Nick Of Time

Bland, generic 80s tosh but inoffensive and avoids one star

I don’t Raitt it

Poppy county blues. Pretty solid for what it is. Stronger vocally and lyrically than musically though. Pretty consistent and enjoyable throughout save for a couple of the twangier songs. The familiar Have a Heart and the title track are the standouts. Easy to listen to though and a nice change of pace, even if it's not something that I'd normally seek out.

3, it's fine. Not my jam normally but an enjoyable dip into an unfamiliar style.

I don't remember this album and I listened to it like 10 minutes ago

Not what I feel was advertised by yt music's description or the album cover

Second half was so boring I forgot I was listening to music.

Nice voice, generic 80s blues pop rock.

I really didn't need to revisit this. where i grew up this was everywhere. this was every car pool ride to school. every soccer practice, whatever. i guess it's fine by normal person standards but fuck this album tbh

Wasn't a big fan of this album not much to it. Up until "Nobody's Girl" I was pretty bored. That track was great. The others a bit bland. Might have not been in the mood for it. Final track was solid as well.

Just not my thing.

Strong 3 stars. Not a bad listen. Her voice is good, and the chords have a little more color than I was expecting from this style

Surprising that I liked this album. Really catchy. I always considered her "country" in my mind, but she's really bluesy and I dig it. Will listen to more of her. 3.5/5, but rounding up to a 4.

sonidos agradables y una voz realmente atrapante, que te hace mantener la atención en la totalidad del álbum. fue mi primera escucha tanto del álbum como de bonnie raitt y realmente estoy deseando conocer más de sus trabajos

I'm aware OF Bonnie Raitt but can't say I've ever heard her stuff before. Ok yeah, just soft country rock type stuff, nothing mind-blowing but still foot-tappable in places. No real staying power, though - can kinda see why no one remembers it today. 3/5.

Well, I love her story of perseverance and overcoming that led to this album. I certainly appreciate her voice and the musicality. I just don't feel that I ever need to listen to this album again. It's not her, it's me.

Yay, a woman finally! I haven't listened to this one in a long, long time and it was wonderful to listen to it again. I love her voice, love her music. (Also, her hair. My god that HAIR!) Favorite tracks: Thing Called Love, Cry On My Shoulder, Nobody's Girl, I Will Not Be Denied, and I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again.

Oh an album I owned and enjoyed when it came out! I haven’t listened to the album in a very long time. Loving the big hits, but this album also has a lot of depth beyond the hits. Really a great album. Listened to it a couple of times and love it from beginning to end.

It's musical, and Bonnie has a great voice, but I found the whole thing pretty uninteresting. Inoffensive background music at best - the kind of thing you might expect to hear being played in the toilets of a chain restaurant.

Very pedestrian pop-blues rock/country. Feels like 80's production. I can see why this was a big hit for her. Some of the songs that veer more towards the blues (Real Man for instance) are ok, but generally this is not very interesting to me. Guitars are too clean and too far back in the mix. Personally I'd rather listen to actual Chicago-style blues like Muddy Waters or something with a bit more bite and hard edge. This is kind of watered down blues-style pop.

Yeah it’s ok.

chill countryish music 2.5

4/5 - Good, but not for me

Bonnie Raitt is an American blues singer, guitarist, songwriter... Eso dice la Wikipedia y si uno se queda con solo la visión de este disco sería algo terrible. No se si es por el punto que mencionan que fue su décimo disco que era un pseudoregreso después de haber tenido muchos problemas pero es lamentable esta situación. El album se siente totalmente sin caracter, suena a "tengo que hacer música de moda" a más no poder... se sonido de teclado ochentero tipo casio para niño de primaria en el setting "ocarina," todo el arreglo del disco con las peores partes de los vicios de la época, la música suena plástica, sosa y apagada, el bajo totalmente artificial; se siente como una mujer completamente fuera de su elemento y creo que no hay mejor expresión que la cara que pone en la portada para expresar mi sentir de todo el disco. De todo el disco a final de cuentas solo dos canciones son escritas por ella, la primera, que es el sencillo famoso y en mi opinión la peor canción del disco, y la última que muestra un atisbo ligero de que aquí hay mucho talento pero perdido no se en dónde. Disco triste, con unas pequeñas ventanas de canciones tipo blues rock pero bajadas de tono y otras totalmente siguiendo la moda (que incluso para 89-90 ya se siente obsoleto el estilo en mi opinión) al grado que solo les falta una trapper keeper para intentar verse relevantes. En verdad no entiendo cómo es que este disco es tan aclamado. Mucho menos entiendo este disco cuando voy y veo la OTRA música que tiene Bonnie Raitt... De verdad ruego vean este video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rHATfTpLre4&ab_channel=Bonnie%27sPrideandJoy y comparen el talento y la energía de esta mujer, casi treinta años después de este disco... a los 67 años de edad y ver la calidad de su música y su talento y compararlo con lo que ofrece en este disco... es de verdad incomprensible para mí.

Nada innovador, nada memorable, tampoco nada insufrible y me parece buena música de fondo. Tiene momentos lindos de country-soundtrack-de-chickflick pero hasta ahí. Dos estrellas porque realmente no lo sufrí, aunque seguro no lo vuelvo a visitar. Songs: Real Man, I Will Not Be Denied

Nunca había escuchado de Bonnie, ni alguna de las canciones de este disco. Su historia personal es interesante, pero el disco se me hizo X. Ni siquiera me dieron ganas de terminar de escucharlo...

Este sí es de esos discos que no sé que hacen aquí. Ni siquiera es malo, pero simplemente no le veo lo innovador o histórico o especial y me hace pensar que me va a caer peor cuando acabemos la lista y yo sienta que pudo haberle dejado el lugar a otros discos. En fin, soft rock baladoso con toques de country que no hace daño a nadie, pero tampoco impresiona. Quizá su valor está en que reinició prácticamente de cero su carrera porque lo había perdido todo.

There are a few songs I thought were ok, the more bluesy ones. The album overall has objectively very talented people playing well, it just didn’t really make me feel anything.

Buen disco de voz senior femenina con ciertos toques de blues y country. Sin muchos alardes, se deja escuchar, aunque te deja un poco indiferente

80s as fuck. She's got a good voice but not for me.

Classy 80s American rock

I love her early 70's work, and even most of "Luck Of The Draw". Apparently Bonnie Raitt was going to make an album with Prince before this album, and was even signed to his Paisley Park album before things fell apart. Now THAT'S an album I want to hear. Wondering if THIS should be the Bonnie Raitt album represented on this list. Thinking it's a bit over praised because it won some surprise Grammys. And then I listened to it again, and it makes all the sense in the world why it's here. I still think Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever should have won the Album Of The Year Grammy instead, but this is a great listen.

Oh shit. I'm probably really gonna hate this one. I can already tell that this is gonna be VERY outside of my wheelhouse but you know what, this is exactly why I decided to do this. I'm so addicted to knowledge that just being aware of what this person sounds like as well as this album will be good enough for me even if I hate the music. Ok so the first track, the title track, is pretty damn good and exceeded my expectations. It feels genuinely sincere and tasteful, rather than the really boring, predictable, country rock I was expecting. I can fuck with it. Unfortunately the second track pretty much it on some of the things I was afraid of. I'm really just not into most country, blues, and whatever rock music that blends these together. I will say it's not totally cringe inducing beyond the aesthetic choices that I can't vibe with. Again, it really does feel genuine and authentic without trying to achieve some kind of market based outcome utilizing contrived and cliche'd concepts that are simply popular and arbitrarily novel. You can tell she means everything she plays and sings, and even if I'm not on board with the sound I'm hearing I'm completely on board with Bonnie as an artist. She's a good guitarist too. Ok, it's not completely without some cliche's that border on the uncomfortable (Love Letter's lyrics are noticeably less interesting than the opening track), and I've never really been for a lot of the conventions of rock music, which is just throw some good enough lyrics that fit nicely into the music, shut up, and play the damn guitar. There's a lot to respect in this straightforwardness but again that doesn't totally resonate with me and is rarely ever the kind of music that really hits me in my deepest parts (with the exception of maybe AC/DC or something, I dunno). It just goes to show how rock is basically dead. Bonnie seems like the kind of woman I would really like as a person and I can sense it in the music even if there are jarring cultural differences. But so far this album makes me wanna clean my ears out with a Coil album or something. It's definitely the most palatable "conservative" music I've ever heard, for sure.

Very smooth voice. Music is a little smooth jazz/smooth country vibe. Great vocal melodies.

So eighties you can smell the hairspray. Trapped somewhere between country and Bonnie Tylers hair. Not sure how it made it out of the sports bars, karaoke lounges and the pool houses of the mid west. Though having lived through this era I’m pretty sure it didn’t cross the Atlantic. Elevator music at worst, pedestrian at best. However, mostly harmless.

Great album. All songs are worth listening to with a few stand out hits. Amazing voice. Worth having this on vinyl.

Not bad, but a little bit folky for me

Great relaxed sounds with a good beat

Overall, this album did not disappoint. Highlights are Nick of Time and Love Letter. But I don't think the album has the 'great' factor. Most of it became good background music while I was doing stuff. 4/5 stars.

Nick Of Time

Nick of Time. What a song. I also like I can’t make you love me but it’s on another album. As far as I’m concerned I’m very excited to delve deeper.

I’m a little stumped figuring out how to rate this. Did I enjoy it? Yes, most of it. It’s how to do romantic songs, and I’m a true sucker for booming 80s drums. I will explore more of her back catalogue (so to speak!!!). Do I think it’s an album I need to have listened to before I die? Well, probably not, frankly. I can’t see what sets it above other similar mid-tempo soft rock of the 80s. It definitely stood out in contrast to the dreck we’ve been served up for the last four days. But not enough for me.

A comedown from the other Bonnie Raitt albums I've heard, but they're all terrific so a tough standard to meet. What works so well on those is how woven together the vocals and music are--giving the impression of songs that evolve organically--and how deftly she toes the lines of sentimentality and joyfulness, never in danger of misstepping because her voice is nothing if not convincing. I figure those two effects must be mutually reinforcing because here the interaction between vocals and music is replaced by a reliance on steady pop-friendly backing tracks, with the result that her voice, surely as good as ever, doesn't fluff my pillows in the same way. That damages the convincing factor, meaning that the sentimental ones sometimes slip into schlock and the joyful ones into forced cheer.

Great voice. Most listenable album

A nice blend of 80s pop, blues, and a weird mix of raegae. Bonnie Raitt has a soulful and emotive voice that blends well with her band, when the genre is right. Nothing too complex as far as theme or song structure, but effective none the less.

Good singing. Raitt is often praised for her vocal interpretation, and I agree with that.

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Why did I always just assume Bonnie Raitt was a straight up Country singer? This album is way more Blues than Country, though.

Bland with an edge

A great feel good album

o lordy crikey o'reilly

Bedre end jeg troede men ik så godt

I grew up listening to this because my parents had this album... not my normal kind of music but I love her voice and there's more than a few catchy songs on this particular album

Generic Kinda boring for me

Actually enjoyed this quite a bit. Nothing to compare it to though. Couple catchy songs.

Dear god. Like a female Bryan adams where a two year old has written the lyrics. Basic not partically good Americana

Dull soft rock. Found it pretty boring.

I went in with low expectations. Not terrible but too close to Shania Twain for me.

3.8* good album but not my cup of tea

Alright Bonnie, you go on with your bad self. Some nice 80s ballads in here. I prefer the bluesier tracks on the second half of the album, as the acoustic guitar tracks

Really layering on the cheese for this one. Favorite tracks: “Thing Called Love” and “The Road’s My Middle Name”

Soft rock is fine

Nearly put me to sleep which is pretty bad considering I was driving. A lack of direction and focus really made it suffer.

Interesting country songs

Good record. Second single my favorite

Eh.

No sir, I don't like it

Nice für nen roadtrip

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Some ok sections, reminds me of Mario 64. Not too exciting overall

Truly was dreading this but to say I was pleasantly surprised. I'm not above some good "mom rock" and this is a solid album top to bottom.

the good songs are sooooo good.

not for me

Really a brilliant lyricist in this genre. Traditional without being cliched. There's a blend of strength and vulnerability in the sensibility of the writing. The music doesn't stand out so much as the writing but it's all rock solid.

I thought I did not know this artist. But I know the song 'Have A Heart' from Bonnie Raitt. I like this song a lot. Found a good live version as well. This songs was still pressent in my memories. The live version sound more to how I remeber it, a little bit more raw. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cf3lbnz5sw)

Kinda sounds like Fleetwood Mac, just not as iconic. More folk-country

Standard 80s album

I love Bonnie but this album sounds very, very much like a stereotypical country/blues album in the 80’s. The guitar didn’t seem to be on fire.

Did not like this at all

Some famous songs - but generally not my taste

sounds bland

no point of listening

Uninspiring

Actually ended up liking this more than I thought I would

Not my thing but good

I know of only one Bonnie Raitt song before this and I like this, she's a kween

Country style with 80s production,.. to say it ain’t my thing would be an understatement!

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