Bonnie Raitt Nick Of Time Vinyl LP Capitol C1-91268 Thing Called Love 1st Press
Bonnie Raitt Nick of Time Vinyl LP - Capitol C1-91268 VG++/NM First Pressing (1989) with "Thing Called Love"
Condition: VG++ (EX) Vinyl and Near Mint Cover. Vinyl was play-tested on both sides and plays very well with nice fidelity. Cover is excellent -- fully intact with good color, strong corners, and no seam splits. Spine is still visible and it includes original custom inner sleeve with lyrics.
Nick of Time is the tenth studio album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1989. It was Raitt's first album to be released by Capitol Records. A commercial breakthrough after years of personal and professional struggles, Nick of Time topped the Billboard 200 chart, selling five million copies, and won three Grammy Awards, including Album of the Year, which was presented to Raitt and producer Don Was. In 2003, the album was ranked number 229 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. In 2022, the album was selected by the Library of Congress for preservation in the United States National Recording Registry for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
Nick of Time features a smooth and understated rock sound. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic wrote: "[Raitt] never rocks too hard, but there is grit to her singing and playing, even when the surfaces are clean and inviting." There are many genres explored in Nick of Time, including blues rock, country, R&B, and pop. When Don Was was announced as the producer, some listeners wondered if he would instill a funk rock sound into the album, given his reputation with Was (Not Was). Was decided to instead maintain the laid-back blues sound Raitt had developed earlier in her career. According to Raitt: "There's less production, less slickness. Basically, it's a return to my roots."
Track listing
Side One Nick Of Time3:53 Thing Called Love3:52 Love Letter4:05 Cry On My Shoulder3:44 Real Man4:27 Nobody's Girl3:15
Side Two Have A Heart4:50 Too Soon To Tell3:46 I Will Not Be Denied4:55 I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again2:38 The Road's My Middle Name3:32
Personnel Bonnie Raitt – lead vocals, electric piano (1, 9), slide guitar (2, 3, 4), guitar (5, 6, 11), backing vocals (5) Scott Thurston – keyboards (3, 7) Michael Ruff – keyboards (4) Jerry Lynn Williams – acoustic piano (5) Don Was – keyboards (8) Herbie Hancock – acoustic piano (10) Michael Landau – guitar (1, 3) Johnny Lee Schell – acoustic guitar (2), backing vocals (2), guitar (3, 9) Arthur Adams – guitar (3) John Jorgenson – guitar (8) Jay Dee Maness – pedal steel guitar (8) James "Hutch" Hutchinson – bass (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9) Chuck Domanico – acoustic bass (4, 6) Preston Hubbard – bass (11) Ricky Fataar – drums (1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9), percussion (1) Fran Christina – drums (11) Paulinho da Costa – congas (1), percussion (4, 7) Tony Braunagel – percussion (2, 5), timbales (2), drums (4) Marty Grebb – tenor saxophone (3, 9) Heart Attack Horns – horns (3, 9) Bill Bergman – saxophone Greg Smith – saxophone John Berry, Jr. – trumpet Dennis Farias – trumpet Kim Wilson – harmonica (5, 11) Sir Harry Bowens – backing vocals (1, 3, 8, 9, 11) Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (1, 7, 8, 11) Sweet Pea Atkinson – backing vocals (3, 8, 9, 11) David Crosby – backing vocals (4) Graham Nash – backing vocals (4) _____________________________________________
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