I Can't Stand the Rain (album) explained

I Can't Stand the Rain is the fourth studio album by American Memphis soul singer Ann Peebles. It was released on the Hi label in 1974 and was her highest-charting record on the Billboard 200, where it reached no. 155 and spent 7 weeks.^[2] Produced by Willie Mitchell and largely written by Peebles and her husband, Don Bryant, I Can't Stand the Rain included the R&B hits "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" and "I Can't Stand the Rain", the latter of which reached no. 6 on the R&B chart and no. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973.^{[3] [4]}

Track listing

Side A

1. "I Can't Stand the Rain" (Don Bryant, Bernard "Bernie" Miller, Ann Peebles) – 2:31
2. "Do I Need You" (Bryant, Peebles) – 2:33
3. "Until You Came Into My Life" (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 3:13
4. "(You Keep Me) Hanging On" (Ira Allen, Buddy Mize) – 2:44
5. "Run Run Run" (Bryant, Darryl Carter, Peebles) – 2:38

Side B

1. "If We Can't Trust Each Other" (Earl Randle) – 2:55
2. "A Love Vibration" (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 2:50
3. "You Got to Feed the Fire" (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 2:22
4. "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" (Earl Randle) – 2:45
5. "One Way Street" (Bryant, Peebles) – 2:50

Personnel

• Ann Peebles – vocals
• Howard Grimes – drums
• Charles Hodges – Hammond organ
• Leroy Hodges – bass guitar
• Mabon "Teenie" Hodges – guitar
• Wayne Jackson – trumpet
• Jack Hale – trombone
• Ed Logan – tenor saxophone
• Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
• James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
• Archie Turner – piano
• The Memphis Strings – string section
• Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes – background vocals

Charts

Chart (1974)	Peak position
U.S. Top LPs & Tape (Billboard)	155
U.S. Soul LPs (Billboard)	25

References

1. Web site: Dolan. Joe. Martoccio. Angie. Rob. Sheffield. The 74 Best Albums of 1974. . November 20, 2024. Ann Peebles was the queen of the Memphis soul scene in the early 1970s...I Can’t Stand the Rain was her definitive album.... November 30, 2024.
2. Web site: Ann Peebles Biography, Music & News . 2023-09-04 . Billboard . en-US.
3. Web site: Ann Peebles Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More . 2023-09-04 . AllMusic . en.
4. Web site: The Quietus Features A Quietus Interview Love Like Rain: Ann Peebles & Don Bryant Interviewed . 2023-09-05 . The Quietus . en-us.