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.
Disc 1
| # |
Song Title |
Length |
Credit[2] |
Year
|
| 1 |
"The Wallflower" |
2:59 |
Johnny Otis, Hank Ballard, Etta James |
1955
|
| 2 |
"Good Rockin' Daddy" |
2:25 |
Richard Berry, Joe Josea |
1955
|
| 3 |
"Tough Lover" |
2:10 |
Etta James, Joe Josea |
1956
|
| 4 |
"All I Could Do Was Cry" |
2:57 |
Billy Davis, Gwen Gordy Fuqua, Berry Gordy, Jr. |
1960
|
| 5 |
"If I Can't Have You" |
3:01 |
Harvey Fuqua, Etta James |
1960
|
| 6 |
"My Dearest Darling" |
3:04 |
Edwin "Eddie Bo" Bocage, Paul Gayten |
1960
|
| 7 |
"A Sunday Kind of Love" |
3:18 |
Barbara Belle, Anita Leonard, Louis Prima, Stan Rhodes |
1961
|
| 8 |
"At Last" |
3:01 |
Mack Gordon, Harry Warren |
1961
|
| 9 |
"Trust in Me" |
3:00 |
Milton Ager, Jean Schwartz, Ned Wever |
1961
|
| 10 |
"Don't Cry Baby" |
2:26 |
Saul Bernie, James Johnson, Stella Unger |
1961
|
| 11 |
"Fool That I Am" |
2:59 |
Floyd Hunt |
1961
|
| 12 |
"Waiting for Charlie (to Come Home)" |
2:08 |
Bob Hilliard, Burt Bacharach |
1962
|
| 13 |
"Something's Got a Hold On Me" |
2:50 |
Etta James, Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods |
1962
|
| 14 |
"Next Door to the Blues" |
2:49 |
Leroy Kirkland, Pearl Woods |
1962
|
| 15 |
"Stop the Wedding" |
2:52 |
Freddy Johnson, Kirkland, Woods |
1962
|
| 16 |
"These Foolish Things (Remind Me of You)" |
3:59 |
Jack Strachey, Harry Link, Eric "Holt Marvell" Maschwitz |
1962
|
| 17 |
"Pushover" |
2:56 |
Billy Davis, Tony Clarke |
1963
|
| 18 |
"Baby What You Want Me to Do" |
4:17 |
Jimmy Reed |
1964
|
Disc 2
| # |
Song Title |
Length |
Credit |
Year
|
| 1 |
"Loving You More Every Day" |
3:21 |
Mitchell |
1964
|
| 2 |
"In the Basement (Part One)" |
2:23 |
Davis, Raynard Miner, Smith |
1966
|
| 3 |
"Tell Mama" |
2:24 |
Clarence Carter, Marcus Daniel, Wilbur Terrell |
1967
|
| 4 |
"I'd Rather Go Blind" |
2:36 |
Bill Foster, Ellington Jordan |
1968
|
| 5 |
"Security" |
2:29 |
Otis Redding, Margaret Wessen |
1968
|
| 6 |
"Almost Persuaded" |
3:23 |
Bill Sherill, Glenn Sutton |
1969
|
| 7 |
"Losers Weepers (Part One)" |
3:00 |
Leon David Bonds |
1970
|
| 8 |
"All the Way Down" |
5:35 |
Trevor Lawrence, Gabriel Mekler, Catherine C. Williamson |
1973
|
| 9 |
"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 |
1974
|
| 13 |
"Take it to the Limit" |
4:06 |
Glenn Frey, Don Henley, Randy Meisner |
-
|
| 14 |
"Damn Your Eyes" |
4:11 |
Steve Bogard, Barbara Wyrick |
1989
|
| 15 |
"Whatever Gets You Through the Night" |
3:51 |
Bucky Lindsey, Dan Penn, Carson Whitsett |
1990
|
| 16 |
"The Man I Love" |
4:25 |
George & Ira Gershwin |
1994
|
| 17 |
"The Blues is My Business" |
3:32 |
Kevin Bowe, Todd Cerney |
2003
|
| 18 |
"The Sky is Crying" |
3:58 |
Morgan Robinson, Clarence Lewis, Elmore James |
2004
|
