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List Price: $9.98 | | Label: Mca
Salesrank: 936
Released: July 27, 1999 |
| Our Price: $6.61 |
| Used Price: $5.60 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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At Last! Track Listing:
1. Anything to Say You're Mine
2. My Dearest Darling
3. Trust in Me
4. Sunday Kind of Love
5. Tough Mary
6. I Just Want to Make Love to You
7. At Last
8. All I Could Do Was Cry
9. Stormy Weather
10. Girl of My Dreams
11. My Heart Cries [Duet with Harvery Fuqua] - Harvey Fuqua, Etta James
12. Spoonful [Duet with Harvery Fuqua][*] - Harvey Fuqua, Etta James
13. It's a Crying Shame [Duet with Harvery Fuqua][*] - Harvey Fuqua, Etta James
14. If I Can't Have You [Duet with Harvery Fuqua][*] - Harvey Fuqua, Etta James
Editorial Review:
Etta James, At Last!
Description of At Last!:
This is Etta James's first full-length album, recorded for Chess Records' Argo subsidiary in 1960. It taps all aspects of her then-blossoming talent. There's the crooning rock ballad "My Dearest Darling" and the elegantly symphonic "Sunday Kind of Love." Her classic, brokenhearted "All I Could Do Was Cry" follows the sweet title track and the bawdy blues stomper "I Just Want to Make Love to You." And there's a version of Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather," which Lena Horne made famous. James's fine way with such a wide embrace of material wouldn't again be this well displayed on a single album until she was united with producer Jerry Wexler for 1977's Deep in the Night. --Ted Drozdowski
At Last! Reviews:
Etta James Is In The House- The Early Days 
2009-12-10 - The name Etta James is no stranger to this space. Whether it is in reference to the classic Chicago blues label Chess Records, Chicago blues as a genre, or just Etta rockin' the house I have found time to place her in that rather small (unfortunately) number of great modern female blues singers. That said, this CD has plenty of that, but also showcases her other talents. Although this album started life as a Chess production (of some sort) there are ballads and other old time tunes here to show that in her prime there was nothing Etta couldn't cover with gusto. Some of it like "Trust In Me" is just a little too sweet for me. I called it "bubblegum" music in the old days. But compare that to her covers of famous classic Lena Horne "Stormy Weather" or "Sunday Kind of Love" and you have an approximation of what the songs were that we listened to when thoughts of love were first bubbling up around 1960. And easy music to ask a girl or guy to slow dance too. Ah, well.
Just the best 
2009-06-27 - I gave this a s a birthday gift and bought one for myself. A perfect cd.
Etta James
2009-06-13 - I love her voice. The cd was in perfect shape. No problems with shipping. I am very happy with my purchase.
Spectacular!
2009-05-05 - This is classic Etta James with such songs as At Last, If I Can't Have You and Stormy Weather. I love the "Best of" CD's like this one because every song is a gem and this is no exception. Her voice is powerful and raw and will reach right into your soul. This is a great album to listen to on the iPod while taking a walk on a Sunday afternoon or to listen to on the stereo at home over a romantic Saturday night dinner. The nice thing is that these old songs have been all remastered and sound sooo much better than they did when they were on old 78's or 45's. Listening to this now, it could have been recorded last week.
I had forgotten about some of these songs but this brings them back and I remember why I loved them in the first place. Even if this music is new to you, if you love artists like Whitney Houston or Glady's Night, I think you'll like this one. For me, it will provide many hours of pleasure. Two thumbs up for this collection!
alas, At Last 
2009-04-12 - Good music but rather poor production quality. This should be remastered and re-released to allow Etta's music to shine as it should, can and does on her newer works.
