Gold is a compilation album of 36 songs from Etta James. Unlike many collections, this two-disc album presents an overview of her work over five decades, rather than presenting a more in-depth look at the singer's heyday.
Track listing Disc 1 # Song title Length Credit Year1 "The Wallflower" 2:59 Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard, Etta James 19552 "Good Rockin' Daddy" 2:25 Richard Berry, Joe Josea 19553 "Tough Lover" 2:10 Etta James, Joe Josea 19564 "All I Could Do Was Cry" 2:57 Billy Davis, Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Berry Gordy, Jr. 19605 "If I Can't Have You" 3:01 Harvey Fuqua, Etta James 19606 "My Dearest Darling" 3:04 Edwin "Eddie Bo" Bocage, Paul Gayten 19607 "A Sunday Kind of Love" 3:18 Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Louis Prima, Stan Rhodes 19618 "At Last" 3:01 Mack Gordon, Harry Warren 19619 "Trust in Me" 3:00 Milton Ager, Jean Schwartz, Ned Wever 196110 "Don't Cry Baby" 2:26 Saul Bernie, James Johnson, Stella Unger 196111 "Fool That I Am" 2:59 Floyd Hunt 196112 "Waiting for Charlie (to Come Home)" 2:08 Bob Hilliard, Burt Bacharach 196213 "Something's Got a Hold On Me" 2:50 Etta James, Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods 196214 "Next Door to the Blues" 2:49 Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods 196215 "Stop the Wedding" 2:52 Freddy Johnson, Kirkland, Woods 196216 "These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" 3:59 Jack Strachey, Harry Link, Eric "Holt Marvell" Maschwitz 196217 "Pushover" 2:56 Billy Davis, Tony Clarke 196318 "Baby What You Want Me to Do" 4:17 Jimmy Reed 1964
Disc 2 # Song title Length Credit Year1 "Loving You More Every Day" 3:21 Mitchell 19642 "In the Basement (Part One)" 2:23 Davis, Raynard Miner, Smith 19663 "Tell Mama" 2:24 Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell 19674 "I'd Rather Go Blind" 2:36 Bill Foster, Ellington Jordan 19685 "Security" 2:29 Otis Redding, Margaret Wessen 19686 "Almost Persuaded" 3:23 Bill Sherill, Glenn Sutton 19697 "Losers Weepers (Part One)" 3:00 Leon David Bonds 19708 "All the Way Down" 5:35 Trevor Lawrence, Gabriel Mekler, Catherine C. Williamson 19739 "God's Song (That's Why I Love Mankind)" 3:37 Randy Newman -10 "Feeling Uneasy" 2:48 Lawrence, Mekler -11 "Let's Burn Down the Cornfield" 3:43 Newman -12 "Loving Arms" 3:50 Tom Jans 197413 "Take it to the Limit" 4:06 Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner -14 "Damn Your Eyes" 4:11 Steve Bogard, Barbara Wyrick 198915 "Whatever Gets You Through the Night" 3:51 Bucky Lindsey, Dan Penn, Carson Whitsett 199016 "The Man I Love" 4:25 George & Ira Gershwin 199417 "The Blues is My Business" 3:32 Kevin Bowe, Todd Cerney 200318 "The Sky is Crying" 3:58 Morgan Robinson, Clarence Lewis, Elmore James 2004
See also Etta James discography#Singles
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