The Bonnie Raitt Collection

1990 greatest hits album by Bonnie Raitt

The Bonnie Raitt Collection

Greatest hits album by

Bonnie Raitt

Released| June 28, 1990
Genre| Rock
Length| 75:16
Label| Warner Brothers
Bonnie Raitt chronology
| Nick of Time
(1989)  | The Bonnie Raitt Collection
(1990)  | Luck of the Draw
(1991)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
Entertainment Weekly| A[2]
Select| [3]

The Bonnie Raitt Collection is the first compilation album by Bonnie Raitt. It includes songs from her first nine albums while with Warner Brothers, which were released from 1971 to 1986. Raitt would go on to have much greater success with her stint with Capitol Records.

## Critical reception

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William Ruhlmann of AllMusic concludes his review of The Bonnie Raitt Collection with, "Even taking into account differences in taste, Raitt's choices run in the face of the preferences of fans and critics to the point that the album fails to make the case for her Warners recordings as true expressions of her talents, a case that could have been made decisively with a better selection."[1]

Greg Sandow of Entertainment Weekly writes, "this compendium justifies itself by its quality. It reveals Raitt first as a 21-year-old blues singer, performing songs with titles like "Finest Lovin' Man" in an aching, pure voice. But already she was adding depth and, often, sadness to what she sang." He gives the album an "A" rating.[2]

Mark Cooper of Q Magazine writes, "This personally selected compilation is a testament to Raitt's ability to make songs her own and further evidence that she isn't always the best judge of her own material."[4]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Writer(s)| Original album| Length

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1.| "Finest Lovin' Man"| Bonnie Raitt| Bonnie Raitt (1971)| 3:57
2.| "Give It Up or Let Me Go"| Raitt| Give It Up (1972)| 4:28
3.| "Women Be Wise" (live duet with Sippie Wallace at the Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, May 1976)| Wallace| Bonnie Raitt| 3:22
4.| "Under the Falling Sky"| Jackson Browne| Give It Up| 3:38
5.| "Love Me Like a Man"| Chris Smither| Give It Up| 3:10
6.| "Love Has No Pride"|

* Eric Kaz
* Libby Titus

| Give It Up| 3:43
7.| "I Feel the Same"| Chris Smither| Takin' My Time (1973)| 4:39
8.| "Guilty"| Randy Newman| Takin' My Time| 2:58
9.| "Angel from Montgomery" (edited live duet with John Prine at the Arie Crown Theater, Chicago, January 1985)| Prine| Streetlights (1974)| 3:59
10.| "What Is Success"| Allen Toussaint| Streetlights| 3:26
11.| "My First Night Alone Without You"| Kin Vassy| Home Plate (1975)| 3:01
12.| "Sugar Mama"| Glen Clark| Home Plate| 3:44
13.| "Louise"| Paul Siebel| Sweet Forgiveness (1977)| 2:43
14.| "About To Make Me Leave Home"| Earl Randall| Sweet Forgiveness| 4:11
15.| "Runaway"|

* Max Crook
* Del Shannon

| Sweet Forgiveness| 3:53
16.| "The Glow"| Veyler Hildebrand| The Glow (1979)| 4:08
17.| "(Goin') Wild for You Baby"|

* David Batteau
* Tom Snow

| The Glow| 5:26
18.| "Willya Wontcha"| Johnny Lee Schell| Green Light (1982)| 3:21
19.| "True Love Is Hard to Find"| Frederick Hibbert| Nine Lives (1986)| 3:37
20.| "No Way to Treat a Lady"|

* Bryan Adams
* Jim Vallance

| Nine Lives| 3:52
Total length:| 75:16

All track information and credits taken from the album's liner notes.[5]

## Charts and certifications

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| Chart (1972)  | Peak
position

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US Billboard 200[6] | 61

| Region  | Certification | Certified units/sales

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United States (RIAA)[7] | Gold  | 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

## References

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1. ^ a b Ruhlmann, William. The Bonnie Raitt Collection at AllMusic
2. ^ a b Sandow, Greg (20 July 1990). "The Bonnie Raitt Collection". ew.com. Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
3. ^ Kirsh, Michele (September 1990). "The Raitt Stuff". Select. No. 3\. p. 103.
4. ^ Cooper, Mark (6 September 1990). "The Bonnie Raitt Collection". qthemusic.com. Q Magazine. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
5. ^ Raitt, Bonnie. The Bonnie Raitt Collection. Warner Brothers. 1990.
6. ^ "Bonnie Raitt Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved April 6, 2020.
7. ^ "American album certifications – Bonnie Raitt – Bonnie Raitt Collection". Recording Industry Association of America. June 29, 1993.

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Bonnie Raitt

Studio albums|

* Bonnie Raitt (1971)
* Give It Up (1972)
* Takin' My Time (1973)
* Streetlights (1974)
* Home Plate (1975)
* Sweet Forgiveness (1977)
* The Glow (1979)
* Green Light (1982)
* Nine Lives (1986)
* Nick of Time (1989)
* Luck of the Draw (1991)
* Longing in Their Hearts (1994)
* Fundamental (1998)
* Silver Lining (2002)
* Souls Alike (2005)
* Slipstream (2012)
* Dig In Deep (2016)
* Just Like That... (2022)

Compilation albums|

* The Bonnie Raitt Collection (1990)
* The Best of Bonnie Raitt (2003)

Live albums|

* Road Tested (1995)
* Decades Rock Live: Bonnie Raitt and Friends (2006)

Singles|

* "You've Been in Love Too Long"
* "Runaway"
* "Keep This Heart in Mind"
* "Nick of Time"
* "Something to Talk About"
* "I Can't Make You Love Me"
* "Not the Only One"
* "Love Sneakin' Up On You"
* "You Got It"
* "Rock Steady" (with Bryan Adams)
* "Poor Poor Pitiful Me" (with Jackson Browne)
* "Right Down the Line"

Other songs|

* "Angel from Montgomery"
* "Just Like That"

Related articles|

* Discography

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