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Ultimate Hits Collection (2CD)
Ray Charles
Retail Price (not our price): $31.98
Release Date: 1999-03-16
Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 2

Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...

Disc 1
1.		Mess Around		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
2.		I've Got A Woman		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
3.		A Fool For You		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
4.		Greenbacks		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
5.		Drown In My Own Tears		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
6.		Hallelujah I Love Her So		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
7.		Lonely Avenue		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
8.		Ain't That Love		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
9.		(Night Time Is) The Right Time		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
10.		What'd I Say Parts I & II		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
11.		Don't Let The Sun Catch You Cryin'		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
12.		Them That Got		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
13.		Sticks And Stones		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
14.		Georgia On My Mind		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
15.		Ruby		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
16.		One Mint Julep		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
17.		I've Got News For You		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
Disc 2
1.		Hit The Road Jack		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
2.		Unchain My Heart		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
3.		But On The Other Hand Baby		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
4.		Hide 'Nor Hair		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
5.		At The Club		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
6.		I Can't Stop Loving You		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
7.		You Don't Know Me		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
8.		You Are My Sunshine		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
9.		Don't Set Me Free		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
10.		Take These Chains From My Heart		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
11.		No One		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
12.		Busted		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
13.		Crying Time		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
14.		Together Again		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
15.		Let's Go Get Stoned		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
16.		Yesterday		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
17.		America The Beautiful		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
18.		Seven Spanish Angels		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1
19.		I'll Be Good To You		style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1

Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):

1) Amazon.com
This double CD collects not only Brother Ray's best-known '50s and '60s singles, but some choice semi-obscurities (the 1953 jump blues "Mess Around," his 1959 cover of Louis Jordan's "Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin'") that earn their places next to "What'd I Say" and "I Can't Stop Loving You." The man's originality and infectious feeling bleed through on each of these 36 tracks, whether he's transforming "One Mint Julep" or "America the Beautiful" or collaborating (separately) with Willie Nelson and Chaka Khan. --Rickey Wright

Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5

1) Ray Charles Ultimate Hits Collection   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Great CD. I had seen the Ray Charles movie with Jamie Fox and I wanted to hear the music again. This collection has all my favorites and is great listening.

2) love it   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
you need to get it, the frist cd is the best the number two cd is ok but you must get this.

3) The best compilation on the market.   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Other than Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection 5-disc boxed set, "Ultimate Hits Collection" is easily the best Ray Charles compilation on the market. Its 36 tracks cover the years 1953-1989. It may be pricey, but you get a 50-page booklet, two individual jewel cases and an attractive slipcase. This set covers the ABC years as well, so Rhino probably had to shell out some big bucks to license those tracks. I'm glad they included "Mess Around", one of Ray's earliest hits, but I would've like to have seen 1993's "A Song For You" here as well.

4) Sherry   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
"Great CD. Would highly recommend. It's a great collection of all the hits. Other CD have a variation of songs, but if you want one with all hits, this is the one for you.

5) Soul   [Rating: 5 out of 5]
This collection contains Ray Charles' greatest hits. Among the favorites are 'What'd I Say' , 'Georgia on my mind' 'Ruby' 'Hallelujah I just love her so'. For me what is important is those songs which I have heard over and over again, and which the re-hearing of brings pleasure in. It is not important to me that all the songs have that quality. In fact even with the best people, like Ray Charles it is only a small portion of the total work which plays again and again in the mind.Ray Charles had incredible soul and feeling. And it is that feeling which makes his music so moving and enjoyable.