Tell Mama

Etta James | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Mca
• ASIN: B000002O9Y
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #128,190 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

From Grove Press Guide to Blues on CD

California singer, then plagued with personal demons, went to record her best 1960s Southern soul outpost Fame Studios in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, was where the work. Accompanied by the same house bluesmen who'd roweled Aretha Franklin just months earlier, James unleashes "Tell Mama" (a Top Forty hit in 1967), "I'd Rather Go Blind" (her magnum opus), and ten pearls of slightly lower luster. Her vocals throughout are paragons of female virility. -- © Frank John Hadley 1993

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars why is this not available?, October 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Tell Mama (Audio CD)

this is one of the greatest soul albums ever recorded, and is certainly among etta james' best work. it a SCANDAL that this is not available on cd. shame on the whole record industry.

5.0 out of 5 stars Great collection!, February 25, 2010

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This review is from: Tell Mama (24 Greatest Hits) (Audio CD)

Digitally remastered collection of songs from the original Chess masters:

1 All I Could Do Was Cry
2 At Last
3 Something's Got A Hold On Me
4 Fool That I Am
5 Stop The Wedding
6 Pushover
7 Do I Make Myself Clear
8 In The Basement, Part One
9 I Prefer You
10 Watch Dog
11 Tell Mama
12 Just A Little Bit
13 The Same Rope
14 Security
15 Miss Pitiful
16 I'd Rather Go Blind
17 Losers, Weepers, Part 1
18 W.O.M.A.N.
19 You Can Leave Your Hat On
20 God's Song
21 Let's Burn Down The Cornfield
22 Feeling Uneasy
23 Lovin' Arms
24 Gonna Have Some Fun Tonight