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About this product
Product Identifiers
UPC8436542018234
eBay Product ID (ePID)12050141215
Product Key Features
Release Year1961
FormatVinyl
Number of Audio ChannelsStereo
GenreR&B
TypeLP
ArtistEtta James
Release TitleThe Second Time Around
Additional Product Features
Additional informationEtta James's second album isn't what you pull off the shelf when you want to hear her belt some soul. Like her debut, it found Chess presenting her as more or less a pop singer, using orchestration arranged and conducted by Riley Hampton, and mostly tackling popular standards of the '40s. If you're not a purist, this approach won't bother you in the least; James sings with gusto, proving that she could more than hold her own in this idiom as well. R&B isn't entirely neglected either, with the rousing "Seven Day Fool" (co-written by Berry Gordy, Jr.) a standout; "Don't Cry Baby" and "Fool That I Am" were R&B hits that made a mild impression on the pop charts as well. ~ Richie Unterberger