I disagreed about some reviewers that elected Etta James a Blues Diva.She's a Diva of the blues,but she's not alone!We can't forget KoKo Taylor,Deborah Coleman,Shemekia Copeland,Susan Tedeschi,Bonnie Raitt....the list is greater,so greater... What we can say ,is that Etta James is among the best of them!!! I've enjoyed so much other works,specially "Life,Love & the Blues",but this one is not so far from that!!!The songs are rare moments of romantic covers from that great musicians,such Stones,Elvis,Big Mamma T.,.... No deceptions,what we could expected from this new cd,was so much spices and seasonings...The cover design and all of the production are marvellous!!!

It goes without saying that Etta James was one of the greatest R&B vocal artists.

Sadly for buyers of this CD, the operative word is "was."

Some singers mellow with age and present you with new and delightful variations of their unique gifts -- Ella, Sarah, Aretha, to name a few.

Etta is in the other category -- you could call it the Billie Holiday category.

At 62 years of age, Etta sounds as if she's been chain-smoking Chesterfield plain-ends since the day she cut "Fool that I am." Her range is non-existent, her intonation is poor, her delivery is flaccid, and she sounds -- I'm sorry, but there's no other way to put it -- old and tired.

The band, however, is great -- but their energy only underscores Etta's fatigue.

This album makes me feel the way I do when I see the also once-great Roberto Duran in the ring: depressed.

For the people who ... their only perception of singers are teenage girls with lollipops hanging out their mouth,overweight and 63-years old Etta James must seems like insult.For us who are real believers in good music,her return to blues (after several surprisingly uninspired albums of jazz covers) is a welcome change and hope that she would follow her intuition next time around.From the first few seconds is audible that her heart is in blues and she is in total control of wide range of emotions on the album,spreading them around like a magiacian.While Aretha half-heartedly grooves with new R&B sound,Etta is doing what she is doing best and makes this old songs sounds like new.How many 63-year old singers can you name,who will turn Rolling Stones disco into slow,sexy blues or squeeze gentle bossa nova "Let's straighten this out" between gospel Dylan and rocking John Fogerty,sing heartbreaking blues "You're Gonna Make Me Cry" or cover of Al Green song AND end it all with a joyful,happy "Hound Dog" in which she is actually barking (you can imagine her in studio!)? Not just because of her famous past,but because her present is so decidedly uncompromising,I love and respect Etta James.(Please stop this "diva" thing - its overused expression,reserved for a every new big-haired top-charter and the word does not describe Etta James who is recording since 1955.)