Sweet & Sour Tears

Infobox Album
Name = Sweet & Sour Tears
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Ray Charles


Released = March 1964
Recorded = 1964
Genre = R&B/Soul
Country soul
Length =
Label = ABC Records 480
Producer = Ray Charles, Sid Feller
Reviews =
*Allmusic rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jzfoxqq5ldde link]
Last album = "Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul"
(1963)
This album = "Sweet & Sour Tears"
(1964)
Next album = "Have A Smile With Me"
(1964)

"Sweet & Sour Tears" is a 1964 album by Ray Charles.

It is a concept album featuring songs with titles or lyrics referring to crying. In 1997, Rhino Records reissued the album on compact disc with seven bonus tracks from his early career (1956-1971) that added to the "crying" theme.

Track listing

ide one

# "Cry" (Churchill Kohlman) - 3:34
# "Guess I'll Hang My Tears Out to Dry" (Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne) - 4:20
# "A Tear Fell" (Burton, Randolph) - 2:45
# "No One to Cry To" (Robin, Willing) - 2:43
# "You've Got Me Crying Again" (Jones, Newman) - 2:52
# "After My Laughter Came Tears" (Tobias, Turk) - 3:13

ide two

# "Teardrops from My Eyes" (Toombs) - 3:29
# "Don't Cry Baby" (Bernie, Johnson, Unger) - 3:09
# "Cry Me a River" (Hamilton) - 3:20
# "Baby, Don't You Cry" (Johnson, Washington) - 2:40
# "Willow, Weep for Me" (Ronell) - 4:37
# "I Cried for You" (Arnheim, Freed, Lyman) - 2:40

Bonus Tracks (1997 CD release)

# "My Heart Cries for You" (Faith, Sigman) - 2:51
# "I Wake Up Crying" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:00
# "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) - 3:21
# "Teardrops in My Heart" (Horton) - 3:05
# "Crying Time" (Buck Owens) - 2:58
# "No Use Crying" (Daniels, Gaines, Kober) - 3:19
# "Tired of My Tears" (Holiday, Lewis) - 2:23

External links

* [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:jzfoxqq5ldde Album review at AMG]