Etta James: Who's Blue?
Who's Blue?
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- Label: KentSoul
- Erscheinungstermin: 3.3.2011
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Wechsel zu Chess Records kam auch der kommerzielle Erfolg. Er
begann mit ’All I Could Do Was Cry’ und setzte sich die ganzen 1960er
Jahre fort. Mit dem Aufstieg der Disco-Musik zu Beginn der 1970er-Jahre
wurde es ruhiger, aber ihre bisherigen Alben machten sie bereits zu einer
Ikone der amerikanischen Musik. 1978 und 1980 war sie als Support
der Rolling Stones unterwegs. Bei der Eröffnung der Olympischen
Spiele 1982 in Los Angeles sang sie ebenfalls, und 1993 wurde sie
von den Kritikern mit dem ’Living Blues Award’ als beste Blueskünstlerin
ausgezeichnet. Eine Auszeichnung, die sie nochmal 2004 erhielt. 1995
erschien ihre Biographie ’Rage To Survive’. Etta James’ Gesang zeichnet
sich durch eine volltönende, ausgereifte Stimme aus, die einem jüngeren
Publikum vor allem bekannt ist, weil sie Mitte der 1990er Jahre in einem
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In the annals of R&B’s great unsung heroines, you won’t find Etta James. Nobody’s idea of an underdog, she recorded prolifically for over 50 years and can hardly be said to have toiled in obscurity. Etta grabbed the spotlight as a teenager with her first recording, ‘Roll With Me Henry’, and went from strength to strength from there, cruising into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame early and winning her most recent Grammy in the 21st century. Inarguably her most successful work, both commercially and artistically, was unleashed during her 15-year tenure with Chicago’s fabled Chess Records, where she rolled out a decade-long string of hits and a dozen LPs.
“Who’s Blue? Rare Chess Recordings of the 60s and 70s” eschews the many big hits that have been endlessly anthologised, instead cherry-picking an eclectic selection of B-sides and album cuts, 18 of which make their digital debut and one that’s never been released anywhere. Is there anything better than discovering new treasures sung by a superstar icon at the peak of her powers?
Recorded in a variety of locales (Chicago, Muscle Shoals, Nashville, Los Angeles, even New Jersey) the tracks herein showcase Etta’s artistry in a broad variety of styles. Her stock-in-trade blues shouting comes to the fore on a couple of Willie Dixon-penned barn-burners, ‘Nobody But You’ and ‘Fire’, while she indulges her passion for smooth jazzy crooning on ‘It Could Happen To You’ and ‘I Worry About You’. She tackles 70s-style rock on ‘Only A Fool’ and offers a few country standards, most notably a sublime reading of Mickey Newbury’s ‘Sweet Memories’ and a surprising take on Don Gibson’s ‘Look Who’s Blue’.
Of course, Etta James is primarily (and rightfully) revered as a towering figure in the pantheon of 60s soul, and there’s no shortage of that here, from the funky drive of ‘Take Out Some Insurance’ and the swaggering riposte of ‘(I Don’t Need Nobody To Tell Me) How To Treat My Man’ to the searing deep soul of ‘My Man Is Together’, the frisky scatting on ‘You Can Count On Me’ and the Berry Gordy-penned rocker ‘Seven Day Fool’. And speaking of songwriters, there’s a 1970 remake of ‘What Fools We Mortals Be’, a song Etta had recorded in 1956 from the pen of her mother, the notorious Dorothy Hawkins.
A vault find seeing light for the first time anywhere, ‘Can’t Shake It’ finds Etta romping through a girl-group-styled workout, and you can almost hear the smile on her face. Another highlight is ‘That Man Belongs Back Here With Me’, a missed opportunity for a hit single if ever there was one. As is ‘Do Right’. Actually, ‘Street Of Tears’, ‘You’re The Fool’ and ‘Let Me Know’ would sound right at home on any “Best of Etta” collection as well.
That’s the wonderful thing about “Who’s Blue?". It’s not Etta James’ “Greatest Hits”. It just sounds like it could be.
,,Nebenbei beweist diese Auslese, wie vielseitig Etta James ihr Sangestalent mit den Jahren diversifizierte und zu nutzen verstand, Blueslastig ist die Auswahl der zwei Dutzend Aufnahmen mitnichten." (stereo, September 2011)
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In the annals of R&B’s great unsung heroines, you won’t find Etta James. Nobody’s idea of an underdog, she recorded prolifically for over 50 years and can hardly be said to have toiled in obscurity. Etta grabbed the spotlight as a teenager with her first recording, ‘Roll With Me Henry’, and went from strength to strength from there, cruising into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame early and winning her most recent Grammy in the 21st century. Inarguably her most successful work, both commercially and artistically, was unleashed during her 15-year tenure with Chicago’s fabled Chess Records, where she rolled out a decade-long string of hits and a dozen LPs.
“Who’s Blue? Rare Chess Recordings of the 60s and 70s” eschews the many big hits that have been endlessly anthologised, instead cherry-picking an eclectic selection of B-sides and album cuts, 18 of which make their digital debut and one that’s never been released anywhere. Is there anything better than discovering new treasures sung by a superstar icon at the peak of her powers?
Recorded in a variety of locales (Chicago, Muscle Shoals, Nashville, Los Angeles, even New Jersey) the tracks herein showcase Etta’s artistry in a broad variety of styles. Her stock-in-trade blues shouting comes to the fore on a couple of Willie Dixon-penned barn-burners, ‘Nobody But You’ and ‘Fire’, while she indulges her passion for smooth jazzy crooning on ‘It Could Happen To You’ and ‘I Worry About You’. She tackles 70s-style rock on ‘Only A Fool’ and offers a few country standards, most notably a sublime reading of Mickey Newbury’s ‘Sweet Memories’ and a surprising take on Don Gibson’s ‘Look Who’s Blue’.
Of course, Etta James is primarily (and rightfully) revered as a towering figure in the pantheon of 60s soul, and there’s no shortage of that here, from the funky drive of ‘Take Out Some Insurance’ and the swaggering riposte of ‘(I Don’t Need Nobody To Tell Me) How To Treat My Man’ to the searing deep soul of ‘My Man Is Together’, the frisky scatting on ‘You Can Count On Me’ and the Berry Gordy-penned rocker ‘Seven Day Fool’. And speaking of songwriters, there’s a 1970 remake of ‘What Fools We Mortals Be’, a song Etta had recorded in 1956 from the pen of her mother, the notorious Dorothy Hawkins.
A vault find seeing light for the first time anywhere, ‘Can’t Shake It’ finds Etta romping through a girl-group-styled workout, and you can almost hear the smile on her face. Another highlight is ‘That Man Belongs Back Here With Me’, a missed opportunity for a hit single if ever there was one. As is ‘Do Right’. Actually, ‘Street Of Tears’, ‘You’re The Fool’ and ‘Let Me Know’ would sound right at home on any “Best of Etta” collection as well.
That’s the wonderful thing about “Who’s Blue?". It’s not Etta James’ “Greatest Hits”. It just sounds like it could be.
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,,Nebenbei beweist diese Auslese, wie vielseitig Etta James ihr Sangestalent mit den Jahren diversifizierte und zu nutzen verstand, Blueslastig ist die Auswahl der zwei Dutzend Aufnahmen mitnichten." (stereo, September 2011)
- Tracklisting
- Mitwirkende
Disk 1 von 1 (CD)
- 1 Only a fool
- 2 Take out some insurance
- 3 I'm so glad (I found love in you)
- 4 (I don't need nobody to tell me) how to treat my man
- 5 Fire
- 6 I've been a fool
- 7 You're the fool
- 8 Can't shake ist
- 9 Do right
- 10 Nobody But You
- 11 Seven day fool
- 12 That man belongs back here with me
- 13 Look who's blue
- 14 You can count on me
- 15 It could happen to you
- 16 Street of tears
- 17 Don't pick me for your fool
- 18 Are my thoughts with you
- 19 My man is together
- 20 I'm sorry for you
- 21 I worry 'bout you
- 22 Let me know
- 23 What fools we mortals be
- 24 Sweet memories
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