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Etta James

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AllMusic Review by Steve Leggett

This set combines five of Etta James' late-period albums for the Private Music label, 1998's Life, Love & the Blues, 1999's Heart of a Woman, 2000's Matriarch of the Blues, 2001's Blue Gardenia, and 2003's Let's Roll, in a single package.

Track Listing - Disc 1

		Title/Composer	Performer	Time
	1	Born Under a Bad Sign	Etta James	03:29
	2	I Want to Ta Ta You, Baby	Etta James	05:56
	3	Here I Am (Come And Take Me)	Etta James	04:55
	4	Running out of Lies	Etta James	05:03
	5	Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)	Etta James	07:01
	6	Spoonful	Etta James	04:09
	7	Life, Love & the Blues	Etta James	05:17
	8	Hoochie Coochie Gal	Etta James	04:25
	9	Cheating in the Next Room	Etta James	04:57
	10	If You Want Me to Stay	Etta James	05:21
	11	The Love You Save May Be Your Own	Etta James	04:01
	12	I'll Take Care of You	Etta James	04:59

Track Listing - Disc 2

		Title/Composer	Performer	Time
	1	You Don't Know What Love Is	Etta James	05:30
	2	Good Morning Heartache	Etta James	05:31
	3	My Old Flame	Etta James	06:21
	4	Say It Isn't So	Etta James	04:57
	5	At Last	Etta James	04:41
	6	Tenderly	Etta James	05:28
	7	I Only Have Eyes for You	Etta James	06:37
	8	I Got It Bad and That Ain't Good	Etta James	06:27
	9	You Go to My Head	Etta James	04:22
	10	Sunday Kind of Love	Etta James	06:02
	11	If It's the Last Thing I Do	Etta James	05:49
	12	Only Women Bleed	Etta James	04:48

Track Listing - Disc 3

		Title/Composer	Performer	Time
	1	Gotta Serve Somebody	Etta James	06:48
	2	Don't Let My Baby Ride	Etta James	05:16
	3	Rhymes	Etta James	04:35
	4	Try a Little Tenderness	Etta James	04:47
	5	Miss You	Etta James	05:59
	6	Hawg for Ya	Etta James	03:45
	7	You're Gonna Make Me Cry	Etta James	06:17
	8	Walking the Back Streets	Etta James	07:07
	9	Let's Straighten It Out	Etta James	05:24
	10	Born on the Bayou	Etta James	04:41
	11	Come Back Baby	Etta James	05:57
	12	Hound Dog	Etta James	03:43

Track Listing - Disc 4

		Title/Composer	Performer	Time
	1	This Bitter Earth	Etta James	04:20
	2	He's Funny That Way	Etta James	06:00
	3	In My Solitude	Etta James	05:16
	4	There is No Greater Love	Etta James	05:18
	5	Don't Let the Sun Catch You Crying	Etta James	05:18
	6	Love Letters	Etta James	03:59
	7	These Foolish Things	Etta James	05:14
	8	Come Rain or Come Shine	Etta James	05:39
	9	Don't Worry 'Bout Me	Etta James	05:52
	10	Cry Me a River	Etta James	05:02
	11	Don't Blame Me	Etta James	05:01
	12	My Man	Etta James	05:09
	13	Blue Gardenia	Etta James	05:08

Track Listing - Disc 5

		Title/Composer	Performer	Time
	1	Somebody to Love	Etta James	05:48
	2	The Blues Is My Business	Etta James	03:33
	3	Leap of Faith	Etta James	04:00
	4	Strongest Weakness	Etta James	04:53
	5	Wayward Saints of Memphis	Etta James	05:42
	6	Lie No Better	Etta James	03:31
	7	Trust Yourself	Etta James	04:45
	8	A Change Is Gonna Do Me Good	Etta James	05:23
	9	Old Weakness	Etta James	03:12
	10	Stacked Deck	Etta James	08:01
	11	On the 7th Day	Etta James	05:01
	12	Please, No More	Etta James	04:40

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