Stickin' to My Guns explained

Stickin' to My Guns
Type:studio
Artist:Etta James
Cover:Stickin' to My Guns.jpg
Released:1990
Studio:Digital Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee; OmniSound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre:Funk rock[1]
Label:Island[2]
Producer:Barry Beckett
Prev Title:Seven Year Itch
Prev Year:1989
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Stickin' to My Guns is the sixteenth studio album by Etta James, released in 1990.[3] [4] It was nominated for a Grammy for "Best Contemporary Blues Recording".[5]

Production

The album contains a duet with rapper Def Jef. Although it reunited her with several Muscle Shoals musicians, James later expressed ambivalence about the more electronic sound of the album.[6] Stickin' to My Guns was produced by Barry Beckett.

Critical reception

Rolling Stone called the album "a nonstop dance party filled with house rockers like 'Love to Burn' and turn-the-lights-down-low, slow-grind numbers like 'Your Good Thing (Is About to End)'."[7] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide deemed it "a largely unsuccessful attempt to incorporate rap and hip-hop into a more traditional R&B context." The New York Times called it "the best album Aretha Franklin never made, as Ms. James belts out songs about lovers and deceivers."[8]

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Book: Anthony . DeCurtis . Anthony DeCurtis . James . Henke . Holly . George-Warren . The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews : Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist . . 1992 . 3rd . 358 . 0-679-73729-4 . Of her two Island albums, Stickin ' to My Guns best shows her adapting a hard R&B approach to a contemporary funk-rock sound..
  2. Book: Popoff, Martin. Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. September 8, 2009. Penguin. 978-1-4402-2916-9 . Google Books. May 13, 2021. May 13, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513144930/https://books.google.com/books?id=vBVjDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA6075. live.
  3. Web site: Etta James | Biography & History. AllMusic. 2021-05-13. 2018-06-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20180617221522/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/etta-james-mn0000806542/biography. live.
  4. Web site: POP MUSIC/1990; The Best Show? In the Court, Not the Concert Hall.. Jon. Pareles. December 30, 1990. NYTimes.com. May 13, 2021. May 13, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513144758/https://www.nytimes.com/1990/12/30/arts/pop-music-1990-the-best-show-in-the-court-not-the-concert-hall.html. live.
  5. Web site: Etta James. November 23, 2020. GRAMMY.com. May 13, 2021. May 19, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210519021828/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/etta-james/16880. live.
  6. Web site: Rollin' With Etta : Etta James has sung and lived the blues, but these are good times for the R&B; matriarch bound for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. November 1, 1992. Los Angeles Times. 2021-05-13. 2021-05-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513144118/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-11-01-ca-1592-story.html. live.
  7. Stickin' To My Guns. Bob J.. Cohen. Rolling Stone. August 23, 1990. May 13, 2021. May 13, 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513143353/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/stickin-to-my-guns-205992/. live.
  8. News: Pareles . Jon . HOME ENTERTAINMENT/RECORDINGS: SOUNDINGS: The 60's Very Soul . The New York Times . 7 Oct 1990 . A34.

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