inspired. My mom probably liked this album. Ok, Have a Heart is a jam! Probably a 3. I mean, it’s pretty good but probably won’t be listening again any time soon. Her hand position on the cover is very awkward.

vinyl

Bang average meat and potatoes fare.

Good stuff!

It's fine. Very inoffensive but nothing that stood out.

nice, but not great

Pretty smooth, she has a great voice, good to work to

Love Bonnie Raitt. This album was a little too adult contemporary for me, not my favorite overall, but it had some of her best moments, and I am thrilled she finally got the mainstream recognition she richly deserved.

This one was a bit too easy-listening for me. Not enough highs and low to really catch by attention anywhere. Nice, but not exceptional.

Quite good 😄

This one didn't do anything for me, really. It didn't stand out.