Etta Is Betta Than Evvah!

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Etta Is Betta Than Evvah!
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Studio album by
Etta James
Released1976
StudioAll Platinum Studios, Englewood, New Jersey
Genre Funk, soul, R&B
Label Chess [1]
Producer Mike Terry
Etta James chronology
Come a Little Closer
(1974)		Etta Is Betta Than Evvah!
(1976)		 Deep in the Night
(1978)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Christgau's Record Guide B [3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Etta Is Betta Than Evvah! is the twelfth studio album by Etta James, released in 1976. [6] It was her final studio album for Chess Records. [4]

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Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "the songs are just kind of generic: good-enough uptempo dance cuts and midtempo groovers, songs that give enough space for Etta but never really escape the confines of average '70s disco-oriented R&B." [2] The Sunday Times wrote that the album "mixes tough funk and bluesy soul ballads." [7]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Woman (Shake Your Booty)"James, Brian Ray  
2."A Love Vibration" Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, Bernard "Bernie" Miller 
3."Only a Fool"James, Trevor Lawrence, Gabriel Mekler  
4."Little Bit of Love"Fred Beckmeier 
5."Groove Me" King Floyd  
6."Jump Into Love"Dennis Belfield, Ron Stockert 
7."Leave Your Hat On" Randy Newman  
8."I've Been a Fool"Fred Beckmeier 
9."Blinded by Love" Allen Toussaint  
10."Ain't No Pity in the Naked City" Buddy Scott, Phil Medley  

Personnel

Production

References

  1. ↑ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN   9781440229169 – via Google Books.
  2. 1 2 "Etta Is Betta Than Evvah! - Etta James | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 27, 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  4. 1 2 Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. pp. 566–567.
  5. ↑ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 251.
  6. ↑ "NEW REISSUES / CATALOGUE ALBUMS". Music Week: 41. February 22, 2013.
  7. ↑ Cartwright, Garth (February 17, 2013). "Must-have reissue". The Sunday Times. Culture. p. 20.
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