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  • Summary: Coproduced with Josh Sklair and her sons, Danto and Sametto, The Dreamer is said to be Etta James' final album as she retires to take care of her health.
  • Record Label: Verve
  • Genre(s): R&B, Soul, Blues, Contemporary R&B, Modern Electric Blues, Retro-Soul, Soul-Blues, Contemporary Blues
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  1. Positive: 9 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 11
  3. Negative: 0 out of 11
  1. Expert Witness (MSN Music)
    Feb 17, 2012
    91
    The physical and even mental diminution enriches the music.
  2. Entertainment Weekly
    Nov 9, 2011
    83
    Snarling through covers as far-flung as "Welcome to the Jungle" and Little Big Town's "Boondocks," James brings some welcome grit to the retirement-album game.
  3. Mojo
    Jan 31, 2012
    60
    James' final studio album is a sturdy effort that belies the catalog of increasingly serious health issues that have dogged her. [Feb 2012, p.102]
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