• Artist: Bonnie Raitt
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• Styles: Singer/Songwriter, Pop/Rock, Blues-Rock
• Similar Albums: The Anthology, Billboard Top Hits: 1985-1989, Videos, Knee Deep in the Hoopla, Christine McVie, Little Creatures, Sweet 16: It's...It's...Sweet's Hits, Charlie Sexton, Crazy from the Heat, Elvis' Gold Records, Vol. 5, Can't Hold Back, Heart, Joe Cocker!, Unplugged

Review

Bonnie Raitt's ninth and final album for Warner Bros. Records was a star-crossed affair that began in 1983 in a session with producer Rob Fraboni, and was a typical Raitt mixture of different genres and songwriters, from Jerry Lynn Williams ("Excited") and Eric Kaz ("Angel") to reggae star Toots Hibbert ("True Love Is Hard to Find") in a style similar to her 1982 album Green Light. This record seems to have been rejected by Warner, but three years later Raitt returned to the studio with Bill Payne (Little Feat) and George Massenburg and cut a group of commercial-sounding songs by the likes of Bryan Adams and Tom Snow. Nine Lives splits the difference between the two sessions, with four tracks rescued from 1983, and five added from 1986, plus the theme from a forgotten Farrah Fawcett movie ("Stand Up to the Night" from Extremities). The result is predictably scattered and strained, and it was Raitt's lowest-charting album since her debut. Not surprisingly, it was also the last straw in her relationship with Warner. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	iTunes	Composers	Performers	Time
No Way to Treat a Lady		Bryan Adams, Jim Vallance	Bonnie Raitt	(3:51)
Runnin' Back to Me		Karla Bonoff, Ira, Ingber	Bonnie Raitt	(4:14)
Who but a Fool (Thief into Paradise)		Tom Snow	Bonnie Raitt	(4:26)
Crime of Passion		Mary Unobsky	Bonnie Raitt	(4:20)
All Day, All Night		Ivan Neville, James "Hutch" Hutchinson, Ronald Jones	Bonnie Raitt	(4:03)
Stand Up to the Night		Richard Kerr, Will Jennings, J.A.C Redford	Bonnie Raitt	(4:43)
Excited		Jerry Lynn Williams	Bonnie Raitt	(3:12)
Freezin' (For a Little Human Love)		Michael Smotherman	Bonnie Raitt	(4:58)
True Love Is Hard to Find		Frederick Hibbert	Bonnie Raitt	(4:34)
Angel		Eric Kaz	Bonnie Raitt	(4:00)

Credits

Sippie Wallace (Vocals (Background)), Ivan Neville (Vocals), Ivan Neville (Vocals (Background)), Bonnie Raitt (Guitar), Bonnie Raitt (Vocals), Bonnie Raitt (Vocals (Background)), Bonnie Raitt (Slide Guitar), Bonnie Raitt (Main Performer), Tower of Power (Horn), Richard Elliot (Saxophone), Richard Elliot (Sax (Alto)), Richard Elliot (Sax (Tenor)), Stephen Ross (Vocals), Stephen Ross (Vocals (Background)), Blondie Chaplin (Vocals), Blondie Chaplin (Vocals (Background)), Eric Kaz (Piano), Eric Kaz (Vocals (Background)), Ian McLagan (Guitar), Ian McLagan (Keyboards), Christine McVie (Vocals), Christine McVie (Vocals (Background)), Max Carl (Vocals), Max Carl (Vocals (Background)), Terry Becker (Engineer), Rosemary Butler (Vocals), Rosemary Butler (Vocals (Background)), Emilio Castillo (Saxophone), Emilio Castillo (Sax (Tenor)), Lenny Castro (Percussion), Ray Chara (Bass), Nathan East (Bass), Charles Ferrin (Guitar), Rob Fraboni (Percussion), Rob Fraboni (Producer), Rob Fraboni (Engineer), Gregg Geller (Series Producer), Ira, Ingber (Guitar), David Kitay (Guitar), David Kitay (Keyboards), David Kitay (Programming), David Kitay (Engineer), David Kitay (Drum Programming), Richard Kosinski (Keyboards), Russ Kunkel (Drums), Russ Kunkel (Producer), Stephen "Doc" Kupka (Saxophone), Stephen "Doc" Kupka (Sax (Baritone)), Michael Landau (Guitar), George Massenburg (Producer), George Massenburg (Engineer), George Massenburg (Mixing), Guy Moon (Keyboards), Dean Parks (Guitar), Bill Payne (Piano), Bill Payne (Keyboards), Bill Payne (Vocals), Bill Payne (Producer), J.A.C Redford (Keyboards), Sharon Rice (Assistant Engineer), John "J.R." Robinson (Drums), Doug Sax (Mastering), Johnny Lee Schell (Guitar), Johnny Lee Schell (Keyboards), Johnny Lee Schell (Vocals), Johnny Lee Schell (Vocals (Background)), Todd Sharp (Vocals), Todd Sharp (Vocals (Background)), Jim Shea (Photography), Earl "Chinna" Smith (Guitar), Earl "Chinna" Smith (Vocals), Neil Stubenhaus (Bass), Lee Thornburg (Trombone), Lee Thornburg (Trumpet), Lee Thornburg (Flugelhorn), David Tickle (Mixing), Steve Tyrell (Producer), Carlos Vega (Drums), John X. Volaitis (Engineer), Ian Wallace (Drums), David Woodford (Saxophone), Billy Youdelman (Assistant Engineer), Ray O'Hara (Bass), Kenny Castro (Percussion), Max Earl (Vocals (Background)), Ira Ingher (Guitar), Stephen Kupka (Sax (Baritone)), Ian McLegan (Keyboards), Earl J. Smith, Jr. (Vocals (Background)), Laura LiPuma (Art Direction), Laura LiPuma (Design), Leland Sklar (Bass), Ivy Skoff (Production Coordination), Greg Adams (Trumpet), Greg Adams (Flugelhorn), Greg Adams (Horn Arrangements), Tower of Power Horn Section, Teresa Caffin (Remastering), Lindsey Loch (Cover Illustration), Jo Motta (Project Coordinator)