Slipstream is Bonnie Raitt’s first album in seven years. Why the delay? Who knows, but we Bonnie Raitt fans welcome this CD. The strongest track is Bonnie Raitt’s reggae-flavored cover of Gerry Rafferty’s “Right Down the Line” (see and hear below). I’m also fond of “Take My Love With You.” I’m less enamored with Bonnie Raitt’s attempts to sing the blues. Let’s hope it doesn’t take Bonnie seven more years to put out another CD! GRADE: B+
TRACK LIST:
1 Used To Rule the World 4:17
2 Right Down the Line 5:29
3 Million Miles 6:26
4 You Can’t Fail Me Now 4:18
5 Down To You 3:59
6 Take My Love With You 4:24
7 Not Cause I Wanted To 3:37
8 Ain’t Gonna Let You Go 5:59
9 Marriage Made In Hollywood 4:55
10 Split Decision 4:35
11 Standing In the Doorway 5:24
12 God Only Knows 4:26
Saw her on Colbert’s show last night (the rerun from Monday night, I guess). Is that Joni Mitchell’s “Down to You” or a different song with the same title?
A different song with the same title, Deb. “God Only Knows” (the last cut on this CD) is NOT The Beach Boys classic.
I like this one a good bit. “Down the Line,” as you say, is the standout track.
I wish Bonnie Raitt would just bring out a CD of covers, Bill. She can “reinterpret” other people’s songs and make them new.
That’s classic Bonnie.
You’re right, Patti. SLIPSTREAM is one of the best Bonnie Raitt CDs in decades.
I have two of her older albums and like them a lot, but probably won’t add any more.
Bonnie Raitt sounds as good on SLIPSTREAM as she does on albums she recorded in the Eighties, Rick.
They’ve been playing tracks from Slipstream on WKLH’s Rock ‘n Roll Roots for the past couple of weeks. I agree – it’s great!
Our local “Adult Contemporary” radio station has been playing SLIPSTREAM on heavy rotation, Beth. I agree with you: it’s great!