''Silver Lining'' is the fourteenth album by
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Lynn Raitt (; born November 8, 1949) is an American blues singer and guitarist. In 1971, Raitt released her self-titled debut album. Following this, she released a series of critically acclaimed roots-influenced albums that incorporated ...
, released in 2002.
Track listing
#"Fool's Game" (
Jon Cleary
Jon Stephen Cleary (22 November 191719 July 2010) was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including '' The Sundowners'' (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and '' The ...
) – 4:08
#"I Can't Help You Now" (
Gordon Kennedy,
Wayne Kirkpatrick
Wayne Kirkpatrick (born c. 1961) is an American songwriter and musician born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana who now lives in Nashville, Tennessee. He graduated from Baton Rouge Magnet High School in 1979. His younger brother is American screenwriter ...
,
Tommy Sims) – 3:13
#"Silver Lining" (
David Gray) – 6:19
#"Time of Our Lives" (
, Tommy Sims) – 4:00
#"Gnawin' on It" (Raitt, Roy Rogers) – 4:44
#"Monkey Business" (Jon Cleary) – 3:36
#"Wherever You May Be" (Alan Darby, Gavin Hodgson) – 5:31
#"Valley of Pain" (
Rob Mathes,
Allen Shamblin) – 4:27
#"Hear Me Lord" (
Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi
Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi (22 September 1952 – 23 January 2019) was a Zimbabwean musician, businessman, philanthropist, human rights activist and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador for Southern Africa Region.
Career
Mtukudzi grew up in Highfield, a ...
) – 5:09
#"No Gettin' Over You" (Raitt) – 4:45
#"Back Around" (
Habib Koité
Habib Koité ( bm, , Habib Kuwatɛ, born 1958 in Thiès, Senegal) is a Malian musician, singer, songwriter and griot based in Mali. His band, Bamada, was a supergroup of West African musicians, which included Kélétigui Diabaté on balafon.
...
, Raitt) – 5:15
#"Wounded Heart" (
Jude Johnstone) – 4:13
Personnel
* Bonnie Raitt – lead vocals,
slide guitar
Slide guitar is a technique for playing the guitar that is often used in blues music. It involves playing a guitar while holding a hard object (a slide) against the strings, creating the opportunity for glissando effects and deep vibratos tha ...
, backing vocals (1), organ arrangements (3), horn arrangements (5)
*
Jon Cleary
Jon Stephen Cleary (22 November 191719 July 2010) was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including '' The Sundowners'' (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and '' The ...
– keyboards, backing vocals, duet vocals (1)
*
Mitchell Froom –
organ
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Biology
* Organ (biology), a part of an organism
Musical instruments
* Organ (music), a family of keyboard musical instruments characterized by sustained tone
** Electronic organ, an electronic keyboard instrument
** Hammond ...
, synthesizers,
clavinet
The Clavinet is an electrically amplified clavichord invented by Ernst Zacharias and manufactured by the Hohner company of Trossingen, West Germany, from 1964 to 1982. The instrument produces sounds by a rubber pad striking a point on a tension ...
(2),
marxophone (3), additional acoustic piano (3)
* George Marinelli – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmony vocals (3), backing vocals (9),
mandolin
A mandolin ( it, mandolino ; literally "small mandola") is a stringed musical instrument in the lute family and is generally plucked with a pick. It most commonly has four courses of doubled strings tuned in unison, thus giving a total of 8 ...
(10)
*
James "Hutch" Hutchinson – bass guitar, acoustic guitar (11)
*
Ricky Fataar – drums, percussion, backing vocals (9)
*
Steve Berlin –
baritone saxophone
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*
Tommy Sims – backing vocals, electric guitar (4)
*
Bernard Fowler – backing vocals
with:
*
Benmont Tench – acoustic piano (12)
* Roy Rogers – slide guitar (5)
* Andy Abad – lead guitar (9)
*
Habib Koité
Habib Koité ( bm, , Habib Kuwatɛ, born 1958 in Thiès, Senegal) is a Malian musician, singer, songwriter and griot based in Mali. His band, Bamada, was a supergroup of West African musicians, which included Kélétigui Diabaté on balafon.
...
–
gut-string guitar
The classical guitar (also known as the nylon-string guitar or Spanish guitar) is a member of the guitar family used in classical music and other styles. An acoustic wooden string instrument with strings made of gut or nylon, it is a precursor of ...
(10)
*
Andrew Scheps –
drum loops
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(2)
* Gary Gold – snare drum (5)
*
Pete Thomas – percussion (8)
*
Alex Acuña –
conga
The conga, also known as tumbadora, is a tall, narrow, single-headed drum from Cuba. Congas are staved like barrels and classified into three types: quinto (lead drum, highest), tres dos or tres golpes (middle), and tumba or salidor (lowest). ...
s (9),
talking drum (9)
* Souleymane Ann –
calabash (10)
* Mahamadou Kone – talking drum (10)
*
–
balafon (10)
*
Freebo
Daniel Friedberg, better known by the stage name Freebo, is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer noted primarily for his work with Bonnie Raitt. He is also a session musician who has recorded and performed with Ringo Starr, John ...
–
tuba (9)
* Steve Raitt – backing vocals (1)
*
Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (7)
* Fred White – backing vocals (7)
Production
* Producers – Bonnie Raitt,
Tchad Blake and Mitchell Froom.
* Pre-Production Assistant – Tom Corwin
* Tracks 1-10 & 12 recorded by Tchad Blake, assisted by Jacquie Blake.
* Track 11 recorded by John Paterno, assisted by Adam Samuels.
* Overdubs on Track 2 recorded by John Paterno, assisted by Craig Conrad.
* Mixed by Tchad Blake
* Mix Assistant on Track 2 – Claire Lewis
* Mixed at
Real World Studios (Wiltshire, England).
*
ProTools Engineer – Jacquie Blake
* Mastered by
Bob Ludwig
Robert C. Ludwig (born c. 1945) is an American mastering engineer. He has mastered recordings on all the major recording formats for all the major record labels, and on projects by more than 1,300 artists including Led Zeppelin, Lou Reed, Qu ...
at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME).
* Art Direction and Design – Norman Moore
* Photography – Tchad Blake, Ann Cutting,
Henry Diltz and Pat Johnson
* Stylist – Kate Lindsay
* Make-up – Lucienne Zammit
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
External links
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Bonnie Raitt albums
2002 albums
Albums produced by Tchad Blake
Albums produced by Mitchell Froom
Capitol Records albums