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Modern Sounds, Vol. 2
Studio album by Ray Charles
Released	October 1962
Recorded	September 5 & 7, 1962
Studio	Capitol, New York City United Western, Hollywood
Length	34:15
Label	ABC-Paramount
Producer	Sid Feller
Ray Charles chronology
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Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music Volume Two is a 1962 album by Ray Charles. It is the second volume of country and western recordings by Charles following his landmark debut on ABC Records. Following the surprising success of Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, an album of country music covers, which sold over a million copies, Charles and producer Sid Feller decided to do a follow-up. Unlike the previous album, where slow and fast tracks more or less alternated, this one features one side performed by the Ray Charles Big Band with the Raelettes, while the other side features a string section and the Jack Halloran Singers.

The album has been reissued on CD, coupled with Volume 1, and is also featured on The Complete Country & Western Recordings: 1959-1986 Box Set which also features the first C & W volume and many of Charles' later country recordings.

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
MusicHound R&B
The Rolling Stone Album Guide

In The Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992), J. D. Considine regarded the second Modern Sounds album as superior to the first, "because its balladry is smoother (as with his version of Williams's 'Your Cheatin' Heart') and because the blues tunes rock harder (check his smouldering rendition of Gibson's 'Don't Tell Me Your Troubles')." AllMusic's Richard S. Ginell said it "defied the curse of the sequel and was just as much of an artistic triumph as its predecessor, if not as immediately startling". Robert Christgau, on the other hand, preferred the first volume, writing in Rolling Stone that the second was a "half a step down".

Track listing

Singles

References

1. ^ Ginell, Richard S. (n.d.). "Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music, Vol. 2 - Ray Charles". AllMusic. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
2. Larkin, Colin, ed. (2007). "Charles, Ray". The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). London: Omnibus Press. p. 299. ISBN 9781846098567.
3. Graff, Gary; du Lac, Josh Freedom; McFarlin, Jim, eds. (1998). "Ray Charles". MusicHound R&B: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 1578590264.
4. ^ Considine, J. D. (1992). "Ray Charles". In DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly (eds.). The Rolling Stone Album Guide (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 126. ISBN 0679737294.
5. Christgau, Robert (July 8, 2004). "The Genius at Work". Rolling Stone. Retrieved July 30, 2018.

External links

• Album overview at ArtistDirect
• Complete C & W Recordings review at AMG

• 1962 albums
• Ray Charles albums
• Albums arranged by Gerald Wilson
• Albums arranged by Marty Paich
• Albums conducted by Gerald Wilson
• Albums conducted by Marty Paich
• Albums produced by Sid Feller
• ABC Records albums
• Country albums by American artists