After working with Was on the "Stay Awake" album, Raitt's management, Gold Mountain, approached numerous labels about a new record deal and found interest from Capitol Records. Raitt was signed to Capitol by A&R executive Tim Devine. With her first Capitol Records release, and after nearly twenty years in the business, Raitt achieved commercial success with "Nick of Time", her tenth overall album of her career. Released in the spring of 1989, "Nick of Time" went to number one on the U.S. album chart following Raitt's Grammy sweep in early 1990. This album has also been voted number 230 in the "Rolling Stone" list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Raitt later stated that her 10th try was "my first sober album."