Volcanic Action of My Soul

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Volcanic Action of My Soul
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Studio album by
Ray Charles
ReleasedApril 1971
StudioRPM/Tangerine Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre R&B, soul
Length39:32
Label ABC/Tangerine
Producer Joe Adams
Ray Charles chronology
Love Country Style
(1970)		Volcanic Action of My Soul
(1971)		 A Message from the People
(1972)
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Christgau's Record Guide A− [2]

Volcanic Action of My Soul is a studio album by American singer and pianist Ray Charles. It was released in April 1971 by Tangerine Records.

Contents

Chart performance

The album debuted on Billboard magazine's Top LP's chart in the issue dated May 29, 1971, peaking at No. 52 during a sixteen-week run on the chart. [3]

Track listing

Side 1
  1. "See You Then" (Jimmy Webb) – 4:19
  2. "What Am I Living For" (Art Harris, Fred Jay) – 3:36
  3. "Feel So Bad" (James Johnson, Leslie Temple) – 3:14
  4. "The Long and Winding Road" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:04
  5. "The Three Bells" (Bert Reisfeld, Jean Villard) – 4:19
Side 2
  1. "All I Ever Need Is You" (Eddie Reeves, Jimmy Holiday) – 4:00
  2. "Wichita Lineman" (Jimmy Webb) – 4:03
  3. "Something" (George Harrison) – 4:00
  4. "I May Be Wrong (but I Think You're Wonderful)" (Henry Sullivan, Harry Ruskin) – 2.59
  5. "Down In The Valley" (Traditional) – 4:35

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1971)Peak
position
US Billboard Top LPs [3] 52

References

  1. ↑ "Volcanic Action of My Soul". AllMusic. Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Ray Charles: Volcanic Action of My Soul". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   0899190251 . Retrieved December 22, 2018.
  3. 1 2 Whitburn, Joel (1973). Top LPs, 1955–1972. Record Research. p. 30. Retrieved July 10, 2025.
  4. ↑ "Ray Charles & Glen Campbell - Cocoanut Grove Night Club 1983". Youtube. Retrieved September 18, 2018.


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