Sweet & Sour Tears

Sweet & Sour Tears
Studio album by Ray Charles
Released	March 1964
Recorded	1964
Genre	R&B, soul, country soul
Label	ABC 480
Producer	Ray Charles, Sid Feller
Ray Charles chronology
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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.

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Track listing

Side one

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

Side two

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

Bonus tracks (1997 CD release)

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

External links

• Album review at AMG