Album · Bonnie Raitt
Nick of Time by Bonnie Raitt
Nick of Time is an album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1989. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 14 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Nick of Time”, on 6 lists with a best position of #102.
Nick of Time, Bonnie Raitt's tenth album, arrived on March 21, 1989, her first for Capitol, and it's the sound of a veteran finally getting her due. Through the '70s and most of the '80s she had made well-reviewed roots records that mixed rock, blues, country and folk, and played on sessions with the likes of Warren Zevon, Little Feat and Jackson Browne, but the sales never caught up and the personal and professional troubles piled up.
Don Was produced, and this time the breakthrough that had dodged her for years finally came. It climbed to the top of the Billboard 200 and moved five million units, and at the Grammys it scooped up three trophies, with Album of the Year handed to Raitt and Was together. Rolling Stone later placed it on its list of the 500 greatest albums, and in 2022 the Library of Congress added it to the National Recording Registry.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Nick of Time on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nick of Time | 6 | #102 | – | 2004–2026 | |
| 2 | Thing Called Love | 6 | #437 | – | 1991–2026 | |
| 3 | The Road's My Middle Name | 1 | #331 | – | 2010 | |
| 4 | Have a Heart | 1 | #706 | – | 2026 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.