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Come a Little Closer (album)

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Released
  
1974

Release date
  
1974

Label
  
Chess Records

Artist
  
Etta James

Producer
  
Gabriel Mekler

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Come a Little Closer (1974)
  
Etta Is Betta Than Evvah! (1976)

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Funk

Similar
  
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Come a Little Closer is the twelfth studio album by Etta James, released in 1974 on the Chess label. The album reached a peak position of number 47 on Billboard's R&B Albums chart.

Contents

Etta james come a little closer 1974 full album


Reception

The Allmusic review awarded the album 3 stars stating "Etta James was fighting serious substance-abuse problems when this album was recorded, commuting to the sessions from a rehab center. It was a triumph simply to complete the record at all. But although James' life may have been in rough shape outside of the studio, she delivered a fairly strong set that fused forceful '70s soul arrangements with some rock, jazz, and New Orleans R&B".

Personnel

  • Etta James - vocals
  • Gabriel Mekler, Larry Nash - keyboards
  • Danny Kortchmar, Ken Marco, Lowell George, Wah Wah Watson - guitar
  • Larry Mizell - synthesizer
  • Bobby Keys, Charles Dinwiddie, David Allan Duke, Gene Cipriano, Jim Horn, Lew McCreary, Steve Madaio, Trevor Lawrence - horn section
  • Chuck Rainey - electric bass
  • Ken 'Spider' Rice - drums
  • Gary Coleman - percussion
  • Carlena Williams, Gwen Edwards, Venetta Fields - backing vocals
  • Trevor Lawrence - arrangement
  • Songs

    1Out on the Street Again4:21
    2Mama Told Me2:31
    3You Give Me What I Want3:40

    References

    Come a Little Closer (album) Wikipedia