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Sweet Soul Queen Of

Irma Thomas Format: Audio CD

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Track Listings

1	Cry On
2	I Done Got Over It
3	It's Raining
4	Hittin' On Nothing
5	Ruler Of My Heart
6	Wish Someone Would Care
7	Break-A-Way
8	I Need Your Love So Bad
9	While The City Sleeps
10	Time Is On My Side
11	Anyone Who Knows What Love Is (Will Understand)
12	Moments To Remember
13	Straight From The Heart
14	Take A Look
15	It's A Man's Woman's World (Pt. 1)
16	Long After The Night Is All Over
17	Times Have Changed
18	He's My Guy
19	What Are You Trying To Do
20	Nobody Wants To Hear Nobody's Troubles
21	The Hurt's All Gone
22	I'm Gonna Cry 'Til My Tears Run Dry
23	It's Starting To Get To Me Now

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female vocalist, soul, R&B, jazz, blues, rock, pop, compilation,

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Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.62 x 4.92 x 0.33 inches; 3.84 Ounces
Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ Razor & Tie
Original Release Date ‏ : ‎ 1997
Date First Available ‏ : ‎ December 13, 2006
Label ‏ : ‎ Razor & Tie
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B000002ZA3
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

Best Sellers Rank: #98,713 in CDs & Vinyl (See Top 100 in CDs & Vinyl)
- #156 in Vocal Blues
- #3,432 in Soul (CDs & Vinyl)
- #44,989 in Pop (CDs & Vinyl)

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woodkraftr

Queen of New Orleans Soul!

Reviewed in the United States on February 18, 2022

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Grew up listening to Ms Irma! Loved her then & love her even more now! So many memories!! Happy 81st Birthday Ms Irma!

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From "Slow Burn", thanks Ray Liotta

Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2008

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Found this now favorite CD while watching an interesting Ray Liotta film called "Slow Burn". A character in that film is a fan of the one he calls "Sister Irma Thomas". Being from Wisconsin, I have to admit I searched under Sister Thomas....then wised up and found this incredible CD. It just resonates with maybe not heart-ache but feelings of the heart. She feels. And all the musicians on this are great. Ordering another copy now for a friend who heard mine and loved it.
UPDATE 10-23-2014: Continues to be one of my favorite CDs. This and Elvis Presley's Gospel. Elvis Ultimate Gospel

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J. Kruppa

The Voice

Reviewed in the United States on June 7, 2000

For my money, the two most soulful female voices of the sixties belonged to Irma Thomas and Aretha Franklin, and Thomas (whose voice is so naturally powerful that anyone foolish enough to compare with her would probably go back to whatever it is failed soul singers do) had recorded all her classics before Franklin had hit her stride. Consequently, anyone interested in sixties Soul (as well as New Orleans music), needs to own an Irma Thomas collection.
Unfortunately, there is no definitive collection available on Thomas. Her first song, "(You Can Have My Husband But) Don't Mess with My Man," available on a Ron Records various artists CD, is a spunky little masterpiece essential to her story that is routinely left off of her hits packages. Her early sixties songs, produced by Allen Toussaint in New Orleans for Minit Records, are perfect capsules of the sound Toussaint was employing to great effect at the time. In addition to producing, Toussaint wrote many of the songs Thomas recorded during those early years, and the enduring brilliance of these recordings exemplifies what happens when two great talents who are sensitive to each others' gifts get together. (The Minit recordings are documented more extensively on "Ruler of Hearts," an out of print collection on the Charly label). This collection only includes five of those songs, instead focusing more on Thomas' work for Imperial Records in Los Angeles, all of which is equally as strong as her earlier recordings, if a little more streamlined and pop-oriented. No one, though, can argue with "Break-a-way," her original version of "Time Is On My Side," "The Hurt's All Gone," "Take a Look," or "While the City Sleeps". Even without the slightly later hits, this CD is worth owning for those five songs from the Minit sessions and what is arguably her best song, "Wish Somone Would Care," written by Thomas herself and recorded at one of her first sessions in L.A. Great lyrics with genuine emotional resonance and Thomas' knowing, world-weary delivery (while only in her early twenties at the time, she had already accumulated plenty of adversity) put it in the rare company of Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come." Truly remarkable.
Those interested would do well to begin with this CD or EMI's "Time Is On My Side" (which duplicates a lot of what's here) and then make the effort to find the rest of Thomas' early sixties recordings. They'll very likely be on hard to find LPs, but the search is worthwhile.

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Lee U Roy

Prime Time Irma Thomas

Reviewed in the United States on January 12, 2014

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This is a short but stellar set of classic 1960's New Orleans Soul by one of the most underated yet greatest singers of her generation. The Sweet Soul Queen shines. Liked I mentioned before this isn't a complete set of her work but much of her well known & best music is here for you to sway to. Her original version of the song Time is on My Side just blows the Rolling Stones version to pieces. If you enjoy really good vintage Soul and R&B then Irma's your girl. A gem of a disc.

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aleester

Voice with character

Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2013

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Irma Thomas deserves far more recognition than she has received. The New Orleans native has an incredible voice that represents one of the many faces of the cities' music. She has character in her voice, and I highly recommend watching her performance and interview on the Dick Clark Bandstand from decades ago on youtube. One of my favorite songs off this CD is Hittin On Nothing, which is funky and heavily in the groove. Really shows her range.

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Linda H. Watts

A great voice

Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2019

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Great music

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Willow Tanaka

Wish I could sing like her.

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2017

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Just discovered Irma Thomas. Wish I could sing like her.

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B. DEAN

THE IRMA THOMAS COLLECTION

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2008

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THIS IS REALLY "THE BEST OF THE BEST" IRMA THOMAS CD OF ALL TIMES. IT
REMINDED ME OF THE FREE CONCERTS SHE GAVE AT AUDUBON PARK ON SUNDAY
AFTERNOONS YEARS AGO, AND BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES OF BETTER TIMES.

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