Comments for Raitt, Bonnie, Longing in Their Hearts

Alot of this album is a rather tired mix of blues, country and soft rock but a couple of the ballads, Circle Dance and Storm Warning are wonderful. The title track isn't bad either but not nearly as memorable as the 2 above mentioned songs.

Not a bad album, but if you''ve purchased "Nick of Time" and "Luck of the Draw" and liked them and want to delve more into Bonnie''s bluesy side, check out her early 70s work. "Bonnie Raitt" (her 1971 debut album), "Give it Up," and "Sweet Forgiveness" (the last containing her very first top 40 hit, a cover of "Runaway") are excellent choices.

Bonnie Raitt`s third album followingher comeback album, Nick of Time,which was followed with the album Luck of the Draw.Bonnie Raitt bridges the bluesslide guitar work that shes rightfully famous for with pop lyrics oflove and loss

I can understand why some people were disappointed with this album, because it is indeed a smoother album than its predecessors which added just the right amount of gloss. But I still think an artist needs to mature as they grow older, and Bonnie didn't do too bad of a job on here. There's more of a prominence of original material from Bonnie, proving once again that she should have done this more often. The title track had Bonnie contributing music to lyrics written by her hubby Michael O'Keefe, while Cool Clear Water, Circle Dance, and Feeling Of Falling have Bonnie reaching into the deepest part of her soul for some of the most personal material she ever wrote. The album's biggest hit single was the funky Love Sneakin' Up On You, showing that this album wasn't all about inner searching. She also takes material by her friend Paul Brady and another highly underrated artist Richard Thompson, and make it her own. When LONGING IN THEIR HEARTS was considered to be slicker than slick despite it still selling big, this proved to be Bonnie's last album with Don Was, who had helped her engineer her return to form in the first place. Whether or not that was a good move, only time will tell.