| Etta Is Betta Than Evvah! | ||||
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| Released | 1976 | |||
| Studio | All Platinum Studios, Englewood, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Funk, soul, R&B | |||
| Label | Chess [1] | |||
| Producer | Mike Terry | |||
| Etta James chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B [3] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [4] |
| The New Rolling Stone Record Guide | [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]
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]
| No. | Title | Writer(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 |
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