''She Talks to Rainbows'' is an EP by Ronnie Spector, released in 1999. It was originally released in the UK via

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Production

''She Talks to Rainbows'' was produced by

Joey Ramone Jeffrey Ross Hyman (May 19, 1951 – April 15, 2001), known professionally as Joey Ramone, was an American singer, songwriter, and the lead vocalist and founding member of the punk rock band Ramones, with Johnny Ramone and Dee Dee Ramone. His ...

and Daniel Rey. The EP contains two late-period Ramones songs ("She Talks to Rainbows", from '' ¡Adios Amigos!'', and "Bye Bye Baby", from '' Halfway to Sanity''), and versions of songs by

the Beach Boys The Beach Boys are an American Rock music, rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's original lineup consisted of brothers Brian Wilson, Brian, Dennis Wilson, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and their f ...

Johnny Thunders John Anthony Genzale (July 15, 1952 – April 23, 1991), known professionally as Johnny Thunders, was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He came to prominence in the early 1970s as a member of New York Dolls. He later formed the He ...

, and the Ronettes.

Brian Wilson Brian Douglas Wilson (June 20, 1942 – June 11, 2025) was an American musician, songwriter, singer and record producer who co-founded the Beach Boys. Often Brian Wilson is a genius, called a genius for his novel approaches to pop compositio ...

had originally written "Don't Worry Baby" for Spector.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that Spector's "bruised, cracked vocals work wonders on the Beach Boys' 'Don't Worry Baby'." ''

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'' wrote: "Tough and ruefully tender, a dialectic of vulnerability and guts runs through the four songs." '' Goldmine'' wrote that the EP "has a warmth and a richness that pulls you in from the first note, with Ronnie's voice as mesmerizing as ever."

Track listing

#"She Talks to Rainbows" (

) #" Don't Worry Baby" (

, Roger Christian) #" You Can't Put Your Arms Around a Memory" (

) #"Bye Bye Baby" (duet with Joey Ramone) (Joey Ramone) #"I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine" (live) (

Ellie Greenwich Eleanor Louise Greenwich (October 23, 1940 – August 26, 2009) was an American pop music singer, songwriter, and record producer. She wrote or co-wrote "Da Doo Ron Ron", " Be My Baby", " Maybe I Know", " Then He Kissed Me", " Do Wah Diddy Did ...

Jeff Barry Jeff Barry (born Joel Adelberg; April 3, 1938) is an American pop music songwriter, singer, and record producer. Among the most successful songs that he has co-written in his career are " Tell Laura I Love Her" (written with Ben Raleigh and a ...

Phil Spector Harvey Phillip Spector (December 26, 1939 – January 16, 2021) was an American record producer and songwriter who is best known for pioneering recording practices in the 1960s, followed by his trials and conviction for murder in the 2000s. S ...

)

References

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