| At Last! | 
 enlarge | Artist: Etta James
Label: Chess
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:   (69 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5802
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.1
Dimensions (in): 5.5 x 4.9 x 0.3
UPC: 602517805293
EAN: 0602517805293
ASIN: B001DZDTPO
Release Date: September 16, 2008
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| Tracks:
| • | Anything to Say You're Mine - Etta James, Thompson, Sonny | | • | My Dearest Darling - Etta James, Gayten, Paul | | • | Trust in Me - Etta James, Wever, Ned | | • | A Sunday Kind of Love - Etta James, Belle, Barbara | | • | Tough Mary - Etta James, Manley, Lorenzo | | • | I Just Want to Make Love to You - Etta James, Dixon, Willie | | • | At Last - Etta James, Warren, Harry | | • | All I Could Do Was Cry - Etta James, Davis, Billy [3] | | • | Stormy Weather - Etta James, Arlen, Harold | | • | Girl of My Dreams - Etta James, Clapp, Sonny | | • | My Heart Cries - Etta James, James, Etta | | • | Spoonful - Etta James, Dixon, Willie | | • | It's a Crying Shame - Etta James, | | • | If I Can't Have You - Etta James, James, Etta |
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| Editorial Reviews:
Amazon.com essential recording
This is Etta James's first full-length album, recorded for Chess Records' Argo subsidiary in 1960. It taps all aspects of her then-blossoming talent. There's the crooning rock ballad "My Dearest Darling" and the elegantly symphonic "Sunday Kind of Love." Her classic, brokenhearted "All I Could Do Was Cry" follows the sweet title track and the bawdy blues stomper "I Just Want to Make Love to You." And there's a version of Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather," which Lena Horne made famous. James's fine way with such a wide embrace of material wouldn't again be this well displayed on a single album until she was united with producer Jerry Wexler for 1977's Deep in the Night. --Ted Drozdowski
Amazon.com
The R&B queen's classic collection is augmented this time around by a long-overdue digital remastering, plus a few bonus tracks, presumably for those who found the original album a little on the brief side. In addition to James's well-known hits, including "I Just Want to Make Love to You" and "Stormy Weather," there are four additional songs: "My Heart Cries," "Spoonful," "It's a Crying Shame," and "If I Can't Have You." Although one might cynically suggest that these were added to give Etta fans something to purchase besides The Essential Etta James, it's definitely true that these tracks are worth hearing. --Genevieve Williams
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| Customer Reviews: Read 64 more reviews...
 Etta James At Last CD December 19, 2008
Probably the best CD I own. Every song is great. Her voice is fabulous. You really get more than your money's worh.
 poor disc quality November 19, 2008
I order this disc twice...both were listed as new. The first disc would not track properly in my auto CD player. Returned the first and recieved the replacment...same problem with first. Will not track properly in the car CD player. I burnt the disc onto a generic CD-R and it works fine. I've been told that occasionally music labels will use less than quality material and have results similar to mine. too bad considering the cost of quality CD's today. No reason to cut corners.
 Shipping Issue August 27, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I'd ordered several of these CDs, which were put into one bubble envelope, but not individually wrapped -- consequently, they arrived with three of the jewel cases cracked.
Gotta Get Etta, at last! January 30, 2008
So glad I got this album! It's all here! Won't point out my fav cuts; if you're a blues/Etta lover you'll figure yours out - they're all there. If you're not(yet), this will be your epiphany - this stylist and the selections are astounding. [Note "Sunday Kind Of Love" and "Stormy Weather".]
Etta James at last! January 26, 2008
The music quality had been fixed up,(do'nt know the word) to sound really great! I listened to the music when I was a teen, forty-five years ago. It sounded better now, even though I truly thought it was the best & loved the songs then!
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