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Sweet & Sour Tears
Studio album by Ray Charles
Released	March 1964
Recorded	1964
Genre	R&B,soul,country soul
Label	ABC480
Producer	Ray Charles,Sid Feller
Ray Charles chronology
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Sweet & Sour Tears is a 1964 album byRay Charles. It is aconcept album featuring songs with titles or lyrics referring tocrying. In 1997,Rhino Records reissued the album oncompact disc with seven bonus tracks from his early career (1956–1971) that added to the "crying" theme.

The album debuted onBillboard magazine'sTop LP's chart in the issue dated March 21, 1964, peaking at No. 9 during a twenty-three-week run on the chart.^[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]

Robert Christgau hailed the Rhino reissue as the best of the label's reissue program for Charles'ABC albums, saying both producerSid Feller and the bonus tracks were suited for the original album's crying theme.^[3]

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"(Eugene Randolph, Dorian Burton) – 2:45
4. "No One to Cry To"(Sid Robin, Foy Glenn Willing) – 2:43
5. "You've Got Me Crying Again"(Isham Jones, Charles Newman) – 2:52
6. "After My Laughter Came Tears"(Charles Tobias,Roy Turk) – 3:13

1. "Teardrops from My Eyes"(Rudolph Toombs) – 3:29
2. "Don't Cry Baby"(Saul Bernie,James P. Johnson, Stella Unger) – 3:09
3. "Cry Me a River"(Arthur Hamilton) – 3:20
4. "Baby, Don't You Cry"(Buddy Johnson,Ned Washington) – 2:40
5. "Willow, Weep for Me"(Ann Ronell) – 4:37
6. "I Cried for You"(Arthur Freed,Abe Lyman,Gus Arnheim) – 2:40

1. "My Heart Cries for You"(Carl Sigman,Percy Faith) – 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"(Vaughn Horton) – 3:05
5. "Crying Time"(Buck Owens) – 2:58
6. "No Use Crying"(Freddie Lee Kober, J.B. Daniels,Roy Gaines) – 3:19
7. "Tired of My Tears"(Jimmy Holiday,Jimmy Lewis) – 2:23

• Ray Charles – vocals, keyboards
• Gene Lowell Singers – backing vocals
• Billy Preston – electric organ on "No Use Crying"
• Calvin Jackson,Sid Feller – arrangements

Technical

• Bill Putnam, Phil Macy – engineer
• Joe Lebow – design
• Howard Morehead – photography

• 1964 albums
• Ray Charles albums
• Albums arranged by Sid Feller
• Albums produced by Sid Feller
• Albums produced by Ray Charles
• ABC Records albums

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