Etta James - The Essential (1993)

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Artist: Etta James
Title: The Essential
Year Of Release: 1993
Label: MCA Records CHD2-9341
Genre: Blues, Jazz, Soul
Quality: FLAC (image+.cue,log,scans)
Total Time: 01:44:51 + 01:20:30
Total Size: 717 MB
WebSite: Album Preview

Etta James is the dues-paying blues mama. Throughout her tragic and storied career, Miss Peaches has successfully delivered her growling soul and soaring vocals to everything from Chicago blues to pop. Her voice is one of the most distinctive in the entire blues canon and The Essential Etta James captures it in its prime; 44 tracks cover her best Chess Records work from 1960 to the early '70s. And though her early R&B hits for Modern like "Roll with Me Henry" are not here, just about everything else is: the supreme balladry of "All I Could Do Was Cry" and "At Last," the sassy bump of "Seven-Day Fool" and "Pushover," the raucous soul of "In the Basement," and even bell-bottomed funk of "All the Way Down." But the finest evidence of James's versatility can be heard in her outstanding Memphis soul covers of "Tell Mama" and "Security." There's a lot of Etta James out there, but this is likely the best compilation of her work you're going to find. --Ken Hohman

Tracklist:

Disc 1
01. All I Could Do Is Cry (2:55)
02. My Dearest Darling (3:02)
03. If I Can't Have You (2:52)
04. A Sunday Kind of Love (3:18)
05. Anything to Say You're Mine (2:36)
06. At Last (3:01)
07. Seven Day Fool (3:01)
08. Trust In Me (2:59)
09. Don't Cry Baby (2:27)
10. Fool That I Am (2:58)
11. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road) (3:28)
12. Waiting For Charlie (To Come Home) (2:08)
13. Something's Got a Hold On Me (2:49)
14. Next Door To the Blues (2:49)
15. These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You) (3:59)
16. Stop The Wedding (2:52)
17. Prisoner Of Love (2:13)
18. Pushover (2:55)
19. Would It Make Any Difference To You (2:39)
20. Pay Back (2:39)
21. Two Sides To Every Story (3:04)
22. Baby What You Want Me To Do (4:20)

Disc 2
01. In The Basement, Part One (with Sugar Pie DeSanto) (2:22)
02. Loving You More Every Day (3:22)
03. Do I Make Myself Clear (with Sugar Pie DeSanto) (3:00)
04. I Prefer You (3:05)
05. It Must Be Your Love (2:57)
06. 842-3089 (Call My Name) (3:00)
07. I'd Rather Go Blind (2:34)
08. Tell Mama (2:23)
09. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man (3:00)
10. Security (2:29)
11. Almost Persuaded (3:21)
12. You Got It (2:26)
13. Miss Pitiful (2:22)
14. Losers Weepers, Part One (3:00)
15. W.O.M.A.N. (3:16)
16. I Never Meant To Love Him (3:50)
17. You Can Leave Your Hat On (3:24)
18. God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind) (3:37)
19. All The Way Down (5:36)
20. Lovin' Arms (3:48)
21. Feeling Uneasy (2:50)
22. Let's Burn Down The Cornfield (3:46)

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