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Bonnie Raitt is the self-titled debut album by Bonnie Raitt, released in 1971 (see 1971 in music). A straight-blues affair, it was recorded at an empty summer camp on Enchanted Island, about 30 miles west of Minneapolis on Lake Minnetonka. “We recorded live on four tracks because we wanted a more spontaneous and natural feeling in the music”, Raitt wrote in the album’s liner notes, “a feeling often sacrificed when the musicians know they can overdub their part on a separate track until it’s perfect.“ Though album sales were modest, Bonnie Raitt was warmly received by rock critics. “An unusual collection of songs performed by an unusual assortment of musicians”, wrote Rolling Stone. “Raitt is a folkie by history but not by aesthetic”, wrote Robert ChristgauRead on...