| Have a Good Time | ||||
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| Live album by | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Venue | Cinegrill | |||
| Genre | R&B | |||
| Producer | Ralph Jungheim | |||
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Have a Good Time is a live album by the American R&B singer Ruth Brown, released in 1988. [1] [2] Her first album for Fantasy Records, it was a factor in Brown's late 1980s career resurgence. [3] [4]
Produced by Ralph Jungheim, the album was recorded at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel's Cinegrill. [5] [6] [7] Charles Williams, Red Holloway, and Bobby Forrester were members of Ruth's backing band. [8] "5-10-15 Hours", "Have a Good Time", "Teardrops from My Eyes", and "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" are remakes of four of Brown's Atlantic hits. [9]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| The Grove Press Guide to the Blues on CD | [11] |
| MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide | [12] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [9] |
The St. Petersburg Times thought that "the sheer giddiness that drove '5-10-15 Hours' or '(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean' in the originals (almost 40 years old!) has been replaced by someone who knows everything worth knowing about phrasing, rhythm and life its ownself." [13] The Philadelphia Inquirer called Have a Good Time "a great album: history without the history books," writing that Brown "tailors mighty vocal wails to the intimate environment of a jazz session, all the while playing off the charged, fiercely rhythmic accompaniment of organist Bobby Forrester." [5]
AllMusic wrote that "Brown is assisted by a fine quintet ... for fresh remakes of some of her hits, along with some newer material." [10]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Gee Baby, Ain't I Good to You" | |
| 2. | "You Won't Let Me Go" | |
| 3. | "5-10-15 Hours" | |
| 4. | "Have a Good Time" | |
| 5. | "Teardrops from My Eyes" | |
| 6. | "Always on My Mind" | |
| 7. | "Yes Sir, That's My Baby" | |
| 8. | "When I Fall in Love" | |
| 9. | "(Mama) He Treats Your Daughter Mean" | |
| 10. | "What a Wonderful World" |
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