Consumer Guide Album

Etta James: Etta Is Betta Than Evvah! [Chess, 1976]
What a mess. The side-openers--"Woman (Shake Your Booty)" (she's dirty and she's proud) and "Jump Into Love" ("You gotta wallow in it," opines a lowdown male chorus)--promise an album of raunch after all that classy stuff. But except for a literal version of King Floyd's "Groove Me," the only other raunch here is Randy Newman's "Leave Your Hat On," which Mekler originally produced. Makes a lot more sense in this context. B