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 - vocals, background vocals, slide guitar
• George Marinelli - acoustic guitar, guitar, mandolin, electric guitar, background vocals, harmony vocals
• James "Hutch" Hutchinson - bass, acoustic bass
• Jon Cleary - piano, keyboard, Hammond organ, vocals, background vocals, clavinet, Moog synthesizer, Wurlitzer, duet on "Fool's Game"
• Mitchell Froom - organ, synthesizer, piano, clavinet, Moog synthesizer, Wurlitzer, marxophone, reed organ
• Ricky Fataar - percussion, drums, background vocals
• Steve Berlin - baritone saxophone
• Tommy Sims - electric guitar, background vocals
• Bernard Fowler - background vocals

with:

• Andy Abad - guitar
• Alejandro "Alex" Acuña - conga, talking drum
• Souleymane Ann - calabash
• John Cregar - drums
• Mike Dean - guitar, keyboard
• Kélétigui Diabaté - balafon
• Freebo - tuba
• Gary Gold - drum loop
• Habib Koité - gut string guitar
• Arnold McCuller - background vocals
• Steve Nider - keyboard
• Steve Raitt - background vocals
• Roy Rogers - slide guitar
• Andrew Scheps - drum loop
• Benmont Tench - piano
• Pete Thomas - percussion
• Fred White - background vocals

Production

• Producers: Bonnie Raitt, Tchad Blake, Mitchell Froom
• Engineers: Tchad Blake, John Paterno
• Mixing: Tchad Blake, Paul Middleton
• Mastering: Bob Ludwig
• Assistants: Jacquie Blake, Claire Lewis
• Pre-production: Tom Corwin
• Pre-production assistant: Tom Corwin
• Pro-tools: Jacquie Blake
• Overdubs: Craig Conrad, John Paterno
• Horn arrangements: Bonnie Raitt
• Organ arrangement: Bonnie Raitt
• Art direction: Norman Moore
• Design: Norman Moore
• Photography: Tchad Blake, Ann Cutting, Henry Diltz, Pat Johnson
• Stylist: Kate Lindsay
• Make-up: Lucienne Zammit

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
2002	The Billboard 200	13
2002	Top Internet Albums	17

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2002	"Silver Lining"	Adult Contemporary	21
2003	"Time of Our Lives"	Adult Contemporary	27

References

1. Critic reviews at Metacritic
2. Doerschuk, Robert L.. Silver Lining at AllMusic
3. Billboard review at the Wayback Machine (archived April 6, 2002)
4. Entertainment Weekly review
5. PopMatters review
6. Robert Christgau review
7. Rolling Stone review

External links

• Silver Lining at Metacritic