Editing Longing in Their Hearts

{{Infobox album
| name       = Longing in Their Hearts
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Bonnie Raitt]]
| cover      = Bonnie Raitt - Longing in Their Hearts.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = March 22, 1994
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     = 
* [[Ocean Way Recording]] (Hollywood, California)
* Chomsky Ranch, The Convent and [[Record Plant]] (Los Angeles, California)
* [[Power Station (recording studio)|Power Station]] (New York City, New York)
| genre      = [[Blues rock]], [[country pop]]
| length     = 51:11
| label      = [[Capitol Records|Capitol]]
| producer   = 
* [[Bonnie Raitt]]
* [[Don Was]]
| prev_title = [[Luck of the Draw (album)|Luck of the Draw]]
| prev_year  = 1991
| next_title = [[Road Tested]]
| next_year  = 1995
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Longing in Their Hearts
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Love Sneakin' Up On You]]
 | single1date = 1994
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/longing-in-their-hearts-mw0000110349|title=Longing in Their Hearts - Bonnie Raitt &#124; Album |publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=March 14, 2025}}</ref>
| rev2      = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|neither}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=bonnie+raitt|title=Robert Christgau: CG: Bonnie Raitt|website=Robertchristgau.com|access-date=March 14, 2025}}</ref>
| rev3      = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3score = B<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070324135200/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,301558,00.html|title=Longing in Their Hearts &#124; Music Review &#124; Entertainment Weekly|date=March 24, 2007|website=Web.archive.org|access-date=March 14, 2025}}</ref>
| rev4      = ''[[Music Week]]''
| rev4score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Alan|last=Jones|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-04-09.pdf|title=Market Preview: Mainstream - Albums|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=April 9, 1994|page=15|access-date=April 28, 2025}}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''
| rev5score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>Gettelman, Parry (March 18, 1994). "Bonnie Raitt". ''[[Orlando Sentinel]]''.</ref>
| rev6      = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev6score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/longing-in-their-hearts-251699/|title=Longing In Their Hearts|first=Greg|last=Kot|website=Rollingstone.com|date=April 7, 1994|access-date=March 14, 2025|author-link=Greg Kot}}</ref>
}}

'''''Longing in Their Hearts''''' is the twelfth album by American singer-songwriter [[Bonnie Raitt]], released in 1994. The album contained the mainstream pop hit, "[[Love Sneakin' Up On You]]," which reached #19 on the US ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' singles chart, and "You", which remains to date her only UK Top 40 hit, peaking at No. 31.

==Track listing==
#"[[Love Sneakin' Up On You]]" ([[Tom Snow]], Jimmy Scott) – 3:41
#"Longing in Their Hearts" ([[Bonnie Raitt]], [[Michael O'Keefe]]) – 4:48
#"You" ([[John Shanks]], [[Bob Thiele Jr.]], [[Tonio K.]]) – 4:27
#"Cool, Clear Water" (Raitt) – 5:27
#"Circle Dance" (Raitt) – 4:11
#"I Sho Do" ([[Teenie Hodges]], Billy Always) – 3:38
#"[[Dimming of the Day]]" ([[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]]) – 3:39
#"Feeling of Falling" (Raitt) – 6:17
#"Steal Your Heart Away" ([[Paul Brady]]) – 5:44
#"Storm Warning" ([[Terry Britten]], Lea Maalfrid) – 4:31
#"Hell to Pay" (Raitt) – 4:03
#"Shadow of Doubt" ([[Gary Nicholson (singer)|Gary Nicholson]]) – 4:26

== Personnel ==
* Bonnie Raitt – vocals, backing vocals (1, 3, 6), [[slide guitar]] (1, 6, 10, 11), acoustic guitar (2, 3), keyboards (4), electric piano (5), string and woodwind arrangements (5), horn arrangements (6), [[Electric organ|organ]] (8), slide acoustic guitar (12), foot sounds (12), arrangements (12)
* [[Scott Thurston]] – keyboards (1, 6, 11), keyboard programming (5)
* [[Bob Thiele, Jr.]] – synth [[accordion]] (3), synth pad (3), arrangements (3)
* [[Benmont Tench]] – [[Hammond C3 organ]] (5, 7, 9), keyboards (9, 10)
* [[Mitchell Froom]] – [[Pump organ|harmonium]] (7)
* George Marinelli – electric guitar (1–3), [[mandolin]] (2, 4), guitars (4), lead guitar (9)
* [[Mark Goldenberg]] – electric guitar (3), [[oud]] (3), "first" acoustic guitar (7)
* Randy Jacobs – lead guitar (6), rhythm guitar (6, 9), electric guitar (11)
* [[Richard Thompson (musician)|Richard Thompson]] – "second" acoustic guitar (7)
* [[Stephen Bruton]] – electric guitar (8)
* [[James Hutchinson (musician)|James "Hutch" Hutchinson]] – bass guitar (1–4, 6, 8–11)
* [[Don Was]] – [[acoustic bass]] (5)
* [[Buell Neidlinger]] – acoustic bass (7)
* [[Ricky Fataar]] – drums (1, 2, 4, 6, 8–11)
* [[Paulinho da Costa]] – percussion (1–6, 8–11)
* [[Debra Dobkin]] – [[Celtic music|Celtic]] [[bass drum]] (4)
* Jon Clarke – [[alto flute]] (5), [[bass flute]] (5), [[English horn]] (5)
* [[David Campbell (composer)|David Campbell]] – string and woodwind arrangements (5)
* Larry Corbett – cello (5) 
* Suzie Katayama – cello (5)
* Daniel Smith – cello (5)
* Scott Haupert – viola (5)
* Cynthia Morrow – viola (5)
* [[Marty Grebb]] – baritone saxophone (6), horn arrangements (6)
* [[The Memphis Horns]] 
** [[Andrew Love (musician)|Andrew Love]] – tenor saxophone (6), horn arrangements (6)
** [[Wayne Jackson (musician)|Wayne Jackson]] – trombone (6), trumpet (6), horn arrangements (6)
* [[Charlie Musselwhite]] – [[harmonica]] (12)
* [[Was (Not Was)|Sweet Pea Atkinson]] – backing vocals (1, 4, 6, 9, 10)
* [[Was (Not Was)|Sir Harry Bowens]] – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10)
* [[David Lasley]] – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 9, 10)
* [[Arnold McCuller]] – backing vocals (1, 3, 4, 6, 9, 10)
* [[Levon Helm]] – harmony vocals (2)
* [[Paul Brady]] – harmony vocals (4, 7), [[penny whistle]] (4), acoustic guitar (9)
* [[David Crosby]] – harmony vocals (5)

== Production ==
* Producers – Bonnie Raitt and Don Was
* Engineer and Mixing – [[Ed Cherney]]
* Assistant Engineer – Dan Bosworth
* Additional Engineers – Chris Albert, Dan Bosworth, Brad Cook and James Saez.
* Mix Assistant – Michael Reiter
* Mastered by [[Doug Sax]] at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA). 
* Production Coordination – Marsha Burns, assisted by Carrie McConkey.
* Art Direction – Jeffrey Fey and Tommy Steele
* Design – Jeffrey Fey 
* Photography – John Casado
* Centerspread Painting – Clayton Campbell
* Lettering Design and Logo – Tim Girvin Design, Inc.
* Management – Jeffrey Hersh, Ron Stone and Jane Oppenheimer.

==Other information==
[[Stevie Nicks]] covered "Circle Dance" on her first live album, ''[[The Soundstage Sessions]]'', which was released on March 31, 2009.

==Charts==
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===Weekly charts===
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1994)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|27|artist=Bonnie Raitt|album=Longing in Their Hearts|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|34|artist=Bonnie Raitt|album=Longing in Their Hearts|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|70|id=1808|artist=Bonnie Raitt|album=Longing in Their Hearts|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|7|artist=Bonnie Raitt|album=Longing in Their Hearts|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|36|artist=Bonnie Raitt|album=Longing in Their Hearts|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|40|artist=Bonnie Raitt|album=Longing in Their Hearts|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|UK|26|artist=Bonnie Raitt|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2021}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Bonnie Raitt|rowheader=true|access-date=April 26, 2021}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
! scope="col"| Chart (1994)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/1994/top-billboard-200-albums|title=Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1994|work=Billboard|access-date=April 26, 2021}}</ref>
| 55
|}
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==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Bonnie Raitt|title=Luck Of The Draw|award=Platinum|number=1|type=album|relyear=1994|relmonth=03|date=August 31, 1994}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Bonnie Raitt|title=Longing In Their Hearts|award=Platinum|number=2|type=album|relyear=1994|certyear=1994|date=November 23, 1994}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

==Awards==
'''[[Grammy Awards]]'''
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Winner
!align="left"|Category
|-
|align="left"|1994
|align="left"|''Longing in Their Hearts''
|align="left"|[[Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical|Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical]]
|-
|align="left"|1994
|align="left"|''Longing in Their Hearts''
|align="left"|[[Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album|Best Pop Vocal Album]]
|}

== Notes ==
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{{Bonnie Raitt}}
{{Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album}}

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[[Category:Bonnie Raitt albums]]
[[Category:1994 albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by Don Was]]
[[Category:Capitol Records albums]]
[[Category:Grammy Award for Best Pop Vocal Album]]
[[Category:Grammy Award for Best Engineered Album, Non-Classical]]