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I Can't Stand the Rain
Studio album by Ann Peebles
Released	1974
Recorded	1973
Studio	Royal Recording Studios, South Lauderdale, Memphis, Tennessee
Genre	Memphis soul
Length	27:16
Label	Hi
Producer	Willie Mitchell
Ann Peebles chronology
Straight from the Heart (1972) I Can't Stand the Rain (1974) Tellin' It (1975)
Singles from I Can't Stand The Rain
"I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" Released: January 1973 "I Can't Stand the Rain" Released: 1973

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Christgau's Record Guide	B+

I Can't Stand the Rain is the fourth studio album by American Memphis soul singer Ann Peebles. It was released on the Hi label in 1974 and was her highest-charting record on the Billboard 200, where it reached no. 155 and spent 7 weeks. Produced by Willie Mitchell and largely written by Peebles and her husband, Don Bryant, I Can't Stand the Rain included the R&B hits "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" and "I Can't Stand the Rain", the latter of which reached no. 6 on the R&B chart and no. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1973.

Track listing

Side A

1. "I Can't Stand the Rain" (Don Bryant, Bernard "Bernie" Miller, Ann Peebles) – 2:31
2. "Do I Need You" (Bryant, Peebles) – 2:33
3. "Until You Came Into My Life" (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 3:13
4. "(You Keep Me) Hanging On" (Ira Allen, Buddy Mize) – 2:44
5. "Run Run Run" (Bryant, Darryl Carter, Peebles) – 2:38

Side B

1. "If We Can't Trust Each Other" (Earl Randle) – 2:55
2. "A Love Vibration" (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 2:50
3. "You Got to Feed the Fire" (Bryant, Miller, Peebles) – 2:22
4. "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" (Earl Randle) – 2:45
5. "One Way Street" (Bryant, Peebles) – 2:50

Personnel

• Ann Peebles – vocals
• Howard Grimes – drums
• Charles Hodges – Hammond organ
• Leroy Hodges – bass guitar
• Mabon "Teenie" Hodges – guitar
• Wayne Jackson – trumpet
• Jack Hale – trombone
• Ed Logan – tenor saxophone
• Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
• James Mitchell – baritone saxophone
• Archie Turner – piano
• The Memphis Strings – string section
• Charles Chalmers, Donna Rhodes, Sandra Rhodes – background vocals

Charts

References

1. Dolan, Joe; Martoccio, Angie; Sheffield, Rob (November 20, 2024). "The 74 Best Albums of 1974". Rolling Stone. Retrieved November 30, 2024. Ann Peebles was the queen of the Memphis soul scene in the early 1970s...I Can't Stand the Rain was her definitive album...
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: P". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 10, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. ^ "Ann Peebles | Biography, Music & News". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
4. "Ann Peebles Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic. Retrieved 2023-09-04.
5. "The Quietus | Features | A Quietus Interview | Love Like Rain: Ann Peebles & Don Bryant Interviewed". The Quietus. Retrieved 2023-09-05.

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