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The Essential Etta James comprises 44 tracks summarizing the long and brilliant Chess tenure of "Miss Peaches," Etta James, opening with her 1960 smash "All I Could Do Was Cry," and encompassing her torchy, fully orchestrated ballads "At Last," "My Dearest Darling," and "Trust in Me," and continuing on through her 1962 gospel-rocker "Something's Got a Hold on Me," the Chicago soul standouts "I Prefer You" and "842-3089," and her 1967 Muscle Shoals-cut smash "Tell Mama." A few of the '70s sides that conclude the two-disc set seem like filler when compared to what preceded them, but most of the essentials are aboard.
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AllMusic Review by Bill Dahl
Track Listing - Disc 1
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 4 | 03:18 | ||||||
| 5 | 02:36 | ||||||
| 6 | 03:01 | Amazon | |||||
| 7 | 03:00 | ||||||
| 8 | 02:59 | ||||||
| 9 | 02:26 | ||||||
| 10 | 02:57 | ||||||
| 11 | 03:27 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 12 | 02:07 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 13 | 02:49 | ||||||
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| 15 | 03:58 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 16 | 02:51 | ||||||
| 17 | 02:13 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 18 | 02:54 | ||||||
| 19 | 02:38 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 20 | 02:39 | ||||||
| 21 | 03:03 | ||||||
| 22 | 04:19 | Amazon |
Track Listing - Disc 2
| Sample | Title/Composer | Performer | Time | Stream | |||
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| 1 | 02:22 | ||||||
| 2 | 03:21 | ||||||
| 3 | 03:00 | ||||||
| 4 | 03:05 | ||||||
| 5 | 02:56 | ||||||
| 6 | 03:00 | ||||||
| 7 | 02:34 | Amazon | |||||
| 8 | 02:22 | Amazon | |||||
| 9 | 02:59 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 10 | 02:28 | Amazon | |||||
| 11 | 03:21 | ||||||
| 12 | 02:25 | ||||||
| 13 | 02:22 | ||||||
| 14 | 02:59 | ||||||
| 15 | 03:15 | ||||||
| 16 | 03:50 | ||||||
| 17 | 03:23 | ||||||
| 18 | 03:37 | SpotifyAmazon | |||||
| 19 | 05:36 | ||||||
| 20 | 03:48 | ||||||
| 21 | 02:50 | ||||||
| 22 | 03:45 | SpotifyAmazon |
