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Etta James - The Definitive Collection (2006)
Audio CD - Geffin B0004010-02
CD Release Date - January 10, 2006
Total Time - 75:35
Track Listing:
1. The Wallflower (Dance with Me Henry)
2. Good Rockin' Daddy
3. W-O-M-A-N
4. All I Could Do Is Cry
5. If I Can't Have You
6. My Dearest Darling
7. At Last
8. Don't Cry Baby
9. A Sunday Kind of Love
10. Trust in Me
11. Something's Got a Hold on Me
12. Stop the Wedding
13. Pushover
14. Tell Mama
15. I'd Rather Go Blind
16. Security
17. All the Way Down
18. Take It to the Limit
19. Damn Your Eyes
20. Whatever Gets You Through the Night
21. The Man I Love
22. I've Been Loving You Too Long
23. The Sky Is Crying
Review from All Music Guide:
Whoa. There are many Etta James collections out there. The standard-bearers thus far have been the Chess Box and the Essential Etta James. This set attempts to do something else and goes deep into her catalog to dig out the gems from her years with Modern, Argo, Cadet, Chess, Warner Brothers, Island, and Private Music/BMG, and presents the full spectrum of her five-decade career. As such, there are many different kinds of songs here revealing the complexity of the vocalist herself, and as such, thus becomes a real portrait of the artist. Juxtapose, for instance, early sides like "The Wallflower Dance (Dance With Me Henry)," with its wild R&B bravado and the deep soul-blues of "All I Could Do Is Cry," the balladry of "The Man I Love," the bone-crushing blues of "The Sky Is Crying," and the torch song ballad technique on "My Dearest Darling," and the despairing soul inherent in songs such as "All the Way Down," and the listener begins to get an idea of just how vast and deep James talent really is. These 23 cuts give a fine and full picture of all that diversity without sacrificing a note of quality. This is a fine introduction to James for those listeners who have become acquainted with her in recent years, and a decent look at the later material for those cynical purists who think it was over and done by 1970. Recommended.
~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide
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