Silver Lining (album)

Silver Lining
Studio album by Bonnie Raitt
Released	April 9, 2002
Recorded	The Sound Factory (Hollywood, California).
Genre	Rock
Length	51:12
Label	Capitol
Producer	Bonnie Raitt, Tchad Blake, Mitchell Froom
Bonnie Raitt chronology
Fundamental (1998) Silver Lining (2002) Souls Alike (2005)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(74/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Billboard	(favorable)[3]
Blender	[1]
E! Online	B+[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B[4]
PopMatters	[1][5]
Q	[1]
Robert Christgau	B−[6]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Uncut	[1]

Silver Lining is the fourteenth album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 2002.

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)
• George Marinelli – acoustic guitar, electric guitar, harmony vocals (3), backing vocals (9), mandolin (10)
• Jon Cleary – keyboards, backing vocals, duet vocals (1)
• Mitchell Froom – organ, synthesizers, clavinet (2), marxophone (3), additional acoustic piano (3)
• 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 (11)
• 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[]

Album - Billboard (United States)

Singles - Billboard (United States)

References[]

External links[]

• Silver Lining at Metacritic