Silver Lining (Bonnie Raitt album) explained

Silver Lining is the fourteenth album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 2002. "Silver Lining [features] Bonnie and her touring band in all their glory."^[1] Raitt noted that "[t]he thing that most excites me about Silver Lining is that we finally get all the punch and the funk into the studio that we've gotten live. The band and I have toured together so much, and we have so much combined versatility under our belts, that doing this album was more like play than work."

Track listing

1. "Fool's Game" (Jon Cleary) – 4:08
2. "I Can't Help You Now" (Gordon Kennedy, Wayne Kirkpatrick, Tommy Sims) – 3:13
3. "Silver Lining" (David Gray) – 6:19
4. "Time of Our Lives" (Teron Beal, Tommy Sims) – 4:00
5. "Gnawin' on It" (Raitt, Roy Rogers) – 4:44
6. "Monkey Business" (Jon Cleary) – 3:36
7. "Wherever You May Be" (Alan Darby, Gavin Hodgson) – 5:31
8. "Valley of Pain" (Rob Mathes, Allen Shamblin) – 4:27
9. "Hear Me Lord" (Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi) – 5:09
10. "No Gettin' Over You" (Raitt) – 4:45
11. "Back Around" (Habib Koité, Raitt) – 5:15
12. "Wounded Heart" (Jude Johnstone) – 4:13

Personnel

• Bonnie Raitt – lead vocals, slide guitar, backing vocals (1), organ arrangements (3), horn arrangements (5)
• Jon Cleary – keyboards, backing vocals, duet vocals (6)
• Mitchell Froom – organ, synthesizers, clavinet (2), marxophone (3), additional acoustic piano (3)
• George Marinelli – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmony vocals (3), backing vocals (9), mandolin (10)
• James "Hutch" Hutchinson – bass guitar, acoustic guitar (11)
• Ricky Fataar – drums, percussion, backing vocals (9)
• Steve Berlin – baritone saxophone
• Tommy Sims – backing vocals, electric guitar (4)
• Bernard Fowler – backing vocals

with:

• Benmont Tench – acoustic piano (12)
• Roy Rogers – slide guitar (5)
• Andy Abad – lead guitar (9)
• Habib Koité – gut-string guitar (10)
• Andrew Scheps – drum loops (2)
• Gary Gold – snare drum (5)
• Pete Thomas – percussion (8)
• Alex Acuña – congas (9), talking drum (9)
• Souleymane Ann – calabash (10)
• Mahamadou Kone – talking drum (10)
• Kélétigui Diabaté – balafon (10)
• Freebo – tuba (9)
• Steve Raitt – backing vocals (1)
• Arnold McCuller – backing vocals (7)
• Fred White – backing vocals (7)

Production

• Producers – Bonnie Raitt, Tchad Blake and Mitchell Froom.
• Pre-Production Assistant – Tom Corwin
• Tracks 1–10 & 12 recorded by Tchad Blake, assisted by Jacquie Blake.
• Track 11 recorded by John Paterno, assisted by Adam Samuels.
• Overdubs on Track 2 recorded by John Paterno, assisted by Craig Conrad.
• Mixed by Tchad Blake
• Mix Assistant on Track 2 – Claire Lewis
• Mixed at Real World Studios (Wiltshire, England).
• ProTools Engineer – Jacquie Blake
• Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering (Portland, ME).
• Art Direction and Design – Norman Moore
• Photography – Tchad Blake, Ann Cutting, Henry Diltz and Pat Johnson
• Stylist – Kate Lindsay
• Make-up – Lucienne Zammit

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

1. Silver Lining . 2002-04-01 . press release . 2024-10-01 .
2. Web site: Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2002. Billboard. October 8, 2021.