Nick of Time (album)

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Nick of Time
Studio album by Bonnie Raitt

Publication
(s)

March 21, 1989

admission

1989

Label (s) Capitol

Format (s)

CD

Genre (s)

Rock , blues rock

Title (number)

11

running time

42:31 min.

occupation

production

Studio (s)

Oceanway, Capitol, Hollywood Sound & The Record Plant

chronology
Nine Lives
(1986) 		Nick of Time Luck of the Draw
(1991)

Nick of Time is the tenth blues rock album by the American singer Bonnie Raitt . It was released on March 21, 1989.

Nick of Time topped the US Billboard 200 , sold over 5 million copies in the US and won three Grammy Awards , including the Grammy for Album Of The Year. In 2003, Rolling Stone listed the album at # 229 of the 500 best albums of all time .

background

Before starting work on Nick of Time , Raitt applied to many record companies to get a new record deal . During this time, Raitt met producer Don Was through Hal Wilner, who was working on Stay Awake , a Disney tribute album for A&M Records . Was and Wilner both wanted Raitt to sing Baby Mine (a song from the Disney film Dumbo ). Raitt recorded the song and then asked if they could produce their new album. Both agreed and became producers of the album.

Track list

Songwriters are in brackets.

  1. Nick of Time (Raitt) - 3:52
  2. Thing Called Love ( John Hiatt ) - 3:52
  3. Love Letter (Bonnie Hayes) - 4:04
  4. Cry on My Shoulder (Michael Ruff) - 3:44
  5. Real Man (Jerry Lynn Williams) - 4:27
  6. Nobody's Girl (Larry John McNally) - 3:14
  7. Have A Heart (Bonnie Hayes) - 4:50
  8. Too Soon to Tell (Rory Michael Bourke, Mike Reid) - 3:45
  9. I Will Not Be Denied (Jerry Lynn Williams) - 4:55
  10. I Ain't Gonna Let You Break My Heart Again (David Lasley, Julie Lasley) - 2:38
  11. The Road's My Middle Name (Raitt) - 3:31

Comments from Raitt

Raitt with the three Grammys she won for Nick of Time .

In 1989:

“I wanted to make a recording that was similar to Give It Up . It's a journey back to the roots. It was very refreshing for me to play a lot of guitar and produce the tracks ... In many ways it's like a first album. It's for a new record company and it's getting all the attention and criticism. And it's my first album for a new era ... "

- Bonnie Raitt

In 1991, about winning her three Grammy Awards:

“It was so unlikely. I imagined winning the 'Rock-Female' Grammy, but I couldn't imagine winning three Grammys at once: 'Ok Bonnie. You have a new record deal, you write your own songs that come close to - hallelujah ; We'll give you a price. ' I didn't go to the awards ceremony after the album was recognized in its category. Ella Fitzgerald read my name! I mean, it was the greatest honor for me. "

- Bonnie Raitt

Charts

album

Billboard (North America)

year Charts Top ranking
1990 Billboard 200 1

Singles

Billboard (North America)

year song Charts Top ranking
1989 Nick of Time Adult Contemporary 10
1989 Thing Called Love Mainstream rock tracks 11
1990 Have a heart Adult Contemporary 3
1990 Have a heart Billboard Hot 100 49
1990 Nick of Time Billboard Hot 100 92

Awards

Grammy Awards 1990

year winner category
1989 Nick of Time Album Of The Year
1989 Nick of Time Best Female Pop Vocal Performance
1989 Nick of Time Best Female Rock Vocal Performance