ABC Paramount Records Stereo 1963
Ingredients in a Recipe for Soul is a 1963 album by Ray Charles.
Although it was a big commercial success, reaching number two on the LP charts, this record would typify the erratic nature of much of Charles' '60s output. It's too eclectic for its own good, really, encompassing pop standards, lowdown blues, Mel Tormé songs, and after-hours ballads. The high points are very high -- "Busted," his hit reworking of a composition by country songwriter Harlan Howard, is jazzy and tough, and one of his best early-'60s singles. And the low points are pretty low, especially when he adds the snow-white backup vocals of the Jack Halloran Singers to "Over the Rainbow" and "Ol' Man River." A number of the remaining cuts are pretty respectable, like the tight big band arrangement of "Ol' Man Time" and the ominously urbane "Where Can I Go?."
Side 1.
1. "Busted" (Harlan Howard) - 2:15
2. "Where Can I Go?" - 3:29
3. "Born to Be Blue" (Mel Tormé, Bob Wells) - 2:53
4. "That Lucky Old Sun" (Beasley Smith, Haven Gillespie) - 4:20
5. "Ol' Man River" (Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern) - 5:29
Side 2.
1. "In The Evening (When The Sun Goes Down)" (Leroy Carr) - 5:50
2. "A Stranger In Town" (Mel Tormé) - 2:26
3. "Ol' Man Time" (Friend) - 2:27
4. "Over The Rainbow" (Harold Arlen, E.Y. Harburg) - 4:09
5. "You'll Never Walk Alone" (Hammerstein, Richard Rodgers) - 4:00
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