Rain or Shine (Paul Carrack album)

Rain or Shine is the fifteenth solo studio album by the English singer-songwriter Paul Carrack. It was originally released in 2013 on Carrack's own Carrack-UK label, and was co-produced by Carrack and long-time associate Peter Van Hooke, who is Carrack's former Mike + The Mechanics bandmate.

Rain or Shine
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 2013
Genre
Length35:26
LabelCarrack-UK
ProducerPaul Carrack, Peter Van Hooke
Paul Carrack chronology
Good Feeling
(2012)
Rain or Shine
(2013)
Soul Shadows
(2016)

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine writes that "Rain or Shine captures Paul Carrack living comfortably inside his signature sound: a blue-eyed soul that turns happier with each passing year." [1]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Stepping Stone"Paul Carrack4:04
2."That's All That Matters To Me"Carrack3:37
3."One In A Million"Carrack3:38
4."You Don't Know Me"Cindy Walker, Eddy Arnold3:14
5."(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want To Be Right"Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson3:59
6."Time Waits For No One"Carrack4:02
7."Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)"Ray Charles, Mitch Mitchell3:07
8."I'm Losing You"Pierre Havet, Jean Gaston Renard, Carl Sigman2:54
9."Life's Too Short"Carrack3:19
10."Come Rain Or Come Shine"Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer3:31

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[2]

  • Paul Carrack lead vocals, keyboards, harmonica, bass, guitars, percussion
  • Jack Carrack – drums
  • Ian Thomas – drums
  • Jeremy Meek – bass
  • Steve Pearce – double bass
  • Jim Watson – piano
  • Tom Evans – tenor sax
  • Tom Luer – baritone sax
  • Doug Webb – alto sax
  • Steve Stassi – trumpet
  • Lee Thornburg – trumpet
  • Stringzilla Orchestra – strings


  • Andrea Hunnisett – photography
  • Ian Ross – design


Production team
  • Paul Carrack producer
  • Peter Van Hooke – producer
  • Rupert Cobb engineer, mixing
  • Ashburn Miller – engineer (horns and strings)
  • Zavosh Rad – engineer (horns and strings)
  • Richard Niles – horn and string arrangements

References

  1. [Rain or Shine at AllMusic allmusic review]
  2. Rain or Shine liner notes. Carrack-UK. 2013.
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