At Last! [LP]

by Etta James

Overview

After spending a few years in limbo after scoring her first R&B hits "Dance With Me, Henry" and "Good Rocking Daddy," Etta James returned to the spotlight in 1961 with her first Chess release, At Last. James made both the R&B and pop charts with the album's title cut, "All I Could Do Was Cry," and "Trust in Me." What makes At Last a great album is not only the solid hits it contains, but also the strong variety of material throughout. James expertly handles jazz standards like "Stormy Weather" and "A Sunday Kind of Love," as well as Willie Dixon's blues classic "I Just Want to Make Love to You." James demonstrates her keen facility on the title track in particular, as she easily moves from powerful blues shouting to more subtle, airy phrasing; her Ruth Brown-inspired, bad-girl growl only adds to the intensity. James would go on to even greater success with later hits like "Tell Mama," but on At Last one hears the singer at her peak in a swinging and varied program of blues, R&B, and jazz standards. ~ Stephen Cook

Product Details

Release Date:	09/17/2013
Label:	Wax Time
UPC:	8436542012003
Rank:	1251

Tracks

1. Anything to Say You're Mine
2. I Just Want to Make Love to You
3. My Dearest Darling
4. At Last
5. Trust in Me
6. All I Could Do Was Cry
7. Sunday Kind of Love
8. Stormy Weather
9. Tough Mary
10. Girl of My Dreams (Rendered As Boy of My Dreams)
11. Don't Cry Baby
12. I'll Dry My Tears
13. You Know What I Mean
14. Seven Day Fool

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Etta James   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals
Harvey Fuqua   Primary Artist,Vocals,Featured Artist
The Riley Hampton Orchestra   Primary Artist,Ensemble,Orchestra
Riley Hampton   Conductor

Technical Credits

Stan Rhodes   Composer
Andy McKaie   Producer,Liner Notes,Reissue Producer
Berry Gordy, Jr.   Composer
B. Belle   Composer
Harold Arlen   Composer
Billy Davis   Composer,Composer
Riley Hampton   Arranger
Barbara Belle   Composer
Gayten   Composer
Erick Labson   Remixing,Remastering Engineer
Leonard Chess   Producer
Louis Prima   Composer
Lorenzo Manley   Composer
Phil Chess   Producer
Ned Wever   Composer
Milton Ager   Composer
Gwen Fuqua   Composer
Anita Leonard   Composer
Sunny Clapp   Composer
Harvey Fuqua   Duet,Composer
Ted Koehler   Composer
Paul Gayten   Composer
Sonny Thompson   Composer
Eddie Bocage   Composer
Mack Gordon   Composer
Etta James   Composer
Vartan   Art Direction
Alan Silvestri   Composer
Willie Dixon   Composer
Harry Warren   Composer
Bob Schnieders   Research,Coordination
Michael Diehl   Reissue Design
Jean Schwartz   Composer
Beth Stempel   Production Coordination
Don Kamerer   Liner Notes
Mike Diehl   Design
Gwen Gordy Fuqua   Composer
Don Brownstein   Cover Design