Etta James - Life, Love & the Blues
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Artist: Etta JamesEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1998-06-30
Music Label: RCA Victor
Soundtracks:
- Born Under a Bad Sign - Etta James, Jones, Booker T.
- I Want to Ta-Ta You Baby - Etta James, Watson, Johnny [1]
- Here I Am (Come and Take Me) - Etta James, Green, Al
- Running Out of Lies - Etta James, Jordan, Perry
- Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler) - Etta James, Gaye, Marvin
- Spoonful - Etta James, Dixon, Willie
- Life, Love & the Blues - Etta James, James, Etta
- Hoochie Coochie Gal - Etta James, Dixon, Willie
- Cheatin' in the Next Room - Etta James, Jackson, George
- If You Want Me to Stay - Etta James, Stewart, Sylvester
- The Love You Save (May Be Your Own) - Etta James, Tex, Joe
- I'll Take Care of You - Etta James, Benton, Brook
Music reviews of Life, Love & the Blues
Music Review: Solid but not Spectacular
Rating: 3 Stars
There are far worse ways to spend an hour than letting Etta James wail and croon her take on the blues and R&B numbers she appropriates on "Life, Loves, & the Blues." Still, one has to concede that her takes are not really all blues or all R&B but a hybrid propelled by lots of bluesy sounding guitar riffs and plenty of horns to fill out the songs. Her band and guests musicians cook up a thick gumbo that bubble along mostly in the background.Solid throughout but never quite spectacular, this session is largely driven by formula, for neither Ms. James nor her band take many chances with the arrangements and delivery no such chestnuts as Spoonful. A few tracks, such as the overly long reworking of Marvin Gaye's Inner City Blues and Hoochie Coochie Gal, overstay their welcome.
On the other hand, Ms. James and her band sound vital and fresh on the title track, the one original number. And it's impossible not to tap along with the infectious energy of If You Want Me to Stay. Even if this recording does not win Ms. James many new fans, it should satisfy her core fans and make a few converts.
Description of Life, Love & the Blues
On Life, Love & the Blues, Etta James returns to her blues and soul repertoire, enlivening even the hoariest of tunes ("Spoonful," a gender-flopped "Hoochie Coochie Gal") with her growl. The tinges of funk underpinning "Born Under a Bad Sign" are given full room to stretch on a cover of Sly Stone's "If You Want Me to Stay," and James nearly swipes "The Love You Save May Be Your Own," one of Joe Tex's great preaching ballads, from the master. --Rickey WrightEtta James followed her two deeply jazzy mid-'90s albums of torch songs with Love's Been Rough on Me, a flirtation with Nashville writers. On Life, Love & the Blues, she returns to her blues and soul repertoire, enlivening even the hoariest of tunes ("Spoonful," a gender-flopped "Hoochie Coochie Gal") with her growl. The tinges of funk underpinning "Born Under a Bad Sign" are given full room to stretch on a cover of Sly Stone's "If You Want Me to Stay," and James nearly swipes "The Love You Save May Be Your Own," one of Joe Tex's great preaching ballads, from the master. --Rickey Wright
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