At Last!

Infobox Album
Name = At Last!
Type = studio
Longtype =
Artist = Etta James


Released = 1961
Recorded = January-October 1960
Genre = Blues/Soul
Length = 28:27
Label = Chess/MCA
Producer = Philip & Leonard Chess
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:8fxsa9tgb230 link]
Last album =
This album = "At Last!" (1961)
Next album = "The Second Time Around" (1961)

"At Last!" is the debut album by Etta James, and the first LP release for the blues singer. Released through Chess Records, the album consisted primarily of pop, blues, and jazz standards. James is presented as a more mainstream R&B singer on the LP, though several tracks are more traditional blues in style and vocalization. The album marked James' major mainstream breakthrough. Six tracks charted on both "Billboard Magazine" charts Black Singles Chart and Pop Singles Chart, including "At Last," "All I Could Do Was Cry," and "Trust in Me." In 2003, the album was ranked number 116 on "Rolling Stone" magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Track listing

#"Anything to Say You're Mine" (Sonny Thompson)–2:33
#"My Dearest Darling" (Eddie Bocage/Paul Gayten)–3:00
#"Trust in Me" (Milton Ager/Jean Schwartz/Ned Wever)–2:57
#"A Sunday Kind of Love" (Barbara Belle/Anita Leonard /Louis Prima/Stan Rhodes)–3:14
#"Tough Mary" (Lorenzo Manley)–2:24
#"I Just Want to Make Love to You" (Willie Dixon)–3:04
#"At Last" (Mack Gordon/Harry Warren)–2:57
#"All I Could Do Was Cry"
#"Stormy Weather" (Harold Arlen/Ted Koehler)–3:05
#"Girl of My Dreams" (Sonny Clapp)–2:20
#"My Heart Cries" (Harvey Fuqua/Etta James)–2:36
#"Spoonful" (Dixon)–2:50 ¹
#"It's a Crying Shame" (James/Fuqua)–2:54 ¹
#"If I Can't Have You" (Fuqua/James)–2:50 ¹

¹ Bonus track for 1999 Chess Records reissue.

Personnel

* Leonard Chess: Producer
* Phil Chess: Producer
* Michael Diehl: Reissue Design
* Harvey Fuqua: Vocals
* Riley Hampton: Arranger, Conductor
* Etta James: Vocals
* Don Kamerer: Liner Notes
* Erick Labson: Remixing
* Andy McKaie: Liner Notes, Reissue Producer
* Bob Schnieders: Coordination, Research
* Beth Stempel: Production Coordination
* Vartan: Art Direction

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