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.
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".
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." 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."
Singles "I Will Not Be Broken" peaked at No. 27 on the US Billboard Adult Contemporary chart. This tune was also Grammy nominated in the category of Best Female Pop Vocal Performance.
Track listing
Personnel Bonnie Raitt – lead vocals, slide guitar, acoustic guitar (8) Jon Cleary – acoustic piano (1–8, 10, 11), Hammond B3 organ, Wurlitzer organ, rhythm guitar (3), backing vocals (3, 4, 7, 9) Mitchell Froom – Minimoog (1), additional acoustic piano (2), Rhodes piano (2), dolceola (4), additional Wurlitzer organ (6), additional baritone saxophone (6), additional Hammond B3 organ (8), additional orchestration (9) John Capek – acoustic piano (9), strings (9), bass guitar (9), drum loops (9), percussion (9) George Marinelli – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, backing vocals (4, 10) David Batteau – synth guitar (6) James "Hutch" Hutchinson – bass guitar (1–8, 10, 11) Ricky Fataar – drums, percussion Maia Sharp – backing vocals (1, 2, 6), baritone saxophone (6), tenor saxophone (11) Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (1, 5, 7, 9) Sweet Pea Atkinson – backing vocals (5, 7)
Production Producer – Bonnie Raitt Co-Producer, Recording and Mixing – Tchad Blake Additional Recording and Mixing – Kevin Dean Assistant Engineers – David Boucher, Ryan Doordan, Michael Rodriguez and Scott Wiley. Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME). Project Coordinator – Kathy Kane Art Direction, Design and Background Photography – Norman Moore Photography – Sam Jones Stylist – Kate Lindsay Make-Up – Joanna Schlip Management – Annie Heller-Gutwillig and Chloe Monahan
Charts Chart (2005) PeakpositionUS Billboard 20019
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