The Essential Etta James

The Essential Etta James Artist: Etta James
Label: Chess
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 2


UPC: 076732934128
EAN: 0076732934128
ASIN: B000002OBX


Release Date: 1993-06-08

The Essential Etta James


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Tracks:

  1. All I Could Do Is Cry
  2. My Dearest Darling
  3. If I Can't Have You
  4. A Sunday Kind Of Love
  5. Anything To Say You're Mine
  6. At Last
  7. Seven Day Fool
  8. Trust In Me
  9. Don't Cry Baby
  10. Fool That I Am
  11. One For My Baby (And One More For The Road)
  12. Waiting For Charlie (To Come Home)
  13. Something's Got A Hold On Me
  14. Next Door To The Blues
  15. These Foolish Things
  16. Stop The Wedding
  17. Prisoner Of Love
  18. Pushover
  19. Would It Make Any Difference To You
  20. Pay Back
  21. Two Sides To Every Story
  22. Baby What You Want Me To Do (Live)

Tracks:

  1. In The Basement, Part 1
  2. Loving You More Every Day
  3. Do I Make Myself Clear
  4. I Prefer You
  5. It Must Be Your Love
  6. 842-3089 (Call My Name)
  7. I'd Rather Go Blind
  8. Tell Mama
  9. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
  10. Security
  11. Almost Persuaded
  12. You Got It
  13. Miss Pitiful
  14. Losers Weepers, Part 1
  15. W.O.M.A.N.
  16. I Never Meant To Love Him
  17. You Can Leave Your Hat On
  18. God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)
  19. All The Way Down
  20. Lovin' Arms
  21. Feelin' Uneasy
  22. Let's Burn Down The Cornfield

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Amazon.com

Etta James <I>is</I> 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 <I>The Essential Etta James</I> 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. --<I>Ken Hohman</I>

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Etta's best collection.......2005-10-10

If you have not heard Etta James, you are missing the most soulful, funky, get on down and crank it out blues singer to ever grace the face of this earth. To me, this is her finest collection. Don't let your friends borrow it, if you ever want to see it again. It's that good, trust in me... ;)

5 out of 5 stars Ken Holman needs to know his stuff before writing a review.......2004-01-27

Ken while I agree with almost everything you say, I have to inform you of an error. The outstanding soul tune "Tell Mama" IS NOT the "Memphis Sound." It is in fact part of the immortal legacy of Rick Hall's FAME Studios in the Southern Soul Mecca of MUSCLE SHOALS, ALABAMA. Trust me check out the orginal liner notes. Or just check out the FAME Studios Website.

5 out of 5 stars Oh, my, Miss Peaches..........2002-07-02

This is an excellent cross-section of Miss James' vocal ability. It's all here - smoke-filled standards, rockin' R&B, scorching soul, and yes indeed, torch songs to put modern "divas" to shame. Though Etta's voice has spectacular range and emotional drive, these recordings do not contain the shrill vocal calesthenics forced on us by the 90's pop divas. The result was this ultra-quality collection, which I guarantee you will never loan out, even to your best friend.

5 out of 5 stars MAXIMUM ETTA; You Keep "Telling Me, Mama!!"!.......2001-09-25

"Etta" Wails, "I'd Rather Go Blind", and ALL I can say is; "Yeah, me too, mama, PLEASE, just don't EVER render me "deaf"!! This "W.O.M.A.N."; can and DOES, "render me awestruck, not to mention, dumbstruck with her sheer "gutesy, simmering, beltin', sheer vocal force/power, and then DOES IT AGAIN, when she "ratches-down" that INCREDIBLE RANGE of her's (doesn't get any better than THIS, folks) and into her OWN "stylistic-trademark "cruise-control", to give us the treat of her "smooth, sly, earthy delivery of her "gentler?-side"; joking here, of course she does have it, and displays it, in all her multifaceted hues, and glory; her instintual brilliance of interpretation is unequaled, and unrivaled. THE MUSIC HEREIN. Well, the "raw jewels" at her absolute "zenith" are pretty much all here. Then they jusy casually drop in previous unreleased "gems", such as "I Never Meant To Love Him", now a personal fave of mine, and her OWN rendition of Aretha"s "Do Right Womam, Do Right Man"; and I'm certainly hard-pressed to say who's version is better. Different, not better. Two cds "chock-full", each containing 22 "cuts' and ALL "prime-Etta", in any style, or aproachto this staggering array of material. I take issue with "other prior posters" who said they weren't ALL "keepers", you can "Lose and Weep" all you want to. I can't find one "sub-standard" cut anywhere here. None. Personal fave "standouts": "Almost Persuaded", a blistering, searing "God"s Song" (That's Why I Love Mankind); and a true "barnburner" by anyone's standards, the aptly titled "Let's Burn Down The Cornfield"; and man, oh, man-does she EVER!! I certainly felt raw, and than "crispy" by the end of cd No. 2. (Appropriately, the "closer". Randy Newman has GOT to be "one proud papa" with these to two seminal/stellar "inteprets". Of course, by the end of this "rollercoaster-ride", over the course of these entire cds "contents", I was "slack-jawed"; and that's putting it lightly. Other noteables: "Waiting For Charlie (To Come Home)"; "Would It Make Any Difference To You", "Pushover""Payback", a bone-chilling rendition of "All The Way Down"; and "closer" on cd No.1, "Baby What You Want Me To Do"-LIVE! YEOWWW! This "comp." is a Very thrifty bargain at any price. Need I say it again? GET THIS "SET"!! You can't POSSIBLY lose. Promise!Lynn Luv, or; Nancy N.

5 out of 5 stars

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