Etta James, The Second Time Around - 28m 12s

Tracks & Durations

1. Don't Cry Baby	2:31
2. Fool That I Am	3:00
3. One For My Baby	3:30
4. In My Diary	2:37
5. Seven Day Fool	3:01
6. It's Too Soon To Know	2:50
7. Dream	2:28
8. I'll Dry My Tears	2:40
9. Plum Nuts	3:03
10. Don't Get Around Much Anymore	2:26

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Review

Etta James was just 22 when she made the recordings for this album in 1960 and '61, but she had already established herself as a youthful belter of spirited R&B numbers. Like Aretha Franklin in the same period, James felt pressure from recording executives to go in different directions. Chess was unsure whether to market her as an R&B singer or to press her toward mainstream adult pop and jazz. This CD presents both sides of the coin, with James doing rousing R&B numbers such as "Seven Day Fool" and the protosoul of "Don't Cry Baby," lounge tunes like "One for My Baby," the jazz-flavored ballad "Fool That I Am," and Ellington's "Don't Get Around Much Anymore." It hardly matters, though, for James's emotional immediacy and potent delivery make all the material her own. --Stuart Broomer

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The Second Time Around

Tracks: 10, Disk length: 28m 10s (-1m 58s)

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