Editing Takin' My Time (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Takin' My Time
| type       = [[Album]]
| artist     = [[Bonnie Raitt]]
| cover      = Bonnie Raitt - Takin' My Time.jpg
| alt        = The album cover for Takin' My Time. It features a photograph of Raitt standing underneath an archway at a train station. Two children sit on a bench to the right of the archway.
| released   = October 1973
| recorded   = June–July 1973
| studio     = [[Sunset Sound]], Los Angeles
| genre      = 
*[[Blues]]
*[[American folk music|folk]]
*[[jazz]]
*[[New Orleans rhythm and blues]]
*[[calypso music|calypso]]
| length     = 37:37
| label      = [[Warner Records|Warner Bros.]]
| producer   = [[John Hall (New York politician)|John Hall]]
| prev_title = [[Give It Up (Bonnie Raitt album)|Give It Up]]
| prev_year  = 1972
| next_title = [[Streetlights (Bonnie Raitt album)|Streetlights]]
| next_year  = 1974
}}
'''''Takin' My Time''''' is the third studio album by American musician [[Bonnie Raitt]]. It was released in 1973 by [[Warner Records|Warner Bros. Records]]. The album is an amalgamation of several different genres, including [[blues]], [[American folk music|folk]], [[jazz]], [[New Orleans rhythm and blues]], and [[calypso music|calypso]]. The 10 tracks on the album are [[cover version|covers]], ranging from soft [[sentimental ballad]]s to [[Wikt:upbeat|upbeat]], rhythmic-heavy tracks. [[Lowell George]] was originally hired to handle the production, but was ultimately replaced by [[John Hall (New York politician)|John Hall]] when Raitt became unhappy with his production.

''Takin' My Time'' received positive reviews from [[Music journalism|music critics]], and reached number 87 on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' Top LPs & Tapes]] chart. Retrospective reviews have also been positive, with critics praising the eclecticism, as well as Raitt's attempts to broaden her musical horizon. Raitt went on an accompanying tour of the United States.