Etta James The Second Time Around (180 Gram Vinyl, Bonus Tracks) [Import] 12/4/15 released in 2020 on Republic

released in 2020 on Republic Records

with Stuart Moxham taking minimalist

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Eric Littmann has spent much of the past decade releasing under the monikers Steve Sobs and Phantom Power as well as producing acclaimed records by artists such as Julie Byrne

Etta James The Second Time Around (180 Gram Vinyl, Bonus Tracks) [Import] 12/4/15 released in 2020 on RepublicEtta 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