Let's Do It Again (Leela James album)

Let's Do It Again
Studio album by Leela James
Released March 24, 2009 (2009-03-24)
Recorded Eastside Sound
(Manhattan, New York City, New York)
Genre Soul, R&B, blues, funk
Label Shanachie
Producer Leela James (also exec.)
Leela James chronology
A Change Is Gonna Come
(2005)
Let's Do It Again
(2009)
My Soul
(2010)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
About.com(mixed)[1]
Allmusic[2]
Billboard(positive)[3]
PopMatters(7/10)[4]

Let's Do It Again is the second studio album by American soul singer-songwriter Leela James, released in the United States on March 24, 2009 by Shanachie Records. The album is a collection of cover versions of '60s, '70s, and '80s R&B songs (with the exception of The Rolling Stones' "Miss You" and Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is"), and its title is a reference to the 1975 soundtrack album of the same name, whose title track, performed by The Staple Singers, is also covered on this album.

Track listing

  1. "Clean Up Woman" (Clarence Reid, Willie Clarke) – 4:24
  2. "Miss You" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 5:25
  3. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" (James Brown, Betty Jean Newsome) – 5:06
  4. "Baby I'm Scared of You" (Cecil Womack, Linda Womack) – 5:31
  5. "You Know How to Love Me" (James Mtume, Reggie Lucas) – 4:04
  6. "I Want to Know What Love Is" (Mick Jones) – 7:13
  7. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" (Jimmy Cox) – 3:52
  8. "I Try" (Angela Bofill) – 4:54
  9. "I'd Rather Be with You" (Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Gary Cooper) – 5:23
  10. "Simply Beautiful" (Al Green) – 5:10
  11. "Let's Do It Again" (Curtis Mayfield) – 5:01

Personnel

Musicians

Production

  • Leela James – producer, executive producer, vocal producer
  • Dave Darlington – mixing
  • Eric Elterman – engineer
  • Randall Grass – executive producer
  • Ralph "Buttaz" Kearns – associate producer
  • Kevin "K.T." Terrell – photography
  • Paul Wickliffe – mastering
  • Suzette Williams – executive producer

Charts

Chart (2009)[5] Peak
position
U.S. Billboard 200 84
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 11
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums 6

References

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