The Best Ray Charles Albums of All Time
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Ray Charles is one of the most important musicians in music history and known as one of the best male vocalists and one of the greatest soul musicians. List of the best Ray Charles albums, including pictures of the album covers when available. This Ray Charles discography is ranked from best to worst, so the top Ray Charles albums can be found at the top of the list. To make it easy for you, we haven't included Ray Charles singles, EPs, or compilations, so everything you see here should only be studio albums. If you think the greatest Ray Charles album isn't high enough on the list, then be sure to vote for it so it receives the credit it deserves. Make sure you don't just vote for critically acclaimed albums; if you have a favorite Ray Charles album, then vote it up, even if it's not necessarily the most popular.
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Release Date: 1962
Producer: Sid Feller
Tracks: Half as Much, Hey, Good Lookin', I Can't Stop Loving You, Bye Bye Love, Worried Mind, You Win Again, Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long Way), Careless Love, It Makes No Difference Now, I Love You So Much It Hurts, You Don't Know Me, Born to Lose
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues, Country, Pop music, Jazz, Nashville sound, + more
Release Date: 1959
Tracks: Am I Blue, Tell Me You'll Wait for Me, Let the Good Times Roll, It Had to Be You, When Your Lover Has Gone, 'Deed I Do, Come Rain or Come Shine, Two Years of Torture, Alexander's Ragtime Band, You Won't Let Me Go, Just for a Thrill, Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'
Length (mins): 00:38:42
Label: Atlantic Records
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues, Vocal jazz, Traditional pop music
Release Date: 1957
Tracks: Ain't That Love, Losing Hand, Greenbacks, Sinner's Prayer, Mary Ann, Funny (But I Still Love You), This Little Girl of Mine, Mess Around, Hallelujah I Love Her So, I Got A Woman, A Fool for You, Comeback Baby, Mess Around, Drown in My Own Tears, Don't You Know
Label: Atlantic Records
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues
Release Date: 1961
Tracks: The Genius After Hours, Hornful Soul, Music, Music, Music, Charlesville, The Man I Love, Dawn Ray, Ain't Misbehavin', Joyride
Label: Atlantic Records
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues, Jazz, Soul music, Hard bop
Release Date: 1958
Tracks: Blackjack, I Want a Little Girl, Lonely Avenue, The Sun's Gonna Shine Again, Its All Right, Talkin' 'Bout You, Get on the Right Track Baby, Leave My Woman Alone, I Want to Know, Yes Indeed, Swanee River, I Had a Dream, What Would I Do Without You, Heartbreaker
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues
Release Date: 2004
Tracks: Heaven Help Us All, Here We Go Again, Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word, Fever, It Was a Very Good Year, You Don't Know Me, Over the Rainbow, Crazy Love, Sweet Potato Pie, Hey Girl, Do I Ever Cross Your Mind?, Sinner's Prayer
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues, Pop music, Jazz, Soul music, Urban contemporary
Release Date: 1957
Tracks: Doodlin', I Surrender Dear, Sweet Sixteen Bars, There's No You, Undecided, My Melancholy Baby, The Ray, Black Coffee
Label: Atlantic Records
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues
Release Date: 1961
Tracks: Mister C., I've Got News for You, Moanin', Stompin' Room Only, One Mint Julep, Strike Up the Band, I'm Gonna Move to the Outskirts of Town, Let's Go, Birth of the Blues, From the Heart
Genres (Music): Jazz, Soul music
Release Date: 1961
Tracks: What Would I Do Without You, For All We Know, Together, Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye, People Will Say We're in Love, But on the Other Hand Baby, Lonely Avenue, I Like to Hear It Sometime, You and I, Cocktails for Two, You and I, Takes Two to Tango, Baby, It's Cold Outside, Just You, Just Me, Side by Side, Just You, Just Me, Together, Funny But I Still Love You, Intro: Goodbye/We'll Be Together Again, I Wonder Who, Alone Together, It's Alright, Leave My Woman Alone, Intro: Goodbye / We'll Be Together Again, I Never See Maggie Alone, I Want to Know, Cocktails for Two, Don't You Know, Side by Side, Alone Together
Genres (Music): Jazz
Release Date: 1977
Tracks: How Long Has This Been Going On, Be My Love, Anonymous Love, Game Number Nine, I Can See Clearly Now, Heavenly Music, Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin', The Jealous Kind, Let It Be
Label: Crossover Records
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues, Soul music
Release Date: 1960
Tracks: Carry Me Back to Old Virginny, Moonlight in Vermont, Blue Hawaii, Deep in the Heart of Texas, Alabamy Bound, Mississippi Mud, New York's My Home, California Here I Come, Moon Over Miami, Georgia on My Mind, Chattanooga Choo-Choo, Basin Street Blues
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues, Jazz, Concept album
Release Date: 1961
Tracks: X-Ray Blues, Hallelujah, I Love Her So, Blue Genius, Love on My Mind, Soul Meeting, Bags of Blues
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues, Jazz
Release Date: 1966
Tracks: Cryin' Time, Don't You Think I Ought to Know, Let's Go Get Stoned, Tears, We Don't See Eye to Eye, You're About to Lose Your Clown, Going Down Slow, No Use Cryin', You're in for a Big Surprise, You've Got a Problem, Peace of Mind, Drifting Blues
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues, Country, Soul music
Release Date: 1963
Tracks: Ol' Man Time, You'll Never Walk Alone, Born to Be Blue, That Lucky Old Sun, Ol' Man River, Where Can I Go?, In the Evening (When the Sun Goes Down), Busted, Over the Rainbow, A Stranger in Town
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues, Soul music, Southern soul, Country soul
Release Date: 1972
Tracks: Every Saturday Night, Abraham, Martin And John, Seems Like I Gotta Do Wrong, America the Beautiful, There'll Be No Peace Without All Men As One, Take Me Home, Country Roads, Heaven Help Us All, Lift Every Voice and Sing, Hey Mister, What Have They Done To My Song, Ma
Release Date: 1962
Tracks: Hang Your Head in Shame, I'll Never Stand in Your Way, Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You), Making Believe, Midnight, Your Cheatin' Heart, Take These Chains From My Heart, Don't Tell Me Your Troubles, You Are My Sunshine, Teardrops in My Heart, Oh, Lonesome Me, No Letter Today
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues, Southern soul, Country soul
Release Date: 1961
Tracks: Marie, Hardhearted Hannah, Margie, Sweet Georgia Brown, Stella by Starlight, Cherry, Ruby, Josephine, Diane, Nancy, Rosetta, Candy
Genres (Music): Soul music
Release Date: 1958
Tracks: How Long Blues, Bag's Guitar Blues, Deed I Do, Soul Brothers, Blue Funk, Cosmic Ray
Genres (Music): Rhythm and blues, Jazz
Release Date: 2002
Tracks: How Did You Feel the Morning After, Can You Love Me Like That, Thanks for Bringing Love Around Again, New Orleans, Really Got a Hold on Me, Mr. Creole, What'd I Say, Save Your Lov'in Just for Me, I Love You More Than I Ever Have, Mother, I Just Can't Get Enough of You, Ensemble
Length (mins): 00:56:14
