As the Cold Rain Falls
Tiger Army
Psychobilly under a cold front · 4:08
psychobilly, gothic, cold rain, Nick 13
Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
Gene Vincent
The rockabilly reading, 1960 · 2:15
rockabilly, Fred Rose standard, mono, tender
Crying in the Rain (1983)
Carole King
The co-writer takes her own song back · 2:33
singer-songwriter, the writer’s version, weathered
Crying in the Rain
The Everly Brothers
The 1962 original — Goffin/King in close harmony · 1:59
close harmony, the original, oldies, ache
Early Mornin’ Rain
Paul Ansell’s Number Nine
Lightfoot gone rockabilly · 3:46
British roots-rockabilly, Lightfoot cover, wistful
Early Morning Rain
Eva Cassidy
The same Lightfoot, unbearably tender · 4:06
acoustic, Lightfoot cover, luminous, lost too soon
Have You Ever Seen the Rain?
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Sunshine and a downpour at once · 2:42
swamp rock, Fogerty, bittersweet, the standard
Here Comes the Rain Again
Macy Gray
The Eurythmics’ umbrella, reopened in soul · 3:44
neo-soul cover, husky, melancholy, 2012
I Can See Clearly Now
Johnny Nash
Watching it finally clear · 2:47
reggae-pop, the original, optimism, rainbow
It Never Rains in Southern California
Albert Hammond
It’s raining, man — the lie in the title · 3:54
soft rock, 1972, irony, homesick
Just Walking in the Rain
Johnnie Ray
The 1956 weeper, umbrella down · 2:37
fifties pop, torch, whistle, heartbreak
Kentucky Rain
Elvis Presley
Caught in a downpour looking for her · 3:17
American Sound 1969, driving, yearning, Memphis
大阪の雨 (Osaka no Ame)
Natsuko Terada
A rainstorm in five acts — the label’s own downpour · 4:42
sushi rockabilly, slap bass, Japanese cloudburst, the finale