Etta James The Second Time Around (180 Gram Vinyl, Bonus Tracks) [Import] 12/4/15 released four years after the

released four years after the atmospheric adult alternative pop of the Danger Mouse-produced Little Broken Hearts

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Etta James The Second Time Around (180 Gram Vinyl, Bonus Tracks) [Import] 12/4/15 released four years after theEtta James's second album isn't what you pull off the shelf when you want to hear her belt some soul. Like her debut, it found Chess presenting her as more or less a pop singer, using orchestration arranged and conducted by Riley Hampton, and mostly tackling popular standards of the '40s. If you're not a purist, this approach won't bother you in the least; James sings with gusto, proving that she could more than hold her own in this idiom as well. R&B