Souls Alike

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Souls Alike
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Studio album by
Bonnie Raitt
ReleasedSeptember 13, 2005
Studio
Genre Rock
Length46:36
Label Capitol
Producer Bonnie Raitt, Tchad Blake
Bonnie Raitt chronology
Silver Lining
(2002)		Souls Alike
(2005)		 Slipstream
(2012)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic (72/100) [1]
Review scores
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Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Philadelphia Daily News (A-) [3]
Chicago Tribune (mixed) [4]
Morning Call Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
musicOMH (favourable) [6]
Paste (favourable) [7]
Philadelphia Inquirer Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Associated Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [10]
The Mercury News Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [11]
USA Today Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [12]

Souls Alike is the fifteenth studio album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 2005 on Capitol Records. The album peaked at No. 19 on the US Billboard 200. [13] [14]

Contents

Critical reception

Souls Alike received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 72 based on 6 reviews, which indicates "generally favourable reviews". [1]

Edna Gunderson of USA Today wrote "Full of poignant ballads and rootsy romps, Souls draws on Raitt's defiance, grace and earthy authenticity, allowing her to stretch stylistically without crowding the signature attractions of her brandied vocals and stinging slide guitar." [12] Brad Kava of the Mercury News proclaimed, "There are some touches of world music, but no real surprises. What you have is an album that is rock solid all the way through and continues her run as an uncompromising classic artist in the vein of Bob Dylan and Tom Petty." [11]

Singles

I Will Not Be Broken peaked at No. 27 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary Songs chart. This tune was also Grammy nominated in the category of Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. [15] [16]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Will Not Be Broken" Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Tommy Sims 3:41
2."God Was in the Water" Randall Bramblett, Davis Causey5:17
3."Love on One Condition" Jon Cleary 3:43
4."So Close" Tony Arata, George Marinelli, Pete Wasner3:22
5."Trinkets"Emory Joseph5:02
6."Crooked Crown" David Batteau, Maia Sharp 3:49
7."Unnecessarily Mercenary"Jon Cleary3:51
8."I Don't Want Anything to Change"Stephanie Chapman, Liz Rose, Maia Sharp4:29
9."Deep Water" John Capek, Marc Jordan 3:58
10."Two Lights in the Nighttime" Lee Clayton, Pat McLaughlin 4:22
11."The Bed I Made"David Batteau, Maia Sharp4:59

Personnel

Production

Charts

YearChartPosition
2005US Billboard 200 19 [14]

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