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Seven Year Itch
Seven Year Itch
Studio album by Etta James
Released	September 26, 1988
Studio	Digital Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Funk, Soul
Label	Island
Producer	Barry Beckett, Ricky Fataar (tracks: 4, 6, 8), Rob Fraboni (tracks: 4, 6, 8)
Etta James chronology

Seven Year Itch is the fifteenth studio album by Etta James, released in 1988 by Island Records.^[1] The title of the album refers to her comeback after approximately seven years without a major recording contract.^[2] The album was described as "the first in her career to consistently capture the magic of James at her live best,"^[3] while "her voice stretches out with more sureness and authority than ever."^[2]

Track listing edit

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Got the Will"	Otis Redding	2:44
2.	"Jump into My Fire"	Johnny Cobb, Jana King	3:54
3.	"Shakey Ground"	Jeffrey Bowen, Alphonso Boyd, Eddie Hazel	3:06
4.	"Come to Mama"	Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle	4:09
5.	"Damn Your Eyes"	Steve Bogard, Barbara Wyrick	3:57
6.	"Breaking Up Somebody's Home"	Al Jackson, Jr., Timothy Matthews	4:15
7.	"The Jealous Kind"	Robert Guidry	3:58
8.	"How Strong Is a Woman?"	Bettye Crutcher	3:17
9.	"It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It)"	Carl Hampton, Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson	3:27
10.	"One Night"	Mike Reid, Troy Seals	4:03

Personnel edit

Etta James - vocals
Bob Wray, James "Hutch" Hutchinson, Willie Weeks – bass
Ricky Fataar, Roger Hawkins^[2] – drums
Kenny Greenberg, Reggie Young, Steve Cropper – guitar
Art Neville, Barry Beckett – keyboards
Jim Horn - saxophone, horn arrangements
Jack Hale, Mike Haynes, Quitman Dennis - horns

Technical

Barry Beckett (tracks: 4, 6, 8), Scott Hendricks – mixing
Barry Beckett, Ricky Fataar (tracks: 4, 6, 8), Rob Fraboni (tracks: 4, 6, 8) – producer
Howard Steele, Rich Schirmer, Scott Hendricks - recording

References edit

^ "Seven Year Itch – Etta James | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-10-19.
^ ^a ^b ^c Hunter, James (1989-02-09). "Seven Year Itch". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-11-30.
^ Heim, Chris. "Seven Year Itch (Etta James; Island). As..." chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-08-25.

[1] "Seven Year Itch – Etta James | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-10-19.

[:0-2] Hunter, James (1989-02-09). "Seven Year Itch". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2019-11-30.

[3] Heim, Chris. "Seven Year Itch (Etta James; Island). As..." chicagotribune.com. Retrieved 2020-08-25.

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