Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Release Me
2. Am I That Easy to Forget?
3. I've Forgotten More Than You'll Ever Know About Him
4. No Headstone on My Grave
5. Hello Walls
6. Mojo Hannah
7. I Saw Me
8. Double Crossing Blues - Esther Phillips, Jimmy Ricks
9. It's Too Soon to Know
10. Out of the Blue
11. Makin' Whoopee
12. Shangri-La
13. 'Tis Autumn
14. Moonglow/Theme from "Picnic"
15. And I Love Him
16. Some Things You Never Get Used To
17. Let Me Know When It's Over
18. I Could Have Told You So
19. Party's Over
20. As Tears Go By
21. Ev'ry Time We Say Goodbye
22. Crazy He Calls Me

Disc 2:

1. When a Woman Loves a Man
2. Try Me
3. When Love Comes to the Human Race
4. I'm Sorry
5. Please Send Me Someone to Love
6. Cry Me a River Blues
7. I'm Getting 'Long Alright
8. It Could Happen to You
9. Set Me Free
10. Brand New Day
11. Crazy Love
12. All God Has Is Us
13. Too Late to Worry, Too Blue to Cry
14. I'm in the Mood for Love (Moody's Mood for Love)
15. Tonight I'll Be Staying Here with You
16. Sweet Dreams
17. Nobody But You
18. Too Much of a Man (To Be Tied Down)

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #101717 in Music
• Released on: 1997-03-21
• Number of discs: 2
• Formats: Double CD, Import

From Amazon.com
Esther Phillips was 14 when she first began hitting the R&B charts; this collection of recordings for Lenox, Atlantic, and Roulette finds her trying to maintain her success in the face of changing trends. The stylistically diverse material and arrangements are held together by Phillips's powerful voice and vulnerably intuitive phrasing; among the highlights are smoky covers of Beatles and Stones ballads ("And I Love Him" and "As Tears Go By," respectively), remakes of Nashville hits ("Release Me," "Am I That Easy to Forget"), the sophisticated soul of "Some Things You Never Get Used To," and the jumping "Cry Me a River Blues," with Phillips free-associating verse after verse of the American songbook from Bessie Smith to Julie London. --Rickey Wright