Nick Of Time

Después del túnel musical oscuro que me tocó, esto es una luz que puede ser algo....dije, puede.

Bland and tepid. This is one I could have died happy without ever hearing. The title track's lyrics imply urgency, but the music, with its repetitive funky beat, does not.

Yeah it was ok

Favorite track(s): proof that depression and addiction and bankruptcy can't turn an okay songwriter into a good songwriter

One of the most milquetoast country you'll find around. Didn't know what it was so it ended up being everything and nothing at the same time. 4/10

The first track was surprisingly good, but the rest dissolved into generic 80's radio-friendly pop-rock.

This record is painful. She’s made much better music than this laminated, mall-ready late-’80s pop. “Cry on My Shoulder” was a second away from getting the "gong".

Mostly a record of radio friendly adult/contempo pablum. Raitt does have a great voice and she can play. Which makes this record a shame.

This isn’t for me at all.

Wasn’t the worst thing I’ve heard so far, but will I ever seek this out to listen to again? No!

From the opening bars this feels like overproduced eighties guff. It may have been released at the end of that decade but there is no doubting what decade it came from. Thing like love just sounded like Shania Twain (albeit this obviously came before her Mutt Lang era). So much i went scurrying to check that this wasn’t also produced by Mutt Lang, the fact it was however produced by Don Was is equally unsurprising. Nobody’s girl and The Road’s my middle name are as close to a highlight ss you get. If you like cliched eighties music you might like this, if not, avoid!

Bonnie Raitt undoubtedly has a lovely voice. Aside from that, I can’t find anything special about this album. Some tracks sound very of their time, such as the opener, and most of it is your typical country-rock affair.

I got to this late, due to a trip, so came back to it while stood up on a packed train. I would like to think this didn't affect my marking too badly, but I did not find this album interesting. At all. She has a nice voice but the tunes are dull. I am not mad at it, but I genuinely don't understand why this is one of the 1001 Albums you should listen to before you die. Following my self imposed "just being dull can't get you 1/5" marking system means this is a 2 (but should have been a 1.5 in a better scoring system). 2/5

This album was jarring from how it went from one of the softest, most beautiful opening album tracks to then one of the cheesiest. She has a great voice and the album is overall a good singer songwriter record. It's a weird blend of classic country style singer songwriter and at times some weird 80's pop/synth choices. Overall it's good.

I can't tell if I'm getting numb to new music or if were rolling dud albums. Not for me really. Any time the instrumentals would pick up, the lyrics would put me off - eg. Real Man. Favorite Song: Too Soon To Tell

this probably hits hard if you are a southern mom

Just not my thing, American line dancing country rock. No thank you.

Tough to get through. All sounds the same, drums never change across the album. 80s slow country pop, ugh.

Listened twice as the first time I didn't really pay attention. Music that doesn't grab you . Dentist waiting room stuff. Wikipedia tells me it was enormous at the time, a "professional breakthrough", but I'm not sure it holds up. Not terrible, but not at all memorable nor engaging.

Maybe I judged a book by its cover but I found this pretty boring

For a country record, this album really ping pongs back and forth between country and R&B style pop. The opener is pretty great, but once ot gets beyond that its a lot of standard country or 80's style pop rock similar to Huey Lewis. But overall, not really enjoying it. Not much that I haven't heard before.

Every album is also a kind of family tree. And few will feature as bonnie a collection as Bonnie Raitt’s. The video alone for “Thing Called Love” exists as a sort of handsome who’s who (as well as neatly describing the transition between 80s and 90s mainstream America). The song, a first ever cougar anthem(?), puts in its immediate sites the perma-grinning Dennis Quaid, whose 1989 appearance on the set of Raitt’s breakthrough would’ve lined up with soon-to-be wife Meg Ryan’s own appearance on the set of When Harry Met Sally. (You might imagine that what happens when we combine Bonnie Raitt and When Harry Met Sally. For me, and deliciously given the surname, you get one of the later 90s biggest phenomenons: Shania Twain.) The overwhelming feeling I get from this record – given its lyrical themes, the sense of serendipity about its success, the influence it had, the aforementioned briefly sketched family tree – is one of being the witness to something with an awesome kind of valency. Something that was absolutely “in the nick of time” in a way that I’d doubt even Bonnie herself can believe. Perhaps one day I’ll get around to a deep exploration of the family tree, the extent to which the 90s was Bonnie Raitt’s creation. Or maybe I’ll just preoccupy myself with another giggle at the incredible silliness of a song called “The Road’s My Middle Name”. It’s possible to do both, of course. Polyvalent Bonnie strikes again.

Not for me

In a certain type of Hollywood film (often when the sophisticated city type(s) are dragged into The Real America through all sorts of mis-haps, think Thelma and Louise or Something Wild) there’s a windowless bar with a neon sign in the window and some pick up trucks in front. It’s hot, damn hot, Paris, Texas hot. Our heroes, as their battered sub-compact Toyota gives up the ghost, open the doors and peer through the gloom. They’re there to meet the one shady person who has the mcguffin it’s all about. They walk up to the bar nervously in their ruined city clothes and several men in hats and plaid shirts/sherpa jackets turn round from their stools. ‘A-a-a-beer please. Two actually’. In the corner of this bar even though it’s mid-afternoon is a small stage on which a band is churning out generic blues rock. Hey - Hollywood moves with the times right - it’s fronted by a woman. Nick of Time or Have A Heart over the closing credits.

Every single one of these sounds like a soundtrack to all those rom coms in the 80s

Will not remember this album.

I actually like country a fair bit, but when it’s combined with 1980s tinkly synths I’m pretty turned off.

You couldn’t escape this in the late 80’s. I cringed then and do now.

Nothing wrong with individual songs but a complete lack of cohesion leads to total tonal whiplash. Not an album but a collection.

The first three tracks may have a little bit of attitude, but after that, it becomes an incredibly generic blues/rock/pop album. Neither the clear production nor her good singing can save this album from getting slow and derivative with all the ballad it has.

Never been a big fan of Don Was' production style. His work behind the board was integral to the soulless, smoothed-out, cocaine-eared (it was a thing, look it up), and formulaic music that practically printed its own money in the Eighties. Ms. Raitt has certainly made better music, but she never made as much cash.

Dentist office music

Ok 2/5

Was dreading listening to this one...but ultimately it was better than I expected. 2/5

"Cry On My Shoulder" and "Real Man" were the two standouts on this album. The rest is pleasant but not memorable. Most of it sounds like background music for some late 80s coming of age movie. It is what it is.

Blues-thereal vibes

Resident Sleeeeeper. 1989 album with the vibes of 1982. This can’t be all that noteworthy if it’s just replaying the same old formula

It would be hard to imagine an album I'd be less interested in listening to. Not interesting enough to get a 1, but absolutely nothing justifies this being included on a list of 10000 albums, let alone 1000.

This was not enjoyable

No offense, like at all, but what the fucking hell is this fucking bullshit? I’m just kidding this is totally fine, very inoffensive music. Didn’t much move me and that’s ok, not everything has to get some strong reaction out of us, come on! Peace and love guys! Bosh

i dont exactly get it,,,,,,, kinda the most generic and boring shit of all time ?

Waste Of Time. You’d have to be Bonnie Raitt-arsed to start considering this hokey, ho hum, heavily dated 80s Americana offering as essential listening.

Very dated, annoyingly ballady and overall dull

Pucha Bonnie, me da lata ponerte mala nota porque eres de las pocas mujeres en este grupo, pero qué se le va a hacer, si la onda country no me gusta. Cantas bonito pero eso del country 80ero no va conmigo. Saludos cordiales, que se mejore. Album 100 (voy a empezar a anotar esto porque a medida que avanzo en la lista está cambiando mi criterio y he estado odiando cada vez más esta lista, y porque no lo he estado escuchando necesariamente en el orden que me han salido los discos)

schön bluesig, der Sound ist mir aber zu dünn

# Album Name: Nick Of Time # Artist: Bonnie Raitt # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Wow, what an absolute snooze fest. Boring AF. # Top Tunes: None # Would I listen to it again? No

Track one was ok. I really like the groove on track 2. Track three is ok. This album sounds like a victim of the production values of the time. Had they made other sound choices I might be enjoying this more. But so far tracks one and three sound dated. Track four sounds like they pulled it from a karate kid movie. It’s over the top 80s synth sounds. Ok. This album just sounds dated. Everything sounds electronic and over processed. “Nobody’s girl” sounds great and is a good song. This sounds like real people playing real instruments. “The roads my middle name” is a good closer.

This isn't my taste. It's not bad. It just sounds like wallpaper to me. BR is a great singer though. I think of all the albums in years past were that everywhere and this was one of them. We don't seem to have that as much now. Adele and Taylor Swift seem to be the only ones

This is a bit of a weird mishmash of 80s stuff, I was getting a bit of Sledgehammer in Love Letter. I normally have a fondness for very 80s sounding music, but here it feels like a pure distillation of that sound and production, it's almost bordering on parody. That chime keys immediately comes to mind, that's a hallmark of 80s pop I also wondered why this was labeled Americana during the title track but Thing Called Love slapped me across the face I think her singing is pretty good, but this is just a pretty plain listen overall. It's fine but I won't be rushing back to listen to it again 2.5 Highlights: Nick of Time, I suppose

Respect. Not for me. A bit cheesy movie soundtrack from a rom com.

Its quite well produced, and she's a good singer but the songs are just so bland that they do nearly nothing for me. Nothing really else to say, at least she's not got a horribly croaky voice or something. Favourite songs: have a heart. Overall around 4/10

Okay, this is an inclusion that I just do not understand whatsoever. It's pretty standard fare country music from the late '80s... is Bonnie Raitt particularly influential or special or innovative in any way? No? That's what I thought.

1.6 1x

Hey, have a fart.

Safe, bland, boring. Not worth my time.

Hmmm... Moja napoved je country ali pa power ballads? Hiter pregled naslovov komadov daje isti vajb. (Wiki prav Americana, kar je kinda country.) Ok, gremo. U, kul začetek. Zmer je fino, k se album začne dobr. Fajn upbeat ritem. Ampak "Nick Of Time" mi še zmer ne zacementira v katermu žanru se gibljemo. Časovno je ful očitno, da se bližamo devetdesetim. U ja, fade out za zaključek komada. Uu, ok, country I guess. "Thing Called Love" je že bolj twangy. Še zmer kul sicer. Všeč mi je besedilo "I ain't no porcupine, take off your kid gloves". So far all bangers. Ženska ma hud glas. Evo jo balado! Mislm ja, naslov je "Cry On My Shoulder". "Real Man' bi bil idejno komot inspiracija za Shanio Twain in njen "That Don't Impress Me Much". Al pa je to na splošno nek motiv v country komadih, ki jih pojejo ženske? "Have A Heart" mi je mal znan? Še ena balada... Na splošno nism tok ljubitelj balad. "I Will Not Be Denied" je kul. Tak mal, girl power komad, kar pa odobravam. Ena lepa heartbreak balada in za zaključek spet mal bolj poskočen country komad. Čist soliden album za poslušat, ampak ne pa neki h čemer se bom vračala.

Overall, this an odd album. The blend of ’80s-style production and country/blues elements just doesn’t really do it for me. While she is clearly talented, the sound here is a little mismatched.

This was the album of the year in 88???

Meh

Man the 80s were BLEAK. This sold 5 millions copies? No wonder people liked grunge after putting up with this

Oh man this album was everywhere for a minute. It was especially on all the adult contemporary stations our parents would listen to. It was country for people that didn't own pickup trucks. It's not a terrible album, she has a nice voice and the songs are put together well. The music is decent, it's just kinda dull. It also doesn't seem to pretend to be anything else though too. Some albums have a song that gives you hope the next song will build and become better. This album holds the line of relax and get through the day. You can have a beer or glass of wine when you get home. Then do it all over again. This album is the lamest parts of adulthood.

No... She's good at what she's doing, but not a fit for me personally.

This feels disrespectful but Bonnie Raitt just sounds to me like the best version of a local act at a club.

2.4 The title was a burner. Rest of the album sounded like how a soap opera looks, with a soft filter over the picture. Dont really think Bonnie's chops shone through on this

#DÍA 32: 1001 Discos Que Hay Que Escuchar Antes De Morir (English Translation Below) Con este álbum empiezo un nuevo cuaderno de tomar apuntes, todo un logro ser tan consistente en algo para mí. Aunque no lo abro de un modo especialmente llamativo, pues este álbum de Bonnie Raitt la verdad que no es nada del otro mundo. Un LP que en su día fue bastante galardonado en los grammys y en general, pero que no le termino de ver nada especial. Sin duda a nivel vocal Bonnie es muy talentosa, muy buen rango y un rasgo áspero que la hace más que apta para el Rock. Por otro lado el personal es bastante amplio y adornan bastante las canciones, pero no llega a tener demasiada esencia. El entrante es una de las dos canciones que sí son escritas por la artista principal, algo que me gusta poco en un proyecto supuestamente solista, pero bueno lo paso si al menos el contenido es de calidad y el rendimiento de la cantante se siente genuino. Este primer tema es bastante sólido, con un groove potente guiado por un bajo que suena fantástico. Thing Called Love es otra canción de Pop Rock buena dentro del álbum, con un estribillo pegadizo y una letra ingeniosa y divertida, por esas menciones al Príncipe Encantador o a la Reina de Saba. La actitud de Bonnie sigue siendo sugestiva y enérgica en Love Letter o Real Man. Sin embargo, el contenido lírico flojea en muchos puntos por ser demasiado genérico, como Cry On My Shoulder o I Ain’t Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again. Por otro lado los temas dejan de ser pegadizos o de tener algo de interés, se vuelven más una vibe y aburren cuando les prestas demasiada atención. Finalmente la canción de cierre es la otra escrita por la cantante, y se siente algo más genuina, con un ritmo Country divertido, pero tampoco tiene un impacto del otro mundo. Es un comeback decente, la verdad que el álbum salió sonando bastante bien pese a los problemas que tuvo Bonnie Raitt, tanto personales como para encontrar una forma de financiar un proyecto nuevo. Aún así, a mí no me llega demasiado, aunque creo que es interesante escuchar algo que triunfaba tanto en la crítica por entonces. Favoritas: Nick of Time, Thing Called Love, Love Letter, Real Man Menos favorita: I Ain’t Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again #DAY 32: 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die With this album I’m starting a new notebook for taking notes—a real achievement for me to be this consistent with something. Though I’m not opening it with anything particularly striking, since this Bonnie Raitt album honestly isn’t anything out of the ordinary. An LP that back in the day was highly awarded at the Grammys and more generally, but I don’t really find anything special in it. No doubt, vocally Bonnie is very talented, with a great range and a rough edge that makes her more than fit for Rock. On the other hand, the supporting personnel is quite large and they do dress up the songs a fair bit, but it never really manages to have much essence. The opener is one of only two songs actually written by the main artist—something I tend not to like in a supposedly solo project—but I’ll let it slide if at least the content is of quality and the singer’s performance feels genuine. This first track is pretty solid, with a strong groove driven by a fantastic sounding bassline. Thing Called Love is another good Pop Rock track on the album, with a catchy chorus and clever, fun lyrics, with those mentions of Prince Charming and the Queen of Sheba. Bonnie’s attitude remains suggestive and energetic in Love Letter and Real Man. However, the lyrical content falters in many spots for being too generic, like Cry On My Shoulder or I Ain’t Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again. Beyond that, some tracks stop being catchy or interesting—they turn more into a “vibe” and become boring if you pay them too much attention. Finally, the closing song, the other one written by Bonnie, feels a bit more genuine, with a fun Country rhythm, though it still doesn’t have much impact. It’s a decent comeback—the album actually ended up sounding quite good despite the struggles Bonnie Raitt faced, both personal and in finding a way to finance a new project. Even so, it doesn’t do much for me, though I do think it’s interesting to hear something that was so critically celebrated at the time. Favorites: Nick of Time, Thing Called Love, Love Letter, Real Man Least favorite: I Ain’t Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again

Kinda boring

A nice voice a fine style, just not really my thing

Wow, this list doesn't know how to handle American country music. It feels like you are asking someone who doesn't like the genre from 1995 to list their favorites. Bonnie Raitt. KD Lang. Dwight Yoakam. And NOTHING from the past 30 years, when country music has exploded in the States. This album felt incredibly '90s, like Raitt was being hirednto write theme songs for feel-good family sitcoms. My favorite tracks were the ones that didn't.

Lame

Speaking of dated.

She might be Bonnie, but she’s fucking boring

I think this might be AI generated

Listened Before? N Listen, I had a crush on Bonnie Raitt when I was like... 11. Mainly the red hair and cleavage. Anywho... this record was truly a snooze fest. All soft synth and sleepy lyrics. I'm sure it's someone's cup of tea, just not mine. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Nick of Time

it's too much "easy listening radio music" for me.

This was Ok. Very safe and middle of the road. Have no desire to listen again or seek out further Bonnie Raitt albums!

Ah, 80's country. Some synth, electric piano, but definitely country. Title track "Nick of Time" was definitely the standout for me. The whole album had me tapping my foot. Some easy listening! Favorites: - Nick of Time

Never heard this before but it's such a 'nothing' album that I can't believe it made it onto this list. It isn't horrendous is the only nice thing I can really say.

Artiste inconnue. Cet album mélange plusieurs styles. Certains morceaux sont un peu plus rock (Thing Called Love) ou blues et passent un peu mieux que les autres. Mais globalement l'album ne présente vraiment rien d'original. Pas de seconde écoute pour moi. =>2/5

This went right through me. Just, nothing.

i really only knew Raitt from angel from montegomery so i didn’t even know she released more full band electric stuff like this. i don’t think it’s very good unfortunately

As far as country is concerned. I didn’t want to jam a fork in my ears. So that is at least a win for the genre itself. It was so boring though.

🥱😴

Just plain boring :/

I was expecting to really like this -- I kind of didn't. As I've previously said, I just can't stand pop music (homogenous radio drivel). Turns out this is kind of just the 80s version of that. That being said, I still think it has style, and I do love her voice, so this was a pleasant listen -- but, there just isn't a lot going on here. Shoutout to that hair on the album cover. Fave songs: - Nick Of Time - Love Letter - I Will Not Be Denied - I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again - The Road's My Middle Name

I don't know if it's fair to say this album is bad - she has a great voice. But at the end of the day her blend of 80's pop and country is just not a sound I like.

Listens: 2 Standout Tracks: Love Letter So listen. I was not looking forward to hearing this, but it wasn't nearly as bad as I was expecting. Is this an objectively bad album? Not by my own standards and certainly not based on how many Grammys it won, including album of the year! Is the instrumentation good? Yes. It's diverse; there's blues, R&B, (what I consider) country, rock and pop found on all the tracks. A good spread. The backing band, whoever they may be, put their work in. Especially in Love Letter, which I could imagine hearing on Shakedown Street by the Grateful Dead. Are the vocals good? Yes. Bonnie can sing and she does it well. So where does that leave me? Well, I don't particularly care for this. It's just not my style. I will probably never listen to this again and I certainly won't go out of my way to put it on. I will not add it to my library. I will not play it for company when they come over. That puts it in solid 3 territory for me. Objectively, probably a 4 Subjectively, a 2

Tough one. The early tracks with 80s synth were not a good choice. There’s no really memorable single on this album either. That said, I like Bonnie’s voice, and the final track ‘The Road’s My Middle Name’ finally seems to get it right. Chalk this one up to the sins of late 80s production style, I guess.

Not super my cup of tea

I had never heard of her before and did not recognize her voice. And I don't regret it. This mishmash of genres on this record doesn't make it better. It seems that she "borrowed" from other artists who were successful during that time.

I didn't appreciate that '80s-era country also contained peripheral sounds, over-dubbing, and perhaps excessive harmonization at times. Too bad for Bonnie Raitt, whose voice and guitar excellence gets washed out at times.

She has a nice voice, but stereotypical trite lyrics and over-production drag this album down

Did not tell me much

ok i guess. very 80s 2/5

I mean...it was ok...it is just so vanilla. Kinda like a female John Mayer. Just meh! Not sure how this record sold so much but I guess some people just dont need music to move them.

I’m genuinely not sure how this album hit number one on the billboard charts, it is one of the most soulless boring soft pop rock albums I’ve ever heard.

Talented for sure. Not my style. Boring.

3/10 Top 3 tracks: 1. Real Man 2. I Ain’t Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again 3. Nobody’s Girl

I respect Bonnie Raitt as an artist, but this does nothing for me.

Finished the album, and I still haven't worked out who Nick is. In fact, I listened through all the songs twice: once while half-asleep in the car, and then later with all my attention. I liked it significantly more the first time, which is not a good sign. There's so little creativity, so few musical liberties taken, that Nick Of Time comes across as a mostly-lifeless parody of dozens (hundreds?) of albums before it. Even the guitar solos feel half-baked, the synths empty, the vocals tired and without soul. It's not at all unpleasant – otherwise it would receive 1 star – but it just doesn't do much for the ears, brain, heart, or vertebrae. Raitt's singing is strongest on the opening/title track and I can definitely see why it was a moderate hit. I think the bleedy, echoey sound is a big part of this album's downfall, but that's more a fault of 80s production in general than specifically Raitt's music. The compositions also aren't that interesting. I struggle to see many of these songs being sung along to (at least not these versions), though they do seem like covers. The Wikipedia article for Nick Of Time notes that, when asked why Nick of Time sold as well as it did, publicist Joan Myers said: "Bonnie's personality and sincerity just won people's hearts, in addition to her music. There was nothing ever pretentious about her." And sure, I guess I can see that. But that's not what makes good music for me. I look for musical complexity, interesting chords/melodies, a unique sound, and a selection of instruments that create a satisfying texture. Most of those are absent here. Key tracks: Nick Of Time, Have A Heart

Boring, not completely horrendous to listen to ig

Eh.

S'alright, definite influence on artists like Sheryl Crow

Adult oriented blues-rock is not really my thing. But I'll tell you whose it is: my mom's. And mom was a big fan of Bonnie Raitt. I grew up begrudgingly listening to a lot of this in the car when I was a kid. Although this record was familiar, I didn't really personally nor aesthetically connect with anything but "The Road's My Middle Name." I wish the album with the cut "I Can't Make You Love Me" was suggested instead because that song is some seriously solid work. All the same, what I did connect with is this: driving around in my mom's car that I recently inherited from her, listening to one of her favorite artists, her photo on the dashboard, remembering her. I might have rolled my eyes at a lot of her mom-rock etc. when I was a kid, but I would give anything to have been in that car listening to Bonnie Raitt with her in the other seat today.

Passerade nästan obemärkt förbi.

Easy to listen and clear vocals. Nothing extraordinary from a soft country album.

Not really my thing. Chill alt country pop from the late 80's/early 90's. Nothing wrong with it, just not my vibe

Nothing super crazy

I definitely wasn't expecting this music when I saw Bonnie Raitt come up. I honestly always thought that she was just another 80s pop star but I was wrong. That said, it's not really my cup of tea and it's kinda generic.

"I'm not a porcupine, take off your kids gloves" is unintentionally hilarious

Good and very much not my thing

Meh. Got nothing out of this one. Cool hairstyle i guess

Erster Song Banger, danach whack

Parfait candidat pour le livre des 1001 albums qui ont tout ce qu'y faut pour tomber dans l'oubli.

Oh my god, this is an 80s album from note 1. Don Henley, Steve Winwood, this album; the 80s triumvirate of dad rock. This was Album of the Year! 80s music is terrible and the fact that this is on the list is insane. This album makes me understand cultural appropriation and why it pisses people off. It feels like there were a lot of singles off this album...maybe they just used songs from the first half of the album. The singles are only ok and the album tracks are universally bad. I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again is the worst song on the album.

Awful boring music and I like Bonnie Rait, generally.

Pretty generic, nothing really stood out to me. Lyrics weren’t great, but she has a good voice.

This is some smooth '80s blues-infused pop that lacks the look and glib attitudes that are easy to latch onto when you want to enjoy the era ironically. If you're going to say that you like Nick of Time by Bonnie Raitt, you're inviting some eye rolls and maybe a few chuckles from scenesters. And here's the reveal: I'm the hipster. I'm sorry. I feel bad about it. This is an earnest record and was much lauded at the time, but it was never my thing, despite its well-crafted material and the quality of her singing. Bonnie's got my respect, but she doesn't have my ear.

Absolutely generic. No words to describe it.

In a nutshell: easy listening Americana. Bonnie Raitt reminds me so much of Shania Twain. As to if it's a bad thing, who knows? Didn't enjoy this album, but I didn't hate it. Overall: 4/10

2.5 really. Sounded a bit dated for me

This is just not my kind of music.

Not terrible, but found it pretty bland. Standout song: Nobodys Girl

First song is nice. Pretty tame after that.

Had some moments but mostly Zzzzzz…

Sounds like every other female singer

love the electric piano but the hokier songs brought it down

Incredibly lame and overproduced. I’m sorry Bonnie.

That was pleasant. I like the one that sounds like a cross between reggae and Bayou jazz

Bonnie Raitt is a wonderful musician, I adore her follow up to this album, Luck Of The Draw, which is a 4.5 to 5 star album on any given day, but this... I *know* it won the Grammy for Album of the Year, I *know* its preserved in the Library of Congress for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" but... I just don't hear it.... Its fairly bland, nothing stood out, it was a passable time and I was never compelled to hit skip or stop, but I just don't hear what's so good about this.

++: Love Letter, Real Man, I Will Not Be Denied, The Road's My Middle Name +: Nick of Time, Too Soon to Tell +-: Thing Called Love, Have a Heart, I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again -: Cry on My Shoulder, Nobody's Girl 5,5/10

Fairly decent album…1 time through is probably enough. More than likely the only time I’ll ever listen to it.

This just wasn't for me

The first 2 songs are pretty good, but unfortunately I wasn't hooked by any of the other songs. I understand why some would like this but it's not for me. 2 Stars.

Not my VIBE!

Nice voice, a few nice blues songs, but nothing that much outstanding. Did I miss something? (apart from the stylish cover?) grin.

?! this was a triumphant return to form? no, this was jc penny dressing room music.

easy-listening country-lite adult contemporary synth-driven elevator music ballads??? in MY 1001 albums????? it's the same synth sound used in video game water levels so i'm instinctively wary. this was heralded as a "return to form" for bonnie, and i can only assume the "form" in question must be the 12-bar blues. this was bland and uninspiring to me, but maybe you had to be there. favorites: thing called love, have a heart, the road's my middle name

Dont ask me my favorite song from this because I feel about all of them the exact same way BORRRING

i feel like i'm in a JCPenny

This kind of country pop doesn’t do much for me but I suppose it’s well executed.

Meh

Een van de vele favorieten van Don Leo Blokhuis. Ik ken Bonnie Reet van veel van zijn verhalen, maar van haar muziek ken ik weinig. Het valt me eigenlijk een beetje tegen. Het heeft een hoog Shania Twain gehalte. Is dit nu waar de man, de mythe, Don Leo, zo hoog over opgeeft? Misschien wreekt het zich dat het wel behoorlijk 80s is, met alle drumcomputers en synths van die tijd. Maar wat is dit ongelooflijk saai zeg. Don Leo valt meer en meer van zijn voetstuk. In zijn podcastjes is het ook altijd hoe geweldig die muziek en die artiest is en hoe vaak hij naar die artiesten heeft geluisterd. Als je het allemaal bij elkaar optelt, dan heeft de beste man langer muziek geluisterd, dan dat hij leeft. Of hij moet alles wat hij zogenaamd grijs draait, ook maar 1x beluisterd hebben. Ik smul van zijn verhalen, maar voortaan neem ik het met een hele flinke korrel zout. Of zoals iemand (ik dacht Mike Bodde) al eens zei: Leo Blokhuis weet heel veel over, maar weinig van muziek. Blijft er voor Bonnie hoogstens een magere 3 over, die ik met veel bombast, neppe drums en synth als een ware 80s plaat naar beneden afrondt.

Way too late 80s adult contemporary for me, although you can see what she's capable of underneath it all.

Here’s a glimpse into my mind: I first read Bonnie Raitt as Bonnie Ratt, then spent the entirety of this lackluster listening experience thinking about how a late-80s country cover of “Round and Round” would sound.

Did not know miss xcx sampled the opening track for this... feeling #silly. Other than that fun bit, I don't know if this was something I neeeeeeded to hear before I die. But you know, to each their own.

So smooth…late 80s anti-nostalgia kicking in, since this seemed to be playing everywhere…great album overall, but really my favorite genre/style

I feel like Bonnie is a talented musician and, from what I can tell, a good person, so I really wanted to like this. Unfortunately, it is dull at its best, and at its worst it’s like a distillation of all the worst 70s soft rock garbage.

Feels like I’m listening to the radio played over the intercom at a supermarket which is sometimes decent but is mostly just wallpaper

Eh, if you like American oldies sound of music, you'll probably like this. The southern twang never appeals to me, but I don't think the substance is necessarily bad

Fair enough, bluesy country, nothing special.

Bonnie Raitt, the artist who most sounds like a drunk Glaswegian saying "Its good, isn't it?" Meh, very typical late eighties country-pop pap, very much not my thing but not so offensive as to get a one.

Super 80s! Um…this wasn’t terrible? But also just not amazing either. There were some songs that I sort of liked okay? But I will very most likely never listen to this album again.

Lyden af en feminin Elton John. Coveret så jeg som en dame i crop top som piller sig selv i navlen... Real man Alabama.... Albummet gør intet for at ramme mig. Ikke engang had...

Puha det var svært at komme igennem. Pop-rock når det er værst

had me interested in the beginning but kinda dropped off later

Oh no.

I'm not mad about it.

I’m not sure why she is fingering a Fleshlight on the cover, but it’s the most interesting thing about the album.

A nothingburger of music. I can't give it one star because it didn't even generate any sort of negative emotions. Just emptiness

I hoped to like this at least a little, but this really did nothing for me. Super bland country-pop.

The first song on this album, Nick of Time, makes me feel That Feeling! That feeling of being on the plane home from Paris and seeing the sunset behind the suspension bridge out the plane window. That feeling of being on a motorbike on an island in Vietnam with my favourite people, wearing shorts and a tan, wind in my hair and this song playing. That feeling of being a bottle of wine deep into the evening, live swing band playing, people watching us dance from their seats. That feeling of drinking unlimited prosecco on a river cruise in Budapest, dancing with old couples and two Kiwi's i'd met the day before, getting sunburnt and getting drunk and getting kissed. That Feeling

Me suena su nombre, pero no sabría decir ni una canción de ella. Ni fú, ni fá. Lo mismo supuso un hito para ella o para alguien, pero a mí me parece prescindible en esta lista.

I raitt this 2/5

Easy listening, adult contemporary, soft-rock. Call it what you want, but mostly it just reads as not for me. This is grocery store music: unassuming and inoffensive. It's got that generic 80's sound to it. It's the music that would play in a bog-standard fish out of water comedy from that time. You've got a man from Siberia visiting America for the first time ever? Teach him how to line dance in a country/western bar with a few of these songs. Hilarity will ensue. Not for me, but hey, that hair is hue and I love the Rogue-esque stripe of white in the red

This just sounds very generic to me. 80s pop and Americana collide, and somehow the result is blander than both of those genres. I think the fact it's mostly covers adds to the whiff of cabaret/bar-band I'm picking up.

Kind of slow, but some of the songs were decent.

Fairly enjoyable but not very substantial

Julefreden sænker sig og derfor bliver det her en generøs 2'er og ikke en irriteret 1'er. Corny country og 80'er synthpop produktioner er en meget dårlig blanding, men nogle enkelte synes jeg den ringe, overpolerede produktion er i kontrast til hendes stemme, der egentlig er ret god. Ville lyve hvis jeg sagde at jeg ikke nikkede med på et nummer eller 2

Ret frontloaded, meget smooth produktion som lyder lidt for fars-cd-samling-core til nogensinde at være cool, sorry

Boring. Why is this on there

Was never going to work for me Will I listen to again: 0%

Great voice but way too eighties and not in a good way....

So 80s. I'm not in the mood tonight.

The lyrics were sometimes hackneyed. The synths were an little embarrassing. The tracks seemed to veer wildly between a sincere expression of nuanced human emotion and cliché meaningless bullshit. Raitt’s voice is consistently incredible but it’s not quite enough to win me over.

Not too bad, quite nice.

I thought this would grab my attention in some way but it was pretty bland. I didn't give it a huge amount of focus but for what I did, I didn't get much out.

I like her voice. I don't like how 1980s department store synthesizer the music sounds. Oh, I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again is a bit better, tho bland. Overall pretty bland.

Songs 4 80s housewives... Doesn't do much for a 28 year old male metalhead in 2024 NGL.

Hmm, totally average bluesy air. Don't understand why it's on the list.

While Bonnie's vocals are undeniably fun to listen to, you start to get tired real quick of all the love songs she's belting out. I tried to give it a fair shake, but it's just not for me. Best songs: Thing Called Love, Soon To Tell Worst Songs: Nobody's Girl, The Road's My Middle Name

i could have given this a higher score but i had a bad day

ehhhhhh this is not really my cup of tea. its that country cheese pop blend that I don't really like.

I can't believe I've never heard this album. Really odd mix of 80s synths and blues rock but with ballad lyrics. Can't say it was my favorite.

I really don’t know what to think of this. At first I thought „oh, some cool 80s pop music“ but then it started to become a bit boring in the middle just to get better again in the end. Really hard to judge.

Já, síðníundatugar köntrí. Þetta fer hvorki í taugarnar á mér né gerir neitt fyrir mig. Slick og lítið eftirminnilegt. Ain't gonna let you break my heart er samt smá næs, minnir á Stevie. En það er bara ekki nóg í þrist.

Overall this album is ok. Bad ok, but ok. It's got some good songs at the start of it! But even they are generally forgettable, and when compared with rock/pop bands from a similar era e.g. Bonnie Tyler or Huey Lewis and the News I think this really falls short. Her voice is good; it's the songwriting and production which is just a bit lacklustre. After the first 3 songs the quality really went downhill. Cry on my shoulder I really suffered through. "Thing called love" is a good song. Not great but good. Overall this is a classic 2 star album. Fine, but forgettable.

pop mit country-einfluss. zwei bekannte nummern, der rest nett, aber belanglos.

This wasn’t a bad listen by any means. I liked Bonnie’s voice and a lot of the tracks had a good sound, but I felt it trailed off a bit towards the end as many albums do. Still listenable but I was bored for the second half

Yeah, 80s coumtry inspired pop. Cant make me happy with that.

At first I was kind of interested in listening to something that was completely new to me, but this pop album full of love ballads really isn't my thing. I kind of like the late 80s synths throughout the album, but they are honestly implemented in some of the most basic and safe ways possible. Every song being essentially the same doesn't help the score here either. Have a Heart is ok, so is Nick of Time.

mi sta a calà il sonno...

This album has a country base with jazzy elements. It’s smooth but sappy. I definitely hear it as a precursor to Norah Jones.

Not really my type.

Not really my cup of tea. Some nice moments but not enough. Hard to give it a good Raitting

Enjoyable country singing

Nick of Time? More like waste of time, amirite? Not for me

Ha ez az album a rrrrrohadtul semmitmondó lifteszenéket kitermelő 80-as évek summázása, akkor teljesen meg tudom érteni, mit keres ezen a listán, de egyébként gőzöm sincs. Az egyest az igazán szaroknak tartogatom, de ez annyira középszar, hogy még csak azt sem érdemli ki.

reménykedtem valamiért, hogy nem olyan lesz, mint amilyen a borítója. pont olyan sajnos.

It's really an incredibly underwhelming album. And I'm not even against the country pop, Nashville type of sound (except the garbage of today). But this wasn't innovative while also not being all that fun. Still, it'd had just a bit of fun to it to not rate a 1.

# 327 : Started off ok but got a little boring towards the end. Nothing special and a whole lot of meh. Who did she pay to get the Grammy? Another album which makes you reconsider whether there are as many as 1,001 albums you MUST listen to before you die. Best song : Nobody's Girl

This is not my cup of tea, but given my expectations for hating this, I'm pleasantly surprised. It's kinda good in the same way that mid-80s George Harrison is good - "Got My Mind Set On You" era George, that is. It's not really what I'd go out of my way to listen to, and if I were to walk into an establishment that was blasting music that sounded like this, I've made a few wrong turns, but yeah, that's a long way of saying "this ain't that bad, I guess". Still just a 2 from me, but saying I like it will win me brownie points with my partner's mom, so I'm willing to listen to the whole album.

This album tries to do too much while simultaneously being cookie-cutter. Like, there's country and blues rock, but also some of what sounds like R&B (almost Sade-like). Nothing seemed super special about the lyrical content, some of it falling under standard country fare to my ears. Now I have nothing against Raitt, her next album has some good stuff, but I was honestly surprised to see that this album won a Grammy in 1990.

It isn't good, it isn't bad. What it is is mediocre. Why is it on this list? There is nothing remarkable about this in any way

I get that she's a great, but, this didn't really grab me.

Kiva että oli rockimpi, etenkin lopun enempi vähempi bluesihtavuus vetosi, kun alun megakasarista päästiin. Hyvä ääni, jotenkin herttainen, ei olla ollenkaan kovistelemassa, on vain vähän kiire tien päälle. You go, girl. Vähän sais silti olla mielenkiintoisempi, nyt vähän muovi.

Muutama biisi ja kasa kalkuloitua filleriä riitti tekemään hänestä relevantin 80-luvun lopun bisneksessä. Biisit ovat hyviä. Jääköön filleri historian arvioitavaksi.

Just sounds like a very generic 80s pop album? It changes a bit the genre throughout the album, but still nothing special.

There's some good licks here but not enough is making me sit up and pay attention. Real Man has a bit of actual drive at least. Too many slower tracks that meander around and don't get anywhere. Middle school slow dance isn't an aesthetic I need to revisit. The rest isn't good enough either. Too country, or too bland, I don't know.

Well I got thru it, I really did expect at least something here to grab me considering the love and adoration Bonnie seems to have… This is such generic, commercial trash. If she had something special to overcome the stale lyrics, that’d be something but no there’s really nothing exciting or fresh at all here. I get it, you’re independent and people get old, whatever Bonnie. Also, what the fuck is that weird ass belt you’re fingering on the cover? This sucks 2 stars

Incorporating rock music only works if it wasn't treated like a wounded pigeon. One should smash her head in it. Sell her soul for it. Channel her deepest inner turmoil in it. Rock works if one is sincere and daring.

- 2 because it's Bonnie Raitt .... -

This is a clear progenitor to 90s pop country. I like 90s pop country to a point. You can make a pretty fire playlist out of it for sitting around a campfire. But it also has a very narrow lane for being good and it's easy for it to fall to pretty awful. This album didn't really hit the mark. It is just kind of nothing. Too bland for anything over a 2. Not so bad that it gets a 1.

Boring, repetitive and horribly produced.

So ‘preferred’ is a very strong term here, but the more upbeat slide guitar/generic 80s rock/pop ones were better. Overall, not unpleasant as such, but an uninspiring jaunt through a few country/ballad/AOR styles, with a grating 80s twist. Obvs will never listen again. Gets a solid 2 when taking into account the epic lady-mullet on the album cover.

Bluesy, quite like it. Think my clapping dance moves would fit in at her concert.

Fav: Love Letter Least Fav: Have A Heart

Almost painfully generic and absolutely forgettable. Listening to this album feels like having to drink a bottle of water when you're not thirsty.

Just boring

I'm sure this is good ... if you like the cheesiest music in the history of the world. I am put in mind of plastic tablecloths in a tatty American diner. She can sing, and play the guitar - so an extra star for that. "You think I'm blind, but I've got eyes to see." And I have ears to listen - this is bad.

Awful

Not especially exciting, sadly. It felt quite generic, didn't really have any song that stood out. Bonnie has quite good voice though, gotta give her that.

She has a really cool voice, sounds a bit like Bonnie Tyler or Stevie Nicks. It was just a mostly bland country. The song that stood out the most for me was "Nick of Time" and that was mainly due to the Bon Iver cover of that song and her only other song I know "I can't make you love me" (which is really beautiful song but not on this album).

Liked some songs. Really influential on 90s pop country, which is a soft spot for me, since that’s what I listened to while growing up.

Sounds like an album of early 90's sitcom themes. See "Real Man". Not worth a second listen.

I won’t give it one-star only because those one-stars need to stay special. This isn’t one star.

Ehhh

wouldn’t listen again but was nice. nobody’s girl and have a heart were the best

No thanks

Love Bonnie Raitt. Hate 80s blues

The first song was really pretty good but then everything after that was a bit boring and one dimensional. She has a good voice and lyrically it’s fine for some older country. Overall though this album just isn’t something worth talking about. 5.5/10

Not my thing, sorry Bonnie

This is pretty middle of the road, safe, boomer centric boring music. Nothing here for me at all.

kantri rokki power balladi fuusio.. kuin helvetistä perkele tuonut maailmalle lahjaksi päähänpistoksen.. tässä nähdään mtä alkoi tapahua massatuotetulle amerikkalaiselle folkkimysalle, ja lopputulos ei mikään kaunis näky ole. really a brilliant lyricist, monta asiaa voisin rouvasta sanoa, tuo ei ehkä olisi yksi niistä jota tulisi mainittua ehkä jopa kertaakaan kyseisistä asioista... hohhhoiaiiijjjakkkkahaaa... baarimusiikkia, jos baarissa unfarthomably bad vibe, awkward atmosphere. työn jälkeen yksi tuoppi, nohjaa, vois tästä hiljalleen alkaa käppäilemmään, tuonne kodin suuntaan heh, kuitenkin lämmin ateria odottamassa, tarvitse täällä sen kummasemmin aikaa vietttämään, oikeastaan olleenkaan, tyytyväinen tähän elämään tällä hetkellä, noh, huomiseen patte, nähdään huomenna... thing called love

There is just something about late 80s production qualities on blues and country that I really feel ages them. This is entirely too slick and the reggae influenced song seems laughable to me now.

You can trace the roots here, as if it were music for Taylor Swift’s grandma. Pleasant enough, but snooze who isn’t asking for a little more something from their music than that? Retaining the form of the blues, but with none of its bite, it all begins to sound a bit dreary, so much so that it’ll never get a second listen from me.

Mikä hengen köyhyys saa ihmisen kuuntelemaan tällaista 2/5

eäh aika geneerinen kasarinaispop-levy. jää bonnie tylerista selvästi. 2/5

One of the best country albums I've ever heard! 2 Stars

tja... echt slecht kun je dit niet noemen... maar iets te gepolijste jaren 80 sfeer voor mij.

😴🤢😴😴

Pretty interesting musically. Some blues and maybe even funk elements. Still kind of too "smooth rock" for me, almost too understated considering the power of her voice. So not my fave.

Always like her voice, though not the music. Country music has yet to resonate with me.

Elle a l'air très très gentille mais désolée ça manquait de cunt

2.09

I remember this album from the late 80’s mostly because my mother bought it. It’s not bad, but for me it’ll always feel and sound like mom music.

Sounds the kind of thing they’d have playing in the background of a Hollywood movie as the main character enters a truck stop or something.

Was alright but not my kind of music.

Nothing special on here

It was fine, didn’t offer anything amazing for me. Won’t listen again but if it was playing I wouldn’t turn it off

Plain, slightly old, tap water Nnn

yek 1

not my style but obviously very talented at what she does.

Is halt so Country Pop-Kram, wat willste machen? 2-3

Middle of the road, unadventurous music. Not terrible.

The '80s production undermines this album a lot. There are good songs here, but the thick layer of synthetic makeup that's slathered over it hasn't stood up too well to the test of time.

I understand the cultural significance of this album but it did not age well.

This sounds like something my dad would listen to. But not in a good way?

Started off okay but quickly went down hill. Not a long album but still a bit of a chore

Seicht

It played

Nick Of Time is bland, bland soft rock/easy listening radio fayre; somehow Thing Called Love ends up on Planet Rock sometimes :D I knew that song very well but none of the others and I don't feel like my life has been improved by having this bestowed on me today. It is inoffensively, 2/5 bland.

This is really, really, not good. It's saved a 1 because I'm reserving that for stuff that is actively unpleasant to listen to, but this has nothing to recommend it. It's just dull, the lyrics are cliched, the music doesn't do much, and her voice is perfectly good but not special enough to carry an album that's so vocally driven. And all the tracks go on too long, many of them ending via fadeout which makes them feel even longer. 2/5. Just.

bland as hell

Not that this is a bad record or artist, but this feels really generic. Bonnie Raitt combines a lot of different styles of roots music (blues, folks, country, etc.) that comes out super bland to me. She's an awesome guitarist though.

Dull nothingness

I put this off because I thought there was no way I was going to truly enjoy a Bonnie Raitt album. I was slightly shocked. This is apparently still full heel turn by country. This is way less pop and more honky tonk blues. Half the tracks fill that honky tonk vibe, the other are over produced tear in my beer love songs. I don't mind the latter but I don't think Hank did it this way.

Started off nice with a couple of catchy foot tapping tunes, but then was followed by a few ballads which I was not a fan of. Never really got back into a groove for me and was just kind of typical country which didn't do much for me

Neither the time, nor the place.

No, 80s country pop is definitely not my bop. I was kind of hoping to hate this enough to give it a 1, but it’s fine. Inoffensive enough to cruise in for a sickly 2.

Too much like a session band on autopilot. The musical competence oozes out the speakers.

country / folk / blues très monotone. 4.5/10

boohoo

Favs: Have a Heart

Wie kann Musik so generisch klingen und gleichzeitig die Sängerin so gut?

Genre: country Instruments: 2/5 Modern Translation: 2/5 Dance Potential: 1/5 Listening Location: walking in Sydney Heard it before: Yes Favourite Song: Thing Called Love Made me feel: liked the upbeat feel of this album, but most of the songs sounded the same after the first two. Still like Bonnie but not sure if this qualified for the list of albums.

Not bad.

Just not in my wheelhouse. Musically its fine, but it doesn't strike any sort of cord with me personally. 2.5/5

Sassy. I think for personal reasons I prefer Carole King, but this is a 2 or a 3 for me.

First song and it's already better than Bob Dylan. It has a good vibe, but nothing special that would make me listen to this again. It was too monotonous, though I like her voice. Second one is a little upbeat, plus county vibes. I love this for now. It has the best karaoke vibe, guitar getting louder is fun. It has Elton John vibe, and I love it. It is still monotonous, but in a good way. Very simple lyrics also, dunno why this album is here. Third song has Donna Summer vibe definitely. I wish it was progressive or at least had a proper chorus, otherwise it's great, but I'll get bored of it soon maybe. 4th song is a slow one, so less vibes, and more boring. I liked this the least for now. It's just not it. Now 5th song is smth I wanted. Piano and guitar, plus upbeat. Weird instrument came in the instrumental break, loved it. 6th song is uninteresting, tooo country for me. Nothing happened really to say, wouldn't listen to that one. Same thing about 7th song, not unique, no beat, kind of annoyingly slow. Instrumental break has a soft beat, which I surprisingly like. Hate hate the 8th song, backgrounding it, unless I skip it. Woow again a bad song, 9th one, literally nothing happens. Why can't artists keep up the goodness. I do like when she says "deadly". Can't wait to finish this totally boring album. She doesn't even have vocals to make it better. 10th song and literally I'm in pain. I just skipped ahead some parts, and didn't regret at all. Finallyyy 11th song has a decent beat. I like this kind of songs, more than those slow torture ones. At least she ended the album fine. Sooo I was gonna rate this 3, but I feel like there's too many flops, so 2 seems like the right choice, even temptations was more funn to listen to, but definitely not better than Floyd.

Va kje nåke for denna karen her

Sie kann singen und spielt eine passable Slideguitar, die ersten beiden Titel sind poppig/bluesig, aber der Rest ist mir dann doch zu sehr Country-lastig.

2/5

Ugh. This is the 80's going ALL-IN on itself just before the clock struck midnight.

Soft rock, singer/songwriter, lidt country, set par okay, men lidt for generisk

Meh

Mukavaa musiikkia albumi loskahtelee kuin flacksjön aallot amuyöstä...

Well that was ridiculous. But in a fun way.

Apparently one of Raitt's biggest supporters was Prince? That's unexpected. Slightly intereting background story. The music is fine but it's not my style.

Despite a bunch of things I usually dislike (the very 80s sound of the first track) or boring (blues rock), this was ok. but I'm giving a max of 2 for any album with zero songs I'll listen to again on purpose, so 2 it is

Just can’t do it with the rock drums and the shiny finish. Sorry Bonnie.

Nick Of Time Have A Heart

1.5/5

Милфу захотелось 4/10

This album was pretty meh. I like country music but this didn't do much for me.

Hmm opzich wel leuk om naar te luisteren maar heeft niet echt iets speciaals, beetje saai imo Would not buy

Wasn’t feeling this one at all.

Incredibly dated and uninteresting.

meh

I have fond memories of my mom loudly playing Luck of the Draw on road trips, but we never really listened to this one. Honestly, this has a lot of those bad 80s sounds that don't hold up well over time. Not my cup of tea.

1980-luvun naispoppari, muttei kuitenkaan Madonnaan verrattava. Tylsä, mutta hyvin ”aikansa tuotos”