The Genius Of Ray Charles (studio album) by Ray Charles
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The Genius Of Ray Charles is ranked 2nd best out of 54 albums by Ray Charles on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ray Charles is Modern Sounds In Country And Western Music which is ranked number 1110 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,590.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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30/100  | 04/03/2024 03:16 | Proto | | 42/100 |
65/100 | 02/17/2024 22:18 | replacementlevel | | 70/100 |
70/100 | 01/18/2024 12:51 | Siromynian | | 80/100 |
70/100 | 07/20/2023 18:04 | jlsfourth | | 71/100 |
75/100 | 06/20/2023 22:31 | SD100852 | | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 77.0/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 77.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.
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There are a lot of enjoyable songs on this album and I like the way he evenly distributes his song types onto each side. Side 1 is a much more band led and jazz influenced side making it more to my preference and side 2 is a lot more ballad heavy. The feel of the first six songs is just so energetic and fun and his voice sounds even better when backed by a big jazz band. This leads to fantastic songs such as Deed I Do, It Has To Be You and Let The Good Times Roll. The second side is quite dull in comparison but has its moments when it shines such as the closing track. If you love his vocal it really does shine on side 2 and carries the songs even when the music is a bit dull. Overall, if side 1 made up the whole album this could be sensational but the slower second half lets the record down on the whole for me.
Solid, but better Ray was coming later.
big band - side one
ballads - side two
StefanR10 07/08/2020 17:32
Really good album I hear very good R and B.
Boltzmann 10/17/2019 07:20
This release doesn't really showcase the genius of Ray Charles sadly.
VictorVale 12/31/2018 17:37
Em sua maturidade o gênio mostrava o que sabia fazer.
planetneutral 01/23/2018 03:13
Nothing wrong with Ray Charles, but this album didn't really pique my interest.
An enjoyable album. Not quite as great as the ridiculous title suggests. Still full of good songs though.
Kingturtle 03/11/2016 19:45
Band arrangements are over the top, but his vocals here are at his best, mixing soul, rock&roll, and jazz all into one. This LP is takes "Big Band" and turns it on its arse.
RoundTheBend 01/23/2016 00:07
Not my favorite of his, but really good.
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