Nine Lives (Bonnie Raitt album)

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History

Raitt was one of several artists dropped from Warner Bros. in 1983, along with Arlo Guthrie, Van Morrison, and T Bone Burnett. The company explained that the artists dropped were not making hit singles.<ref name="billboard_weiner">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web

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The master tapes could have been purchased by Raitt for release as an album elsewhere, but Warner's asking price was considered too high. "They told me I can take the tapes and shop them around," said Raitt, "but they wanted about $500,000 for them, and nobody wanted to pay that much". The material for Tongue in Groove was shelved until two years later when "Warner's suddenly said they were going to put the record out," Raitt recalled. "I said it wasn't really fair. I think at this point they felt kind of bad. I mean, I was out there touring on my savings to keep my name up, and my ability to draw was less and less. So they agreed to let me go in and recut half of it." The result was Nine Lives, which was finally released in 1986.<ref name="rs_henke" />

The song "Stand Up to the Night" was used in the film Extremities with Farrah Fawcett.<ref name="lat_lewis">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Personnel

• Bonnie Raitt – lead vocals, guitars (2), backing vocals (3, 4, 9), slide guitar (3, 10), acoustic guitar (9)
• Bill Payne – acoustic piano (1), keyboards (1, 2, 4)
• Richard "Koz" Kosinski – keyboards (6)
• J.A.C Redford – keyboards (6)
• Guy Moon – additional keyboards (6)
• Ian McLagan – keyboards (7–10)
• Eric Kaz – acoustic piano (10)
• Michael Landau – guitar solo (1, 5), guitars (2, 4)
• Dean Parks – guitars (1, 2, 4, 5)
• Ira Ingber – guitars (2), backing vocals (3)
• Charles Ferrin – guitars (3)
• David Kitay – guitars (6), drum programming (6)
• Johnny Lee Schell – guitars (7–10), backing vocals (9)
• Nathan East – bass (1, 3)
• Neil Stubenhaus – bass (2, 5)
• Leland Sklar – bass (4)
• Ray Ohara – bass (7, 8, 9)
• John Robinson – drums (1, 2)
• Russ Kunkel – drums (3)
• Carlos Vega – drums (4, 5)
• Ian Wallace – drums (7–10)
• Lenny Castro – percussion (3, 5)
• Tower of Power – horns (2, 3)
  • Greg Adams – trumpet, flugelhorn, horn arrangements
  • Emilio Castillo – tenor saxophone
  • Richard Elliot – alto saxophone, tenor saxophone
  • Stephen "Doc" Kupka – baritone saxophone
  • Lee Thornburg – trombone, trumpet, flugelhorn
• Rosemary Butler – backing vocals (1, 3–6)
• Max Carl – backing vocals (1, 3–6)
• Ivan Neville – backing vocals (5)
• Blondie Chaplin – backing vocals (7, 9, 10)
• Stephen Ross – backing vocals (7, 10)
• Sippie Wallace – backing vocals (9)
• Christine McVie – backing vocals (10)
• Todd Sharp – backing vocals (10)

Production

• Producers – George Massenburg and Bill Payne (Tracks 1–5); Russ Kunkel (Track 3); Steve Tyrell (Track 6); Rob Fraboni (Tracks 7–10).
• Engineers – George Massenburg (Tracks 1–5); David Kitay (Track 6); Terry Becker and Rob Fraboni (Tracks 7–10).
• Assistant Engineers – Sharon Rice, John X. Volaitis and Billy Youdelman.
• Mixing – George Massenburg (Tracks 1–5); David Tickle (Tracks 7–10).
• Mastered by Doug Sax at The Mastering Lab (Los Angeles, CA).
• Project Coordinator – Jo Motta
• Production Coordination – Ivy Skoff
• Art Direction and Design – Laura LiPuma
• Cover Illustration – Lindsey Loch
• Photography – Jim Shea
• Wardrobe – Margie Kent
• Make-up – Denise Pauly
• Management – Danny Goldberg and Ron Stone

Charts

Billboard (United States)

Year	Chart	Position
1986	The Billboard 200	138