| Time After Time | ||||
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| Released | May 9, 1995 | |||
| Label | RCA Victor | |||
| Producer | John Snyder | |||
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Time After Time is the nineteenth studio album by Etta James, released in 1995. [1] The album reached a peak position of number five on Billboard's Top Jazz Albums chart. [2]
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
In a review for AllMusic, Steve Leggett wrote: "James elegantly delivers her versions of vocal jazz standards... It's all graceful and uptown, and James' singing is hauntingly beautiful." [2]
Allen Howie of Louisville Music News stated: "What's clear is that James has lived with these songs... James brings an earthy elegance to the dozen tunes appearing here. With impeccable arrangements by Walton and a delightfully diverse song selection, Time After Time leaves James' stamp on jazz while proving yet again that her muse is as eclectic as it is enduring." [4]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Don't Go to Strangers" | Redd Evans, Arthur Kent, Dave Mann | 5:00 |
| 2. | "Teach Me Tonight" | Sammy Cahn, Gene De Paul | 4:59 |
| 3. | "Love Is Here To Stay" | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 4:29 |
| 4. | "The Nearness Of You" | Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington | 6:32 |
| 5. | "Time After Time" | Sammy Cahn, Jule Styne | 4:23 |
| 6. | "My Funny Valentine" | Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers | 5:46 |
| 7. | "Imagination" | Johnny Burke, James Van Heusen | 6:52 |
| 8. | "Fool That I Am" | Floyd Hunt | 3:58 |
| 9. | "Willow Weep for Me" | Ann Ronell | 6:23 |
| 10. | "Ev'rybody's Somebody's Fool" | Howard Greenfield, Jack Keller | 5:15 |
| 11. | "Night and Day" | Cole Porter | 4:16 |
| 12. | "Someone To Watch Over Me" | George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin | 6:01 |
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