Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

The backstory of why Ray Charles made this album is more interesting than the album itself, it's a covers album after all.

Really nice interpretations here, reworking classic country twang into the jazz and R&B numbers. Ray Charles was a musical genius.

Pretty easy listening, if a little boring at times. I did like it overall though. 3.5/5

I’m not convinced Stevie Wonder is actually blind. Ray Charles, however, this guy is absolutely blind. This album emits such a warm vibe. The soulful vocals and big band instrumentation bring such vibrancy to these country/western songs. Favorites were Half As Much, Just A Little Lovin’, Careless Love, and Hey Good Lookin’.

if this album did not exist we would have to invent it - my first 5 in my journey #musicsky #albumsky

It's a good album but it's just covers. I would give it a 3.5 if I could.

При всій повазі, не виходить від цього альбому отримати якесь задоволення.

I'm sure it's important, but it's also very boring. Almost turns into Disney music at times.

Silky smooth vocals, but sorely lacking in variety.

Pretty enjoyable. Not really sure what kind of mood I'd need to be in to go back and listen to this though.

Ray is one of the greats, and I appreciated his take and arrangements

3.75

The Good: An album title that tells it like it is!
The Bad: that the modern sound is dated…
The Ugly: That we are talking about C&W… Yeehaw…

There isn’t much to say about an album for which much has been said already, except that I agree.
The album is awesome.
Ray Charles is the GOAT.
The background singers are dated.
It feels like you are listening to the soundtrack to a Disney movie.
etc…

Today was my maiden voyage listening to this album. I had seen the title here and there, but as I am not a C&W fan, and stupid, I never bothered to listen to it… and boy was I knocked on my socks.

This album is awesome, and Ray Charles is the GOAT, and the background singers are dated, and it does feel like I you are listening to the soundtrack of a Disney movie, and it all makes sense…

The only downside to this album is, you guessed it, a couple of songs too long…

Soooooooooooooo close to 5*

A lot more artists started in the 60s than I'd realised. Gosh. Despite the name, this sounds more "oldies" than "country" to me, so I liked it more than I expected.

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There are simply artists and songs that are on another level - even a 5 doesn't seem enough to distinguish such works!

Masterful perfect classic

This is great. Smooth. Classy. Jazzy. It's that kind of old-timey vibe that feels like Christmas. I think I will revisit, but perhaps just half of it, as it does feel over-long and I checked out more in the second half.

Honestly, I have no idea why this album is called Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music since i did not hear a single influence from country music like the title would have implied but I'm not here to complain about the title, I'm just here to say that this album is a pretty good one. I found that the best parts of the album were the opening song and closing song since they had the fun jazz sound i like. The other songs went for more of a Frank Sinatra sort of sound which is fine but nothing i liked more than the really jazzy stuff. This album is a pretty solid one, just had a little too much of the stuff i liked less.
Best Song: Bye Bye Love
Worst Song: I Love You So Much It Hurts
Side note: I find the first song kind of funny since the lyrical subject matter is so sad and serious yet the music is so jazzy and groovy

Essentially an album of cover songs?

Ray just doesn't do much for me unfortunately. Or maybe this style from him doesn't, if he has another style. Glad to have checked it out, but it's not for me.

Genius