Seven Year Itch (Etta James album)

Seven Year Itch is the fifteenth studio album by Etta James, released in 1988 by Island Records.^[1] The title of the album refers to her comeback after approximately seven years without a major recording contract.^[2] The album was described as "the first in her career to consistently capture the magic of James at her live best,"^[3] while "her voice stretches out with more sureness and authority than ever."^[2]

Seven Year Itch
Studio album by Etta James
Released	September 26, 1988
Studio	Digital Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Funk, Soul
Label	Island
Producer	Barry Beckett, Ricky Fataar (tracks: 4, 6, 8), Rob Fraboni (tracks: 4, 6, 8)
Etta James chronology
Etta, Red-Hot & Live (1982) Seven Year Itch (1988) Stickin' to My Guns (1990)

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Got the Will"	Otis Redding	2:44
2.	"Jump into My Fire"	Johnny Cobb, Jana King	3:54
3.	"Shakey Ground"	Jeffrey Bowen, Alphonso Boyd, Eddie Hazel	3:06
4.	"Come to Mama"	Willie Mitchell, Earl Randle	4:09
5.	"D*mn Your Eyes"	Steve Bogard, Barbara Wyrick	3:57
6.	"Breaking Up Somebody's Home"	Al Jackson, Jr., Timothy Matthews	4:15
7.	"The Jealous Kind"	Robert Guidry	3:58
8.	"How Strong Is a Woman?"	Bettye Crutcher	3:17
9.	"It Ain't Always What You Do (It's Who You Let See You Do It)"	Carl Hampton, Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson	3:27
10.	"One Night"	Mike Reid, Troy Seals	4:03

Personnel

• Etta James – vocals
• James "Hutch" Hutchinson, Willie Weeks, Bob Wray – bass
• Ricky Fataar, Roger Hawkins^[2] – drums
• Steve Cropper, Kenny Greenberg, Reggie Young – guitar
• Barry Beckett, Art Neville – keyboards
• Jim Horn – saxophone, horn arrangements
• Jack Hale, Mike Haynes, Quitman Dennis – horns

Technical

• Barry Beckett (tracks: 4, 6, 8), Scott Hendricks – mixing
• Barry Beckett, Ricky Fataar (tracks: 4, 6, 8), Rob Fraboni (tracks: 4, 6, 8) – producer
• Howard Steele, Rich Schirmer, Scott Hendricks – recording