I Can't Stand the Rain

by Ann Peebles

Overview

This wonderful album, originally released in 1974 on the Memphis-based Hi Records label, deserved a wider audience than it ended up getting at the time. It played to Ann Peebles' great strength, her poised and sultry voice, and surrounded by the sparse, easy funkiness of the trademark Hi rhythm section and producer Willie Mitchell's perfect use of horns and strings, she sings like a resilient but disappointed angel on this impressive set of songs about the darker side of love. Her best song is here, the eccentric but brilliant "I Can't Stand the Rain," along with a marvelous version of Joe Simon's "(You Keep Me) Hangin' On," and perfect readings of a pair of Earl Randle songs, "If We Can't Trust Each Other" and "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down." Peebles sings her heart out, and with those somehow bright-sounding Hi grooves behind her, it all comes together to make a classic album of dark, bouncy, and beautiful Southern soul. ~ Steve Leggett

Product Details

Release Date:	05/22/2012
Label:	Fat Possum Records
UPC:	0767981113814

Tracks

1. I Can't Stand the Rain
2. Do I Need You
3. Until You Came Into My Life
4. (You Keep Me) Hangin' On
5. Run, Run, Run
6. If We Can't Trust Each Other
7. A Love Vibration
8. You Got To Feed the Fire
9. I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down
10. One Way Street

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ann Peebles   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Bernard Miller   Composer
Ira Allen   Composer
Lamont Dozier   Composer
Don Bryant   Composer
Donald Bryant   Composer
Earl Randle   Composer
Eddie Holland   Composer
Brian Holland   Composer
Darryl Carter   Composer
Ann Peebles   Composer
Buddy Mize   Composer