At Last!
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| Studio album by Etta James | ||||
| Released | November 15, 1960 July 27, 1999 (re-release) |
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| Recorded | January – October 1960 | |||
| Genre | Blues, R&B, traditional pop, soul blues | |||
| Length | 29:11 | |||
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Argo (original) MCA/Chess (re-release) |
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| Producer |
Phil Chess Leonard Chess |
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| Pitchfork Media | (9.0/10) |
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At Last! is the debut studio album by American blues and soul artist Etta James, which includes the title song "At Last". The album was released on Argo Records in November 1960 and was produced by Phil and Leonard Chess. The original release contained four of James' hits on the Rhythm and Blues Records Chart between 1960 and 1961. It was her first of five studio albums James would release on the Argo label. The album's title song was used as an intro song for the EA game FIFA 16.
At Last! was ranked at #119 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time in 2012.
The original release of At Last! was issued as a 12-inch LP, consisting of ten tracks, with five songs on each side of the LP. Phil and Leonard Chess believed that James's voice had crossover pop potential, and therefore with her debut album, they both backed her with orchestral arrangements on many of the album's tracks, including "At Last" and "Trust in Me".At Last! spawned four singles to the R&B and pop charts between 1960 and 1961: "All I Could Do Was Cry", "Trust in Me"; "At Last", and "My Dearest Darling". It includes covers of pop and jazz standards, such as "Stormy Weather" and "A Sunday Kind of Love", as well as "I Just Want to Make Love to You". The album was digitally remastered and reissued as a compact disc July 27, 1999 under MCA/Chess, with four additional bonus duet tracks with Harvey Fuqua: "My Heart Cries," "Spoonful," "It's a Crying Shame," and "If I Can't Have You."
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