Let It Rain (Tracy Chapman album)

Let It Rain
Studio album by
Tracy Chapman
ReleasedOctober 15, 2002
RecordedMarch – August 2002
StudioPlant Studios, Sausalito, California
LabelElektra
ProducerTracy Chapman, John Parish
Tracy Chapman chronology
Collection
(2001) 		Let It Rain
(2002) 		Where You Live
(2005)
Singles from Let It Rain
  1. "You're The One"
    Released: 2002
  2. "Another Sun"
    Released: 2003
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic63/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Blender[3]
E!B+[4]
Entertainment WeeklyB[5]
The Guardian[6]
Mojo[7]
Q[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Uncut7/10[10]

Let It Rain is the sixth studio album by American singer-songwriter Tracy Chapman, released on October 15, 2002, by Elektra Records. The album was co-produced by John Parish. It produced two singles: "You're the One" and "Another Sun".

Track listing

All songs written by Tracy Chapman.

No.TitleLength
1."Let it Rain"3:40
2."Another Sun"3:11
3."You're the One"3:07
4."In the Dark"5:02
5."Almost"3:52
6."Hard Wired"3:37
7."Say Hallelujah"2:11
8."Broken"4:25
9."Happy"4:00
10."Goodbye"2:28
11."Over in Love (Instrumental)"1:47
12."I Am Yours"3:36
International edition
No.TitleLength
11."I Am Yours"3:36
12."Over in Love"2:49
Tour Edition Bonus Live CD
No.TitleLength
1."You're the One" (Live)3:36
2."Give Me One Reason" (Live)4:49
3."Talkin' 'bout a Revolution" (Live)3:32
4."I Am Yours" (Live)3:40
5."Get up, Stand up" (Live)4:58

Cover version

  • "Get up, Stand up" (on this release written without the comma) is a The Wailers cover. The song was originally released on the album Burnin' in 1973.

Trivia

  • All songs of the bonus live CD were recorded at the Tränenpalast, Berlin on December 2nd, 2002.

Personnel

Production

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Austria (IFPI Austria)[29] Gold 15,000*
France (SNEP)[30] 2× Gold 200,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[31] Gold 20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[32] Silver 60,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ^ "Let It Rain by Tracy Chapman". Metacritic. Archived from the original on April 26, 2023. Retrieved November 22, 2015.
  2. ^ Lankford Jr., Ronnie D.. Let It Rain at AllMusic
  3. ^ Too much about Tracy Chapman's Let It Rain is austere. [#12, p.138]
  4. ^ "Tracy Chapman - Let It Rain". E! Online. October 15, 2002. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  5. ^ This is the CD you play on the drive home after the breakup. [21 Oct 2002]
  6. ^ Clarke, Betty (October 18, 2002). "Tracy Chapman: Let It Rain". The Guardian. Retrieved April 10, 2025.
  7. ^ [The] material [is] often so simple in construction that a check of the enclosed lyric sheet is sometimes necessary to ensure the songs really exist. [Jan 2003, p.102]
  8. ^ The tunes are serviceable, if hardly Fast Car. [Dec 2002, p.102]
  9. ^ Rolling Stone review Archived July 22, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ These days her winning innocence has turned to mature craft, but she's lost none of her integrity or emotional honesty. [Dec 2002, p.129]
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  27. ^ "Top de l'année Top Albums 2002" (in French). SNEP. Archived from the original on January 23, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
  28. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2002". hitparade.ch. Archived from the original on February 16, 2021. Retrieved March 2, 2022.
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  30. ^ "French album certifications – Tracy Chapman – Let It Rain" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved October 15, 2012.
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  32. ^ "British album certifications – Tracy Chapman – Let It Rain". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
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