Takin' My Time

For the After 7 album, see Takin' My Time (After 7 album).

Takin' My Time
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.
Studio album by
Bonnie Raitt
ReleasedOctober 1973
RecordedJune–July 1973
StudioSunset Sound, Los Angeles
Genre
Length37:37
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerJohn Hall
Bonnie Raitt chronology
Give It Up
(1972) 		Takin' My Time
(1973) 		Streetlights
(1974)

Takin' My Time is the third studio album by American musician Bonnie Raitt. It was released in 1973 by Warner Bros. Records. The album is an amalgamation of several different genres, including blues, folk, jazz, New Orleans rhythm and blues, and calypso. The 10 tracks on the album are covers, ranging from soft sentimental ballads to upbeat, rhythmic-heavy tracks. Lowell George was originally hired to handle the production, but was ultimately replaced by John Hall when Raitt became unhappy with his production.

Takin' My Time received positive reviews from music critics, and reached number 87 on the US 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.