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Etta Is Betta Than Evvah!

1976 studio album by Etta James

Etta Is Betta Than Evvah!

Studio album by

Etta James

Released

1976

Studio

All Platinum Studios, Englewood, New Jersey

Genre

Funk, soul, R&B

Label

Chess^[1]

Producer

Mike Terry

Etta James chronology

Come a Little Closer
(1974)

Etta Is Betta Than Evvah!
(1976)

Deep in the Night
(1978)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[2]
Christgau's Record Guide	B^[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
The New Rolling Stone Record Guide	^[5]

Etta Is Betta Than Evvah! is the twelfth studio album by Etta James, released in 1976.^[6] It was her final studio album for Chess Records.^[4]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote that "the songs are just kind of generic: good-enough uptempo dance cuts and midtempo groovers, songs that give enough space for Etta but never really escape the confines of average '70s disco-oriented R&B."^[2] The Sunday Times wrote that the album "mixes tough funk and bluesy soul ballads."^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)
1.	"Woman (Shake Your Booty)"	James, Brian Ray
2.	"A Love Vibration"	Ann Peebles, Don Bryant, Bernard "Bernie" Miller
3.	"Only a Fool"	James, Trevor Lawrence, Gabriel Mekler
4.	"Little Bit of Love"	Fred Beckmeier
5.	"Groove Me"	King Floyd
6.	"Jump Into Love"	Dennis Belfield, Ron Stockert
7.	"Leave Your Hat On"	Randy Newman
8.	"I've Been a Fool"	Fred Beckmeier
9.	"Blinded by Love"	Allen Toussaint
10.	"Ain't No Pity in the Naked City"	Buddy Scott, Phil Medley

Personnel

Etta James - vocals
Brian Ray, Ken Marco, Tommy Keith, Walter Morris - guitar
Chuck Rainey, Fred Beckmeier, Jonathan Williams - bass
Bernadette Randle, William Smith - keyboards
Brian Cuomo - piano
Clarence Oliver, Kenny Rice, Paul Mabry - drums
King Errisson - congas, percussion
Ron Stockert - clavinet on "Woman (Shake Your Booty)"
Ron Rancifer - organ on "Woman (Shake Your Booty)"
Gene Dinwiddie - saxophone on "Woman (Shake Your Booty)"
Keith Johnson - trumpet on "Woman (Shake Your Booty)"

Production

Michael Zagaris - photography

References

^ Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 9781440229169 – via Google Books.
^ ^a ^b "Etta Is Betta Than Evvah! - Etta James | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: J". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 27, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
^ ^a ^b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. pp. 566–567.
^ The New Rolling Stone Record Guide. Random House. 1983. p. 251.
^ "NEW REISSUES / CATALOGUE ALBUMS". Music Week: 41. Feb 22, 2013.
^ Cartwright, Garth (17 Feb 2013). "Must-have reissue". The Sunday Times. Culture. p. 20.