Let It Rain (Tracy Chapman album)

Let It Rain
Studio album by Tracy Chapman
Released	October 15, 2002
Recorded	March – August 2002
Studio	Plant Studios, Sausalito, California
Label	Elektra
Producer	Tracy Chapman, John Parish
Tracy Chapman chronology
Collection (2001) Let It Rain (2002) Where You Live (2005)
Singles from Let It Rain
"You're The One" Released: 2002 "Another Sun" Released: 2003

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	63/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Blender	[3]
E!	B+ [4]
Entertainment Weekly	B [5]
The Guardian	[6]
Mojo	[7]
Q	[8]
Rolling Stone	[9]
Uncut	7/10 [10]

Let It Rain is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on October 15, 2002, by Elektra Records. The album was co-produced by John Parish. It produced two singles: "You're the One" and "Another Sun".

Track listing

All songs written by Tracy Chapman.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Let it Rain"	3:40
2.	"Another Sun"	3:11
3.	"You're the One"	3:07
4.	"In the Dark"	5:02
5.	"Almost"	3:52
6.	"Hard Wired"	3:37
7.	"Say Hallelujah"	2:11
8.	"Broken"	4:25
9.	"Happy"	4:00
10.	"Goodbye"	2:28
11.	"Over in Love (Instrumental)"	1:47
12.	"I Am Yours"	3:36

International edition

No.	Title	Length
11.	"I Am Yours"	3:36
12.	"Over in Love"	2:49

Tour Edition Bonus Live CD

No.	Title	Length
1.	"You're the One" (Live)	3:36
2.	"Give Me One Reason" (Live)	4:49
3.	"Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" (Live)	3:32
4.	"I Am Yours" (Live)	3:40
5.	"Get up, Stand up" (Live)	4:58

Cover version

• "Get up, Stand up" (on this release written without the comma) is a The Wailers cover. The song was originally released on the album Burnin' in 1973.

Trivia

• All songs of the bonus live CD were recorded at the Tränenpalast, Berlin on December 2nd, 2002.

Personnel

• Tracy Chapman – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, clarinet, electric guitar, lead vocals, handclapping, electric banjo
• Bill Bennet – oboe
• Matthew Brubeck – cello
• Jeremy Cohen – violin
• Linda Ghidossi de Luca – viola
• Joe Gore – acoustic guitar, piano, electric guitar, keyboard, ukulele, bazouki, gourd, lap steel guitar
• Steve Hunter – electric guitar
• Carla Kihlstedt – violin
• Greg Leisz – dobro, pedal steel, electric guitar, lap steel guitar, mando-guitar, baritone guitar
• John Parish – acoustic guitar, bass guitar, percussion, background vocals
• Andy Stoller – bass guitar
• Larry Taylor – upright bass
• Jeanie Tracy – background vocals
• Joey Waronker – percussion, drums, tambourine, handclapping, cajon, shaker
• Patrick Warren – organ, piano, accordion, keyboard, bells, tack piano

Production

• Producers: Tracy Chapman, John Parish
• Engineer: Paul DuGre
• Mixing: Paul DuGre
• Mastering: John Cuniberti
• Photography: Jay Blakesberg
• Cover photo: Jim Herrington

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2002) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) [11] 25 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [12] 6 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [13] 43 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [14] 32 Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [15] 75 French Albums (SNEP) [16] 3 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [17] 15 Irish Albums (IRMA) [18] 47 Italian Albums (FIMI) [19] 18 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [20] 45 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) [21] 24 Scottish Albums (OCC) [22] 31 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [23] 27 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [24] 4 UK Albums (OCC) [25] 36 US Billboard 200 [26] 25

Year-end charts Chart (2002) Position French Albums (SNEP) [27] 61 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [28] 73

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria) [29]	Gold	15,000*
France (SNEP) [30]	2× Gold	200,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [31]	Gold	20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [32]	Silver	60,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone. ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. "Let It Rain by Tracy Chapman". Metacritic . Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
2. Lankford Jr., Ronnie D.. Let It Rain at AllMusic
3. Too much about Tracy Chapman's Let It Rain is austere. [#12, p.138]
4. "Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain". E! Online . October 15, 2002. Archived from the original on October 25, 2002. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
5. This is the CD you play on the drive home after the breakup. [21 Oct 2002]
6. Clarke, Betty (October 18, 2002). "Tracy Chapman: Let It Rain". The Guardian . Retrieved April 10, 2025.
7. [The] material [is] often so simple in construction that a check of the enclosed lyric sheet is sometimes necessary to ensure the songs really exist. [Jan 2003, p.102]
8. The tunes are serviceable, if hardly Fast Car. [Dec 2002, p.102]
9. Rolling Stone review Archived July 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
10. These days her winning innocence has turned to mature craft, but she's lost none of her integrity or emotional honesty. [Dec 2002, p.129]
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28. "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2002". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
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30. "French album certifications – Tracy Chapman – Let It Rain" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique . Retrieved October 15, 2012.
31. "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards ('Let It Rain')". IFPI Switzerland. Hung Medien. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
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External links

• Let It Rain at AllMusic