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Mess Around by Ray Charles • Jukebox

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Mess Around

by Ray Charles · from Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) [Remastered]

1953R&B/Soul2:39Track 9

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Review by Cass Moreno★★★★Sample

“Mess Around”. that's the review.

2.4K likes

Review by Mira Okafor★★★½Sample

the highs are high but it sags in the middle. still coming back for “Mess Around” though.

1.6K likes

Also on Pure Genius: The Complete Atlantic Recordings (1952-1959) [Remastered]

Tracklist

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1
The Sun's Gonna Shine Again
sample avg 4.0
2:37
2
Roll With My Baby
sample avg 3.1
2:35
3
The Midnight Hour
sample avg 3.0
2:59
4
Jumpin' In the Morning
sample avg 3.3
2:46
5
It Should've Been Me
sample avg 4.1
2:42
6
Losing Hand
sample avg 3.1 · Ray Charles and His Orchestra
3:12
7
Heartbreaker
sample avg 4.0
2:51
8
Sinner's Prayer
sample avg 4.1
3:22
9
Mess Around
sample avg 3.9
2:39
10
Funny (But I Still Love You)
sample avg 3.0
3:13
11
Feelin' Sad
sample avg 3.6 · Ray Charles and His Orchestra
2:49
12
I Wonder Who
sample avg 3.8
2:48
13
Don't You Know
sample avg 4.0
2:56
14
Nobody Cares
sample avg 2.9
2:39
15
Ray's Blues
sample avg 3.9
2:53
16
I Got a Break Baby
sample avg 3.3
2:46
17
Blackjack
sample avg 3.9
2:21
18
I've Got a Woman
sample avg 2.9
2:52
19
Greenbacks
sample avg 4.0
2:50
20
Come Back (Baby)
sample avg 3.8
3:05
21
A Fool for You
sample avg 3.5
3:03
22
This Little Girl of Mine
sample avg 3.6
2:31
23
Hard Times (No One Knows Better Than I)
sample avg 4.0
2:53
24
Blues Hangover (a.k.a. A Bit of Soul)
sample avg 3.1
2:18
25
Mary Ann
sample avg 3.8
2:45
26
Drown In My Own Tears
sample avg 3.6
3:18
27
Hallelujah I Love Her So
sample avg 4.0
2:36
28
What Would I Do Without You
sample avg 2.9
2:38
29
Dawn Ray
sample avg 3.5
5:02
30
The Man I Love
sample avg 3.9
4:25
31
Music, Music, Music
sample avg 3.9
2:54
32
Black Coffee
sample avg 3.9
5:29
33
Lonely Avenue
sample avg 3.9
2:33
34
I Want to Know
sample avg 3.5
2:08
35
Leave My Woman Alone
sample avg 3.8
2:40
36
The Ray
sample avg 3.6
3:58
37
I Surrender Dear
sample avg 3.1
5:05
38
Hornful Soul
sample avg 3.2
5:28
39
Ain't Misbehavin'
sample avg 2.9
5:40
40
Joy Ride
sample avg 3.4
4:38
41
Sweet Sixteen Bars
sample avg 3.5
4:06
42
Doodlin'
sample avg 3.8
5:51
43
There's No You
sample avg 3.7
4:46
44
Undecided
sample avg 4.0
3:39
45
My Melancholy Baby
sample avg 3.5
4:20
46
It's Alright
sample avg 3.5
2:14
47
Ain't That Love
sample avg 3.8
2:51
48
Rockhouse, Pts. 1 & 2
sample avg 3.2
3:51
49
Get On the Right Track Baby
sample avg 3.6
2:18
50
Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River)
sample avg 3.4
2:16
51
That's Enough
sample avg 3.9
2:46
52
Talkin' 'Bout You
sample avg 3.1
2:50
53
What Kind of Man Are You
sample avg 4.0
2:49
54
I Want a Little Girl
sample avg 2.9
2:54
55
How Long Blues
sample avg 3.1 · Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
9:18
56
Cosmic Ray
sample avg 4.0 · Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
5:22
57
The Genius After Hours
sample avg 3.0
5:23
58
Charlesville
sample avg 3.9 · Milt Jackson
4:54
59
Bags of Blues
sample avg 3.4 · Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
8:52
60
'Deed I Do
sample avg 4.1 · Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
5:50
61
Blue Funk
sample avg 3.3 · Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
8:11
62
Soul Brothers
sample avg 3.8 · Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
9:33
63
Bag's Guitar Blues
sample avg 3.4 · Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
6:26
64
Yes Indeed!!
sample avg 3.4
2:15
65
I Had a Dream
sample avg 3.1
2:52
66
You Be My Baby
sample avg 3.6
2:27
67
Tell All the World About You
sample avg 3.4
2:02
68
My Bonnie
sample avg 3.0
2:47
69
Soul Meeting
sample avg 3.3 · Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
6:03
70
Hallelujah I Love Her So
sample avg 3.9 · Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
5:31
71
Blue Genius
sample avg 3.1 · Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
6:41
72
X-Ray Blues
sample avg 3.4 · Milt Jackson
7:05
73
Love On My Mind
sample avg 3.1 · Ray Charles & Milt Jackson
3:46
74
The Spirit-Feel (Live At Newport Jazz)
sample avg 4.1
3:46
75
Blues Waltz (Live At Newport Jazz)
sample avg 3.4
6:24
76
In a Little Spanish Town (Live At Newport Jazz)
sample avg 3.0
3:49
77
Sherry (Live At Newport Jazz) [Edit]
sample avg 3.7
4:27
78
Night Time Is the Right Time (Live At Newport Jazz)
sample avg 3.4
4:04
79
A Fool for You (Live At Newport Jazz)
sample avg 3.4
7:12
80
I've Got a Woman (Live At Newport Jazz)
sample avg 3.8
6:20
81
Talkin' 'Bout You (Live At Newport Jazz)
sample avg 3.2
4:22
82
Swanee River Rock (Talkin' 'Bout That River) [Live At Newport Jazz]
sample avg 4.0
2:09
83
Yes Indeed! (Live At Newport Jazz)
sample avg 3.1
2:39
84
Early In the Mornin'
sample avg 2.9
2:46
85
Night Time Is the Right Time
sample avg 4.1
3:24
86
Carryin' That Load (Single Version)
sample avg 3.6
2:15
87
Carryin' That Load
sample avg 3.8
2:22
88
Tell Me How Do You Feel
sample avg 3.2
2:41
89
Fathead
sample avg 3.5 · David Newman & Ray Charles
5:21
90
Tin Tin Deo
sample avg 3.6 · David Newman & Ray Charles
5:18
91
Bill for Bennie
sample avg 3.8 · David Newman & Ray Charles
4:15
92
Hard Times
sample avg 3.4 · David Newman & Ray Charles
4:41
93
Mean to Me
sample avg 4.0 · David Newman & Ray Charles
4:14
94
Sweet Eyes
sample avg 3.8 · David Newman & Ray Charles
3:43
95
Weird Beard
sample avg 3.6 · David Newman & Ray Charles
4:47
96
Willow Weep for Me
sample avg 2.9 · David Newman & Ray Charles
4:58
97
Tell the Truth
sample avg 3.6
3:04
98
What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 (Mono)
sample avg 4.0
5:04
99
What'd I Say, Pts. 1 & 2 (Stereo)
sample avg 3.5
6:28
100
Tell Me You'll Wait for Me
sample avg 3.6
3:23
101
Come Rain or Come Shine
sample avg 4.0
3:42
102
Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying
sample avg 3.2
3:45
103
Just for a Thrill
sample avg 3.3
3:23
104
You Won't Let Me Go
sample avg 3.6
3:19
105
Am I Blue
sample avg 3.0
3:39
106
The Spirit-Feel (Live 1959)
sample avg 4.0
4:23
107
Frenesi (Live 1959)
sample avg 3.1
5:05
108
Tell the Truth (Live 1959)
sample avg 3.4
3:35
109
Drown In My Own Tears (Live 1959)
sample avg 3.9
6:25
110
Night Time Is the Right Time (Live 1959)
sample avg 4.1
4:06
111
What'd I Say (Live 1959)
sample avg 3.9
4:23
112
Let the Good Times Roll
sample avg 3.6
2:52
113
Alexander's Ragtime Band
sample avg 3.1
2:52
114
'Deed I Do
sample avg 3.9
2:26
115
When Your Lover Has Gone
sample avg 3.2
2:50
116
Two Years of Torture
sample avg 3.9
3:24
117
It Had to Be You
sample avg 3.9
2:43
118
I'm Movin' On
sample avg 4.1
2:22
119
I Believe to My Soul
sample avg 3.6
2:59
120
Baby Let Me Hold Your Hand (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.0
0:21
121
Unknown Title (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.1
1:17
122
Piano Improvisation & Dialog #1 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.9
0:32
123
Losing Hand & Dialog #1 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 4.2
1:45
124
Little Rock Getaway & Dialog (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.0
1:16
125
Kentucky Waltz (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.2
1:23
126
Heartbreaker (Instrumental) [Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]
sample avg 3.1
2:14
127
Heartbreaker & Dialog (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 2.9
1:14
128
Piano Improvisation & Dialog #2 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.7
0:42
129
Heartbreaker (False Starts 1-2) [Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]
sample avg 2.9
1:12
130
Losing Hand & Dialog #2 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 2.9
1:21
131
Losing Hand & Dialog #3 (With Reverb) [Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]
sample avg 3.1
1:27
132
Losing Hand & Dialog #4 (With Reverb) [Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]
sample avg 4.1
4:53
133
Heartbreaker (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.8
2:51
134
It Should've Been Me & Dialog (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.4
2:54
135
Nobody Cares (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.1
3:55
136
Piano Improvisation & Dialog #3 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.9
0:34
137
Mess Around (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.4
2:37
138
Funny (But I Still Love You) [Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]
sample avg 4.0
3:17
139
Sinner's Prayer (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.1
3:44
140
Piano Improvisation & Dialog #4 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.6
1:01
141
Low Society & Dialog #1 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.6
3:08
142
Boogie Woogie (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.1
1:57
143
Low Society & Dialog #2 (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 4.0
3:27
144
Worried Life Blues (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.1
3:00
145
Come Back Baby & Dialog (Walter Davis Version) [Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953]
sample avg 3.2
1:58
146
Low Society (Rehearsal With Ahmet Ertegun, 1953)
sample avg 3.2
2:54
147
Night Time Is the Right Time & Dialog (Takes 1-7) [Recording Session, 1958]
sample avg 3.2
8:14
148
Tell Me How Do You Feel (Take 1) [Recording Session, 1958]
sample avg 3.3
3:18
149
Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)
sample avg 3.8
1:01
150
It Had to Be You & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)
sample avg 3.9
1:40
151
My Buddy & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)
sample avg 3.0
1:46
152
Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)
sample avg 3.8
0:18
153
When Your Lover Has Gone & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)
sample avg 3.9
1:51
154
I'm Beginning to See the Light (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)
sample avg 3.6
1:27
155
Let the Good Times Roll & Dialog (Ray's Arrangement Suggestions)
sample avg 3.4
2:46

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Review by Nadia Haddad★★★★½Sample

Took me three listens. By the third, “Mess Around” had moved in and started paying rent.

215 likes

Review by Jules Archer★★★Sample

I respect it more than I love it. “Mess Around” is undeniable though.

30 likes

Review by DeShawn Price★★★½Sample

Overhyped? Maybe. Did I still cry at “Mess Around”? Also maybe.

23 likes