Seven Year Itch (Etta James album)

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

ReleasedSeptember 26, 1988

StudioDigital Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee

GenreFunk, Soul

LabelIsland

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]

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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.	"D*mn 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

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Discography
Studio albums	At Last! The Second Time Around Etta James Etta James Sings for Lovers Queen of Soul Call My Name Tell Mama Etta James Sings Funk Losers Weepers Etta James Come a Little Closer Etta Is Betta Than Evvah! Deep in the Night Changes Seven Year Itch Stickin' to My Guns The Right Time Mystery Lady: Songs of Billie Holiday Time After Time Love's Been Rough on Me Life, Love & the Blues 12 Songs of Christmas Heart of a Woman Matriarch of the Blues Blue Gardenia Let's Roll Blues to the Bone All the Way The Dreamer
Live albums	Etta James Rocks the House Red-Hot & Live Jazzvisions: Jump The Blues Away Burnin' Down the House: Live at the House of Blues
Compilation albums	Etta James Top Ten My Greatest Songs Miss Etta James: The Complete Modern and Kent Recordings Gold
Singles	"The Wallflower (Dance with Me, Henry)" "Spoonful" "All I Could Do Was Cry" "At Last" "Trust in Me" "Seven Day Fool" "Something's Got a Hold on Me" "Baby What You Want Me to Do" "I Got You Babe" "Almost Persuaded" "Sound of Love" "Piece of My Heart" "I Just Want to Make Love to You"

Seven Year Itch (Etta James album)

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