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This article is about the album by Otis Spann. For the song, see Crying Time. For the album by Ray Charles, see Crying Time (album). 1969 studio album by Otis Spann
Cryin' Time
Studio album by Otis Spann
Released1969 (1969)
RecordedMarch 7, 20 & 21, 1968
StudioUniversal Recording, Chicago
GenreBlues
Length35:23
LabelVanguard
ProducerSam Charters
Otis Spann chronology
The Bottom of the Blues
(1968) 		Cryin' Time
(1969) 		The Biggest Thing Since Colossus
(1969)

Cryin' Time is an album by blues pianist and vocalist Otis Spann recorded in Chicago in 1968 and released by Vanguard Records.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings

AllMusic reviewer Mark Allan writes "While the Muddy Waters sideman is best known for piano, his soulful organ steals the show on this late-'60s release. His singing is serviceable, helped by wife Lucille Spann on two cuts. Country Joe & the Fish co-founder Barry Melton plays lead guitar, with Luther "Guitar Junior" Johnson taking the second chair."

Track listing

All compositions by Otis Spann except where noted

  1. "Home to Mississippi" − 3:26
  2. "Blues Is a Botheration" − 4:02
  3. "You Said You'd Be on Time" (Spann, George Spink) − 4:46
  4. "Cryin' Time" − 3:11
  5. "Blind Man" (Traditional) − 3:18
  6. "Some Day" − 4:35
  7. "Twisted Snake" − 3:02
  8. "Green Flowers" (McKinley Morganfield) − 3:44
  9. "The New Boogaloo" − 2:09
  10. "Mule Kicking in My Stall" − 3:30

Personnel

Technical
  • Michael Chechik - co-producer

References

  1. ^ Allan, Mark. "Cryin' Time – Review". AllMusic. Retrieved June 19, 2023.
  2. Russell, Tony; Smith, Chris (2006). The Penguin Guide to Blues Recordings. Penguin. p. 604. ISBN 978-0-140-51384-4.
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