Bonnie Raitt's ninth and final album for Warner Bros.
Records was a star-crossed affair that began in 1983 in a session with producer Rob Fraboni, and was a typical Raitt mixture of different genres and songwriters, from Jerry Lynn Williams ("Excited") and Eric Kaz ("Angel") to reggae star Toots Hibbert ("True Love Is Hard to Find") in a style similar to her 1982 album Green Light.
This record seems to have been rejected by Warner, but three years later Raitt returned to the studio with Bill Payne (Little Feat) and George Massenburg and cut a group of commercial-sounding songs by the likes of Bryan Adams and Tom Snow.
Nine Lives splits the difference between the two sessions, with four tracks rescued from 1983, and five added from 1986, plus the theme from a forgotten Farrah Fawcett movie ("Stand Up to the Night" from Extremities).
The result is predictably scattered and strained, and it was Raitt's lowest-charting album since her debut.
Not surprisingly, it was also the last straw in her relationship with Warner.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Way to Treat a LadyJim Vallance | Bonnie Raitt | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 25 MB |
| 2 | Runnin' Back to MeKarla Bonoff, Ira Ingber | Bonnie Raitt | Play | 04:14 | 9 MB | 27 MB |
| 3 | Who but a Fool (Thief into Paradise)Tom Snow | Bonnie Raitt | Play | 04:26 | 10 MB | 26 MB |
| 4 | Crime of PassionMary Unobsky | Bonnie Raitt | Play | 04:20 | 9 MB | 26 MB |
| 5 | All Day, All NightJames "Hutch" Hutchinson, Ronald Jones, Ivan Neville | Bonnie Raitt | Play | 04:04 | 9 MB | 25 MB |
| 6 | Stand Up to the NightWill Jennings, Richard Kerr, J.A.C. Redford | Bonnie Raitt | Play | 04:43 | 10 MB | 27 MB |
| 7 | ExcitedJerry Lynn Williams | Bonnie Raitt | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 8 | Freezin' (For a Little Human Love)Michael Smotherman | Bonnie Raitt | Play | 04:59 | 11 MB | 30 MB |
| 9 | True Love Is Hard to FindToots Hibbert | Bonnie Raitt | Play | 04:35 | 10 MB | 25 MB |
| 10 | AngelEric Kaz | Bonnie Raitt | Play | 04:00 | 9 MB | 18 MB |
| 42 mins | 97 MB | |||||
| 42 mins | 253 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greg Adams | Flugelhorn, Horn Arrangements, Trumpet |
| 2 | Terry Becker | Engineer |
| 3 | Karla Bonoff | Composer |
| 4 | Rosemary Butler | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 5 | Teresa Caffin | Remastering |
| 6 | Max Carl | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 7 | Emilio Castillo | Sax (Tenor), Saxophone |
| 8 | Kenny Castro | Percussion |
| 9 | Lenny Castro | Percussion |
| 10 | Blondie Chaplin | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 11 | Ray Chara | Bass |
| 12 | Max Earl | Vocals (Background) |
| 13 | Nathan East | Bass, Guest Artist |
| 14 | Richard Elliot | Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor), Saxophone |
| 15 | Charles Ferrin | Guitar |
| 16 | Rob Fraboni | Engineer, Percussion, Producer |
| 17 | Gregg Geller | Series Producer |
| 18 | Toots Hibbert | Composer |
| 19 | James "Hutch" Hutchinson | Composer |
| 20 | Ira Ingber | Composer, Guitar |
| 21 | Ira Ingher | Guitar |
| 22 | Will Jennings | Composer |
| 23 | Ronald Jones | Composer |
| 24 | Eric Kaz | Composer, Piano, Vocals (Background) |
| 25 | Richard Kerr | Composer |
| 26 | David Kitay | Drum Programming, Engineer, Guitar, Keyboards, Programming |
| 27 | Richard Kosinski | Keyboards |
| 28 | Russ Kunkel | Drums, Producer |
| 29 | Stephen Kupka | Sax (Baritone) |
| 30 | Stephen "Doc" Kupka | Sax (Baritone), Saxophone |
| 31 | Michael Landau | Guitar |
| 32 | Laura LiPuma | Art Direction, Design |
| 33 | Lindsey Loch | Cover Illustration |
| 34 | George Massenburg | Engineer, Mixing, Producer |
| 35 | Ian McLagan | Guest Artist, Guitar, Keyboards |
| 36 | Ian McLegan | Keyboards |
| 37 | Christine McVie | Guest Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 38 | Guy Moon | Keyboards |
| 39 | Jo Motta | Project Coordinator |
| 40 | Ivan Neville | Composer, Guest Artist, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 41 | Ray O'Hara | Bass |
| 42 | Dean Parks | Guitar |
| 43 | Bill Payne | Guest Artist, Keyboards, Piano, Producer, Vocals |
| 44 | Bonnie Raitt | Guitar, Primary Artist, Slide Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 45 | J.A.C. Redford | Composer, Keyboards |
| 46 | Sharon Rice | Assistant Engineer |
| 47 | John "J.R." Robinson | Drums |
| 48 | Stephen Ross | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 49 | Doug Sax | Mastering |
| 50 | Johnny Lee Schell | Guitar, Keyboards, Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 51 | Todd Sharp | Vocals, Vocals (Background) |
| 52 | Jim Shea | Photography |
| 53 | Leland Sklar | Bass |
| 54 | Ivy Skoff | Production Coordination |
| 55 | Earl "Chinna" Smith | Guitar, Vocals |
| 56 | Earl J. Smith, Jr. | Vocals (Background) |
| 57 | Michael Smotherman | Composer |
| 58 | Tom Snow | Composer |
| 59 | Neil Stubenhaus | Bass |
| 60 | Lee Thornburg | Flugelhorn, Trombone, Trumpet |
| 61 | David Tickle | Mixing |
| 62 | Tower of Power | Horn |
| 63 | Tower of Power Horns | Guest Artist |
| 64 | Steve Tyrell | Producer |
| 65 | Mary Unobsky | Composer |
| 66 | Jim Vallance | Composer |
| 67 | Carlos Vega | Drums |
| 68 | John X. Volaitis | Engineer |
| 69 | Ian Wallace | Drums |
| 70 | Sippie Wallace | Guest Artist, Vocals (Background) |
| 71 | Jerry Lynn Williams | Composer |
| 72 | David Woodford | Saxophone |
| 73 | Billy Youdelman | Assistant Engineer |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |