Ultimate Hits Collection (1999)

About this title: James Brown may be "the hardest working man in show business," Aretha Franklin may be the Queen of Soul, but as Ultimate Hits Collection proves, the most apt nickname in all of music may belong to Ray Charles: the Genius. Forget for a moment that fitting all of Charles' hits on a mere two CDs is not remotely possible. Almost any Ray Charles greatest-hits compilation is going to be excellent, and this one is better than most, if only because it's two-discs long. Ultimate Hits Collection follows the path of Charles' work as it cruises through the genres he so richly influenced: R&B, pop, jazz, ... read more

Tracks:

1. Mess Around [Ertegun/Stone]
2. I Got a Woman [Charles/Richard]
3. A Fool for You [Charles]
4. Greenbacks [Charles/Richard]
5. Drown in My Own Tears [Glover]
6. Hallelujah, I Love Her So [Charles]
7. Lonely Avenue [Pomus]
8. Ain't That Love [Charles]
9. Night Time Is the Right Time [Cadena/Herman]
10. What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 [Charles]
11. Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying [Greene]
12. Them That Got [Harper/Charles]
13. Sticks and Stones [Glover/Turner]
14. Georgia on My Mind [Carmichael/Gorrell]
15. Ruby [Parish/Roemheld]
16. One Mint Julep [Toombs]
17. I've Got News for You [Alfred]
18. Hit the Road Jack [Mayfield]
19. Unchain My Heart [Powell/Sharp]
20. But on the Other Hand Baby [Charles/Mayfield]
21. Hide nor Hair [Mayfield]
22. At the Club [Mayfield]
23. I Can't Stop Loving You [Gibson]
24. You Don't Know Me [Walker/Arnold]
25. You Are My Sunshine [Davis/Mitchell]
26. Don't Set Me Free [Powell]
27. Take These Chains from My Heart [Rose/Heath]
28. No One [Pomus/Shuman]
29. Busted [Howard]
30. Crying Time [Owens]
31. Together Again [Owens]
32. Let's Go Get Stoned [Simpson/Ashford/Arm]
33. Yesterday [Lennon/McCartney]
34. America the Beautiful [Bates/Ward]
35. Seven Spanish Angels [Seals/Setser]
36. I'll Be Good to You [Johnson/Johnson/Sam]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.