Seven Year Itch (Etta James album)

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Seven Year Itch
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ReleasedSeptember 26, 1988
StudioDigital Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre Funk, Soul
Label Island
Producer Barry Beckett, Ricky Fataar (tracks: 4, 6, 8), Rob Fraboni (tracks: 4, 6, 8)
Etta James chronology
Etta, Red-Hot & Live
(1982)
Seven Year Itch
(1988)
Stickin' to My Guns
(1990)

Seven Year Itch is the fifteenth studio album by Etta James, released in 1988 by Island Records. [1] The title of the album refers to her comeback after approximately seven years without a major recording contract. [2] The album was described as "the first in her career to consistently capture the magic of James at her live best," [3] while "her voice stretches out with more sureness and authority than ever." [2]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."I Got the Will" Otis Redding 2:44
2."Jump into My Fire"Johnny Cobb, Jana King3:54
3."Shakey Ground" Jeffrey Bowen, Alphonso Boyd, Eddie Hazel 3:06
4."Come to Mama" Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle4:09
5."Damn Your Eyes"Steve Bogard, Barbara Wyrick3:57
6."Breakin' up Somebody's Home" Al Jackson, Jr., Timothy Matthews4:15
7."The Jealous Kind" Robert Guidry 3:58
8."How Strong Is a Woman?"Bettye Crutcher3:17
9."It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It)"Carl Hampton, Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson 3:27
10."One Night"Mike Reid, Troy Seals 4:03

Personnel

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References

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