Time To Get Manly 54: Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

I randomly ran across a list of what Esquire magazine claims are "The 75 Albums Every Man Should Own." In this series of posts, I'll explore these manly, manly sounds.

Ray Charles - Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music

Though Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music sounds more like the title of a doctoral candidate's dissertation than that of a pop record, the contents here are anything but dry and academic. Ray Charles not only proved that he could basically sing anything with this record, but for a black artist to record country songs in the early 60's was downright revolutionary and barrier breaking. Pretty much perfect from start to finish.