Gold (Etta James album)

Gold
Compilation album by Etta James
Released January 30, 2007
Recorded Various
Genre Blues, jazz, R&B, soul
Length 1hr, 56min
Label Hip-O Records/Chess Records
Producer Andy McKaie[1]
Etta James chronology
Miss Etta James: The Complete Modern and Kent Recordings
(2006)Miss Etta James: The Complete Modern and Kent Recordings2006		 Gold
(2007)		 Who's Blue?: Rare Chess Recordings of the 60s and 70s
(2011)Who's Blue?: Rare Chess Recordings of the 60s and 70s2011

Gold is a compilation album of 36 songs from Etta James. Unlike many collections, this two-disc album presents an overview of her work over five decades, rather than presenting a more in-depth look at the singer's heyday.

Track listing

Disc 1

# Song Title Length Credit[2] Year
1
 "The Wallflower"
2:59
 Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard, Etta James
1955
2
 "Good Rockin' Daddy"
2:25
 Richard Berry, Joe Josea
1955
3
 "Tough Lover"
2:10
 Lorenzo Manley
-
4
 "All I Could Do Was Cry"
2:57
 Billy Davis, Gwen Fuqua, Berry Gordy, Jr.
1960
5
 "If I Can't Have You"
3:01
 Gwen Fuqua, Etta James
1960
6
 "My Dearest Darling"
3:04
 Eddie Bocage, Paul Gayten
1960
7
 "A Sunday Kind of Love"
3:18
 Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Louis Prima, Stan Rhodes
1961
8
 "At Last"
3:01
 Mack Gordon, Harry Warren
1961
9
 "Trust in Me"
3:00
 Milton Ager, Jean Schwartz, Ned Weaver
1961
10
 "Don't Cry Baby"
2:26
 Saul Bernie, James Johnson, Stella Unger
1961
11
 "Fool That I Am"
2:59
 Floyd Hunt
1961
12
 "Waiting for Charlie (to Come Home)"
2:08
 Bob Hilliard, Burt Bacharach
1962
13
 "Something's Got a Hold On Me"
2:50
 Etta James, Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods
1962
14
 "Next Door to the Blues"
2:49
 Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods
-
15
 "Stop the Wedding"
2:52
 Freddy Johnson, Kirkland, Woodland
1962
16
 "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)"
3:59
 Holt Marvell, Jack Strachey, Harry Link, Eric Maschwitz
-
17
 "Pushover"
2:56
 Billy Davis, Tony Clarke
1963
18
 "Baby What You Want Me to Do"
4:17
 Jimmy Reed
1964

Disc 2

# Song Title Length Credit Year
1
 "Loving You More Every Day"
3:21
 Mitchell
1964
2
 "In the Basement (Part One)"
2:23
 Davis, Raynard Miner, Smith
1966
3
 "Tell Mama"
2:24
 Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell
1967
4
 "I'd Rather Go Blind"
2:36
 Bill Foster, Ellington Jordan
1968
5
 "Security"
2:29
 Otis Redding, Margaret Wessen
1968
6
 "Almost Persuaded"
3:23
 Bill Sherill, Glenn Sutton
1969
7
 "Losers Weepers (Part One)"
3:00
 Leon David Bonds
1970
8
 "All the Way Down"
5:35
 Trevor Lawrence, Gabriel Mekler, Catherine C. Williamson
1973
9
 "God's Song "That's Why I Love Mankind)"
3:37
 Randy Newman
-
10
 "Feeling Uneasy"
2:48
 Lawrence, Mekler
-
11
 "Let's Burn Down the Cornfield"
3:43
 Newman
-
12
 "Loving Arms"
3:50
 Tom Jans
1974
13
 "Take it to the Limit"
4:06
 Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner
-
14
 "Damn Your Eyes"
4:11
 Steve Bogard, Barbara Wyrick
1989
15
 "Whatever Gets You Through the Night"
3:51
 Bucky Lindsey, Dan Penn, Carson Whitsett
1990
16
 "The Man I Love"
4:25
 George & Ira Gershwin
1994
17
 "The Blues is My Business"
3:32
 Kevin Bowe, Todd Cerney
2003
18
 "The Sky is Crying"
3:58
 Morgan Robinson, Clarence Lewis, Elmore James
2004
For a partial list of singles and their first appearances, refer to the Etta James discography.

References

  1. ↑ "Etta James - Gold CD Album". Cduniverse.com. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
  2. ↑ Leggett, Steve. "Gold - Etta James". AllMusic. Retrieved 2012-01-06.
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