At Last!

Overview

After spending a few years in limbo after scoring her first R&B hits "Dance With Me, Henry" and "Good Rocking Daddy," Etta James returned to the spotlight in 1961 with her first Chess release, At Last. James made both the R&B and pop charts with the album's title cut, "All I Could Do Was Cry," and "Trust in Me." What makes At Last a great album is not only the solid hits it contains, but also the strong variety of material throughout. James expertly handles jazz standards like "Stormy Weather" and "A Sunday Kind of Love," as well as Willie Dixon's blues classic "I Just Want to Make Love to You." James demonstrates her keen facility on the title track in particular, as she easily moves from powerful blues shouting to more subtle, airy phrasing; her Ruth Brown-inspired, bad-girl growl only adds to the intensity. James would go on to even greater success with later hits like "Tell Mama," but on At Last one hears the singer at her peak in a swinging and varied program of blues, R&B, and jazz standards. ~ Stephen Cook

Product Details

Release Date:	02/17/2015
Label:	Doxy Records
UPC:	8013252883200
Rank:	40242

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Anything To Say You're Mine
2. My Dearest Darling
3. Trust In Me
4. Sunday Kind of Love
5. Tough Mary
6. My Heart Cries
7. Spoonful
8. I Just Want To Make Love To You
9. At Last
10. All I Could Do Was Cry
11. Stormy Weather
12. Girl of My Dreams (Rendered As Boy of My Dreams)
13. It's a Crying Shame
14. If I Can't Have You

Disc 2

15. Anything To Say You're Mine
16. My Dearest Darling
17. Trust In Me
18. Sunday Kind of Love
19. Tough Mary
20. My Heart Cries
21. Spoonful
22. I Just Want To Make Love To You
23. At Last
24. All I Could Do Was Cry
25. Stormy Weather
26. Girl of My Dreams (Rendered As Boy of My Dreams)
27. It's a Crying Shame
28. If I Can't Have You