Stickin' to My Guns

Stickin' to My Guns is the sixteenth studio album by Etta James, released in 1990.^[10][11] It was nominated for a Grammy for "Best Contemporary Blues Recording".^[12]

Stickin' to My Guns
Studio album by Etta James
Released	June 19, 1990[1]
Studio	Digital Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee; OmniSound Studios, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre	Funk rock[2]
Label	Island[3]
Producer	Barry Beckett
Etta James chronology
Seven Year Itch (1989) Stickin' to My Guns (1990) The Right Time (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Calgary Herald	A[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[8]
Windsor Star	A[9]

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.^[6][13] Stickin' to My Guns was produced by Barry Beckett.^[8]

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)'."^[14] 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."^[7] The New York Times called it "the best album Aretha Franklin never made, as Ms. James belts out songs about lovers and deceivers."^[15]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Whatever Gets You Through the Night"	Carson Whitsett, Dan Penn, Hoy "Bucky" Lindsey	3:48
2.	"Love to Burn"	Bud Reneau, Dobie Gray, Ricky Ray Rector	3:29
3.	"The Blues Don't Care"	Etta James	3:41
4.	"Your Good Thing (Is About to End)"	Isaac Hayes, David Porter	3:52
5.	"Get Funky"	Danny Rhodes	4:45
6.	"Beware"	Eric Randle	3:39
7.	"Out of the Rain"	Tony Joe White	4:33
8.	"Stolen Affection"	Jim Hurt, Jonnie Barnett	3:52
9.	"A Fool in Love"	Allan Fraser, Frankie Miller	3:24
10.	"I've Got Dreams To Remember"	Joe Rock, Otis Redding, Zelma Redding	4:28

Personnel

• Etta James - lead vocals
• Barry Beckett - keyboards
• Gary Burnette - acoustic guitar
• Thomas Cain - backing vocals
• Carol Chase - backing vocals
• Ashley Cleveland - backing vocals
• Def Jef - backing vocals
• Quitman Dennis - trombone
• Brother Gene Dinwiddie - tenor saxophone
• Greg Donerson - percussion
• Dobie Gray - backing vocals
• Jack Hale - trombone
• Roger Hawkins - drums
• Mike Haynes - trumpet
• Teenie Hodges - acoustic guitar
• Jim Horn - baritone saxophone
• Mike Lawler - synthesizer
• Carl Marsh - programming, synthesizer
• Arik Marshall - electric guitar
• John Dewey McKnight - trombone
• Jonell Mosser - backing vocals
• Leo Nocentelli - electric guitar
• David Patterson - baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone
• Jim Pugh - keyboards, piano
• Fernando Pullum - trumpet
• Danny Rhodes - acoustic guitar
• Michael Rhodes - bass guitar
• Josh Sklair - acoustic guitar
• Bobby Vega - bass guitar
• Jimmie Wood - harmonica
• Reggie Young - electric guitar