Stickin'_to_My_Guns

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Stickin' to My Guns

1990 studio album by Etta James

Stickin' to My Guns is the sixteenth studio album by Etta James, released in 1990.[9][10] It was nominated for a Grammy for "Best Contemporary Blues Recording".[11]

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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.[5][12] Stickin' to My Guns was produced by Barry Beckett.[7]

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)'."[13] 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."[6] The New York Times called it "the best album Aretha Franklin never made, as Ms. James belts out songs about lovers and deceivers."[14]

Track listing

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Personnel

References

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    DeCurtis, Anthony; Henke, James; George-Warren, Holly, eds. (1992). The Rolling Stone Album Guide: Completely New Reviews : Every Essential Album, Every Essential Artist (3rd ed.). Random House. p. 358. ISBN 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.
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    Popoff, Martin (September 8, 2009). Goldmine Record Album Price Guide. Penguin. ISBN 978-1-4402-2916-9. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021 – via Google Books.
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    "Stickin' to My Guns - Etta James | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-05-13 – via www.allmusic.com.
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    Brennan, Brian (14 June 1990). "JAZZ DISCS". Calgary Herald. p. E3.
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    Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. pp. 566–567.
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    MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 590.
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    The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 357–358.
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    Shaw, Ted (16 June 1990). "Record Review". Windsor Star. p. C2.
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    "Etta James | Biography & History". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2018-06-17. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
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    Pareles, Jon (December 30, 1990). "POP MUSIC/1990; The Best Show? In the Court, Not the Concert Hall". Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021 – via NYTimes.com.
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    "Etta James". GRAMMY.com. November 23, 2020. Archived from the original on May 19, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
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    "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". Los Angeles Times. November 1, 1992. Archived from the original on 2021-05-13. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
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    Cohen, Bob J. (August 23, 1990). "Stickin' To My Guns". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on May 13, 2021. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
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    Pareles, Jon (7 Oct 1990). "HOME ENTERTAINMENT/RECORDINGS: SOUNDINGS: The 60's Very Soul". The New York Times. p. A34.
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