- Audio CD (May 7 2002)
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Sony Music Canada Inc.
- ASIN: B000063Y2O
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
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Amazon Bestsellers Rank:
#54,618 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
- #33 in Music > R&B > Live Albums > Soul
- #70 in Music > Blues > Classic Female Vocal Blues
- #80 in Music > Blues > Live Albums
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Track Listings
| 1. Introduction |
| 2. Come to Mama |
| 3. I Just Want to Make Love to You / Born to Be Wild |
| 4. I'd Rather Go Blind |
| 5. All the Way Down |
| 6. At Last |
| 7. You Can Leave Your Hat On |
| 8. Something's Got a Hold On Me |
| 9. Your Good Thing is About to End |
| 10. Rock Me Baby |
| 11. Love & Happiness / Take Me to the River / My Funny Valentine |
| 12. Sugar on the Floor |
Product Description
From Amazon.com
Just when it seems that the purr has left Etta James's estimable voice, about halfway through this live concert recorded in 2001 at LA's House of Blues, she begins her eternally romantic ballad "At Last," and the years tumble away. James's singing becomes flexible as a tenor saxophone, building to a lovely, serpentine diminuendo, which she caps with an arching phrase that dissipates in a misty exhalation of breath. It's such a beautiful, brilliantly executed performance that it's suddenly clear that for most of this show, the 64-year-old diva played dirty on purpose. So her signatures, "Tell Mama" and "I'd Rather Go Blind" (really, just about everything), are raw and earthy, moan-and-groan R&B milked for every smile and tear. Raunchy, too, since James deploys plenty of her bawdy stage patter and picks numbers like the striptease fantasy "You Can Leave Your Hat On" and the even more obvious "I Just Want to Make Love to You." Her impetuous nature leads her into unpredictable improvisations, like the weird bird calls she warbles during the intro to the ghetto-rocker "All the Way Down," with it's wah-wah guitar and "Theme from Shaft" vibe. And her Roots Band are perfect accompanists. James's sons Donto and Sametto are the rhythm section, and the five horns and two guitarists play with the loose precision of the classic Stax or Muscle Shoals studio crews. Since James has made few live albums, she might have included more of her own gems in this set. But James has the command to transform numbers like Kiki Dee's "Sugar on the Floor" into soulful diamonds. --Ted Drozdowski
Chronique amazon.fr
À soixante-quatre ans, Etta James ne raconte pas d'histoires lorsqu'elle monte sur scène. Et entourée de son fidèle Roots Band – excusez du peu, le nom de son groupe est une déclaration en soi –, elle se met alors à (faire) vivre chacune de ses chansons. Cet album live (à la fameuse House Of Blues de Los Angeles) brûle de cette irrésistible force de vie. Elle y a retenu un répertoire sans faille, histoire de montrer qu'elle fait la loi dans le gospel ("Love & Happiness") comme dans le rock'n'roll rebelle ("Born To Be Wild", de Steppenwolf), et dans le blues bien sûr ("I Just Want To Make Love To You"), comme dans la soul ("Sugar On The Floor") ou le rythm'n'blues ("Come To Mama"). Bref, Etta James règne sur des musiques dont le nom de son groupe proclame les vertus. En imprimant à tout ce répertoire une puissance de feu très funky (la rythmique dévastatrice de "All The Way Down", avec les cuivres pour secouer les guitares), elle impose une danse incontrôlable à un public dont nous devenons une partie. Une voix rare au service de quelques compositions impérissables, l'association n'a pas de concurrence connue dans la galaxie. --José Ruiz
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Tasty Set!,
By $GMillionaire "sgmillionaire" (Longwood, FL United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Burnin' Down The House - Live at the House Of Blues (Audio CD)
Some of the other reviews attack this on the basis that it is not as soulful as the 60's and 70's sets that we all know and love. Sure this is not 1962, but the band is on and it is a powerful well produced saucy set. The fact that she can put it out this strong after all of these years is a testament to her artistry. It is a nice blues rock sound and it never dissapointed anyone that has heard it with me. I understand the argument for purity but in this world everything evolves and this one gets a well deserved spot on my shelf next to the classics.
2.0 out of 5 stars
Average at best,
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This review is from: Burnin' Down The House - Live at the House Of Blues (Audio CD)
She spends as much time talking the lyrics as she does actually singing on this live CD. If your looking for Etta at her best live then buy her CD "Rocks the House".
2.0 out of 5 stars
Still Etta, But Disappointing,
By A Customer
This review is from: Burnin' Down The House - Live at the House Of Blues (Audio CD)
Looking at the play list, I was really anticipating a power perfomance by one of my favorite R&B power vocalists. This, however, was not to be. To me this CD had the feel of someone going through the motions and pandering to an audience who wanted to see a "canned" Etta James performance. Too bad, because she can really be a force of nature when she's at her best. Check out The Essential Etta James' version of "You Can Leave Your Hat On" to see what I mean.Overall: OK, but disappointing.
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