| Losers Weepers | ||||
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| Released | 1971 | |||
| Genre | Funk, Soul | |||
| Label | Cadet [1] | |||
| Producer | Ralph Bass | |||
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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] |
Losers Weepers is the ninth studio album by the American blues artist Etta James, released in 1971. [4]
The title track peaked at No. 94 on the Billboard Hot 100. [5]
Music Week wrote that "although [James] was in a bad way with narcotics addiction at the time, she turns in some formidable genre-defying vocals encompassing blues, R&B, jazz and deep soul." [6]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Take Out Some Insurance" | Leon David Bonds | 2:58 |
| 2. | "I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good" | Duke Ellington, Paul Webster | 4:30 |
| 3. | "I Think It's You" | Gene Barge | 3:56 |
| 4. | "Someone" | George Soule, Richard Cherry | 3:50 |
| 5. | "Losers Weepers" | Bonds | 2:33 |
| 6. | "Weepers" | Bonds, Barge | 2:33 |
| 7. | "You're the Fool" | Sharon McMahan | 2:40 |
| 8. | "Hold Back My Tears" | Alfonzo Thompson, Jimmy Cobb | 6:07 |
| 9. | "For All We Know" | J. Fred Coots, Sam M. Lewis | 3:28 |
| 10. | "Look at the Rain" | Jackie Edward | 3:04 |
| 11. | "Ease Away a Little Bit at a Time" | Clyde Otis, Rose Marie McCoy, Sampson Horton | 3:40 |
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