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Ray Charles

Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)

Ray Charles

Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1952-1959

2 MINUTES AND 53 SECONDS • AUG 01 1961

Album tracklist

1
The Sun's Gonna Shine Again (2005 Remaster)
02:37
2
Roll with My Baby (2005 Remaster)
02:35
3
The Midnight Hour (2005 Remaster)
02:59
4
Jumpin' in the Mornin' (2005 Remaster)
02:46
5
It Should Have Been Me (2005 Remaster)
02:42
6
Losing Hand (2005 Remaster)
03:12
7
Heartbreaker (2005 Remaster)
02:51
8
Sinner's Prayer (2005 Remaster)
03:22
9
Mess Around
02:39
10
Funny (But I Still Love You) [2005 Remaster]
03:13
11
Feelin' Sad (2005 Remaster)
02:49
12
I Wonder Who (2005 Remaster)
02:48
13
Don't You Know (2005 Remaster)
02:56
14
Nobody Cares (2005 Remaster)
02:39
15
Ray's Blues (2005 Remaster)
02:53
16
Mr. Charles' Blues (2005 Remaster)
02:46
17
Blackjack (2005 Remaster)
02:21
18
I've Got a Woman (2005 Remaster)
02:52
19
Greenbacks (2005 Remaster)
02:50
20
Come Back Baby (2005 Remaster)
03:05
21
A Fool for You (2005 Remaster)
03:03
22
This Little Girl of Mine (2005 Remaster)
02:32
23
Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
02:53
24
A Bit of Soul (Blues Hangover) [2005 Remaster]
02:18
25
Mary Ann (2005 Remaster)
02:45
26
Drown in My Own Tears (2005 Remaster)
03:19
27
Hallelujah I Love Her So (2005 Remaster)
02:36
28
What Would I Do Without You (2005 Remaster)
02:38
29
Dawn Ray (2005 Remaster)
05:02
30
The Man I Love (2005 Remaster)
04:25
31
Music, Music, Music (2005 Remaster)
02:54
32
Black Coffee (2005 Remaster)
05:29
33
Lonely Avenue (2005 Remaster)
02:33
34
I Want to Know (2005 Remaster)
02:08
35
Leave My Woman Alone (2005 Remaster)
02:40
36
The Ray (2005 Remaster)
03:58
37
I Surrender Dear (2005 Remaster)
05:05
38
Hornful Soul (2005 Remaster)
05:28
39
Ain't Misbehavin' (2005 Remaster)
05:40
40
Joy Ride (2005 Remaster)
04:38
41
Sweet Sixteen Bars (2005 Remaster)
04:06
42
Doodlin' (2005 Remaster)
05:51
43
There's No You (2005 Remaster)
04:46
44
Undecided (2005 Remaster)
03:39
45
My Melancholy Baby (2005 Remaster)
04:20
46
It's All Right (2005 Remaster)
02:14
47
Ain't That Love (2005 Remaster)
02:51
48
Rockhouse, Pt. 1 & 2 (2005 Remaster)
03:51
49
Get on the Right Track Baby
02:18
50
Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) [2005 Remaster]
02:16
51
That's Enough (2005 Remaster)
02:47
52
Talkin' 'Bout You (2005 Remaster)
02:50
53
What Kind of Man Are You (2005 Remaster)
02:49
54
I Want a Little Girl (2005 Remaster)
02:54
55
How Long Blues (2005 Remaster)
09:18
56
Cosmic Ray (2005 Remaster)
05:22
57
The Genius After Hours (2005 Remaster)
05:23
58
Charlesville (2005 Remaster)
04:54
59
Bags of Blues (2005 Remaster)
08:52
60
Deed I Do (2005 Remaster)
05:50
61
Blue Funk (2005 Remaster)
08:11
62
Soul Brothers (2005 Remaster)
09:33
63
Bags' Guitar Blues (2005 Mono Remaster)
06:26
64
Yes Indeed! (2005 Remaster)
02:15
65
I Had a Dream (2005 Remaster)
02:52
66
You Be My Baby (2005 Remaster)
02:27
67
Tell All the World About You (2005 Remaster)
02:02
68
My Bonnie (2005 Remaster)
02:47
69
Soul Meeting (2005 Remaster)
06:03
70
Hallelujah, I Love Her So (2005 Remaster)
05:31
71
Blue Genius (2005 Remaster)
06:41
72
X-Ray Blues (2005 Remaster)
07:05
73
Love on My Mind (2005 Remaster)
03:46
74
The Spirit-Feel (Live at Alonzo Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959) [Remaster]
03:46
75
Blues Waltz (Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 7/5/1958) [Remaster]
06:25
76
In a Little Spanish Town (Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 7/5/1958) [Remaster]
03:49
77
Sherry (Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 7/5/1958) [Remaster]
04:27
78
The Right Time (Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 7/5/1958) [Remaster]
04:04
79
A Fool for You (Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 7/5/1958) [Remaster]
07:12
80
I Got a Woman (Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 7/5/1958) [Remaster]
06:20
81
Talkin' 'Bout You (Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 7/5/1958) [Remaster]
04:22
82
Swanee River Rock (Talkin' Bout That River)
02:09
83
Yes Indeed! (Live at Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island, 7/5/1958) [Remaster]
02:39
84
Early in the Morning (2005 Remaster)
02:46
85
The Right Time (2005 Remaster)
03:24
86
Carrying That Load (2005 Remaster)
02:15
87
Carrying That Load (2005 Remaster)
02:22
88
Tell Me How Do You Feel (2005 Remaster)
02:41
89
Fathead (Remastered)
05:21
90
Tin Tin Deo (Remastered)
05:18
91
Bill for Bennie (Remastered)
04:15
92
Hard Times (Remastered)
04:41
93
Mean to Me (Remastered)
04:14
94
Sweet Eyes (Remastered)
03:43
95
Weird Beard (Remastered)
04:47
96
Willow Weep for Me (Remastered)
04:58
97
Tell the Truth (2005 Remaster)
03:04
98
What'd I Say, Pt. 1 & 2 (2005 Mono Remaster)
05:04
99
What'd I Say, Pt. 1 & 2 (2005 Stereo Remaster)
06:28
100
Tell Me You'll Wait for Me (2005 Remaster)
03:23
101
Come Rain or Come Shine (2005 Remaster)
03:42
102
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Cryin' (2005 Remaster)
03:45
103
Just for a Thrill (2005 Remaster)
03:24
104
You Won't Let Me Go (2005 Remaster)
03:19
105
Am I Blue (2005 Remaster)
03:39
106
The Spirit-Feel (Live at Alonzo Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959) [Remaster]
04:23
107
Frenesi (Live at Alonzo Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959) [Remaster]
05:05
108
Tell the Truth (Live at Alonzo Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959) [Remaster]
03:35
109
Drown in My Own Tears (Live at Alonzo Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959) [Remaster]
06:25
110
The Right Time (Live at Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, Georgia, 5/28/1959) [Remaster]
04:06
111
What'd I Say (Live at Alonzo Herndon Stadium, Atlanta, GA, 5/28/1959) [Remaster]
04:23
112
Let the Good Times Roll (2005 Remaster)
02:52
113
Alexander's Ragtime Band (2005 Remaster)
02:52
114
Deed I Do (2005 Remaster)
02:26
115
When Your Lover Has Gone (2005 Remaster)
02:50
116
Two Years of Torture (2005 Remaster)
03:24
117
It Had to Be You (2005 Remaster)
02:43
118
I'm Movin' On (2005 Remaster)
02:22
119
I Believe to My Soul (2005 Remaster)
02:59
120
Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
00:21
121
Unknown Title (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
01:17
122
Piano Improvisation & Dialog #1 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
00:32
123
Losing Hand & Dialog #1 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
01:45
124
Little Rock Getaway (& Dialog) [Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]
01:16
125
Kentucky Waltz (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
01:24
126
Heartbreaker (Instrumental) [Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]
02:14
127
Heartbreaker (& Dialog) [Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]
01:14
128
Piano Improvisation & Dialog #2 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
00:42
129
Heartbreaker (False Starts 1-2) [Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]
01:12
130
Losing Hand & Dialog #2 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
01:21
131
Losing Hand & Dialog #3 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
01:27
132
Losing Hand & Dialog #4 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
04:53
133
Heartbreaker (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
02:52
134
It Should Have Been Me (& Dialog) [Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]
02:54
135
I Ain't Got Nobody (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
03:55
136
Piano Improvisation & Dialog #3 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
00:34
137
Mess Around (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
02:37
138
Funny (But I Still Love You) [Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]
03:17
139
Sinner's Prayer (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
03:44
140
Piano Improvisation & Dialog #4 (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
01:01
141
Low Society (& Dialog #1) [Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]
03:08
142
Mess Around (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
01:57
143
Low Society (& Dialog #2) [Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]
03:27
144
Worried Life Blues (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
03:00
145
Come Back Baby & Dialog (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
01:58
146
Low Society (Rehearsal Session with Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
02:54
147
The Right Time (& Dialog) [Takes 1-7 Recording Session, 1958]
08:14
148
Tell Me How Do You Feel (Take 1 Recording Session, 1958)
03:18
149
Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions) [1]
01:01
150
It Had to Be You
01:41
151
My Buddy
01:46
152
Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions) [2]
00:18
153
When Your Lover Has Gone
01:51
154
I'm Beginning to See the Light (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)
01:27
155
Let the Good Times Roll
02:46
Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings 1952-1959
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Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
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