Genius & Friends

Genius & Friends
Studio album by
Ray Charles
ReleasedSeptember 20, 2005
Recorded1997–2005
GenreSoul
LabelRhino
ProducerPhil Ramone
Ray Charles chronology
Genius Loves Company
(2004)		 Genius & Friends
(2005)		 Ray Sings, Basie Swings
(2006)

Genius & Friends is a 2005 studio album by rhythm and blues singer Ray Charles, consisting of previously unreleased duets between Ray and artists recorded between 1997 and 2005. The contributing artists were personally chosen by Ray Charles.

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Track listing

  1. "All I Want to Do" (Walden, McKinney) with Angie Stone
  2. "You Are My Sunshine" (Davis, Mitchell) with Chris Isaak
  3. "It All Goes By So Fast" (Ken Hirsch, Jay Levy) with Mary J. Blige
  4. "You Were There" (Ken Hirsch, Ron Miller) with Gladys Knight
  5. "Imagine" (John Lennon) with Ruben Studdard and The Harlem Gospel Singers
  6. "Compared to What" (Gene McDaniels) with Leela James
  7. "Big Bad Love" (Tyrell, Tyrell, Sample) with Diana Ross
  8. "I Will Be There" (Walden, Dakota) with Idina Menzel
  9. "Blame It on the Sun" (Stevie Wonder, Syreeta Wright) with George Michael
  10. "Touch" (Walden, Brooks, McKinney) with John Legend
  11. "Shout" (Walden, Hilden) with Patti LaBelle and the Andrae Crouch Singers
  12. "Surrender to Love" with Laura Pausini
  13. "Busted" (Live) (Harlan Howard) with Willie Nelson
  14. "America the Beautiful" (Katharine Lee Bates, Samuel A. Ward) with Alicia Keys

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Genius & Friends - Ray Charles | Album". AllMusic. Retrieved June 11, 2024.