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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.
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- 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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| Oh, it's been a long, long time Looks like to get you off my mind but I can't Just the thought of you, ooh, oh babe, just the thought of you Turns my... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Feb 17, 2012The physical and even mental diminution enriches the music.
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Nov 9, 2011Snarling 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.
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Nov 14, 2011James's voice is slightly diminished but not so as to sound like anything other than itself. She's the real deal.
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UncutDec 12, 2011A supremely sassy swansong. [Jan 2012, p.90]
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Nov 9, 2011We get a career-twilight portrait of James and her darker-than-ever voice in a set of moody, bluesy and slow-jam groove numbers.
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Nov 9, 2011On The Dreamer, James includes some unlikely song choices, and most of them work.
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Nov 11, 2011The Dreamer is occasionally powerful and moving as James ranges across memorable songs including Otis Redding's Champagne & Wine.
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