Let's Do It Again is the second studio album

Studio album

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 by American soul

Soul music

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 singer-songwriter Leela James

Leela James

Leela James is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter. James cites singers James Brown, Roberta Flack, Marvin Gaye, Donny Hathaway, Gladys Knight, Mavis Staples, and Stevie Wonder as her influences...

, released in the United States on March 24, 2009 by Shanachie Records

Shanachie Records

Shanachie Records was founded in 1976 by Richard Nevins and Dan Collins. According to Harvey Pekar , it is one of the largest independent record labels in the world, and is currently distributed by E1 Music. Starting as a label that specialized in fiddle music, they began releasing work by Celtic...

. The album is a collection of cover version

Cover version

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s of '60s, '70s, and '80s R&B songs (with the exception of The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones

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' "Miss You" and Foreigner

Foreigner (band)

Foreigner is a British-American rock band, originally formed in 1976 by veteran English musicians Mick Jones and ex-King Crimson member Ian McDonald along with American vocalist Lou Gramm...

's "I Want to Know What Love Is

I Want to Know What Love Is

"I Want to Know What Love Is" is a 1984 power ballad recorded by the British-American rock band Foreigner. The song hit #1 in both the UK and the U.S. and is the band's biggest hit...

"), and its title is a reference to the 1975 soundtrack album of the same name, whose title track

Let's Do It Again (song)

"Let's Do It Again" was a hit song for The Staple Singers. Written by Curtis Mayfield, it was part of the soundtrack for the Bill Cosby/Sidney Poitier movie, Let's Do It Again. The single reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in December 1975 , and also spent two non-consecutive...

, performed by The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers

The Staple Singers were an American gospel, soul, and R&B singing group. Roebuck "Pops" Staples , the patriarch of the family, formed the group with his children Cleotha , Pervis , Yvonne , and Mavis...

, is also covered on this album.

Track listing

1. "Clean Up Woman
   Clean Up Woman
   "Clean Up Woman" is a song by Betty Wright from her second studio album, I Love the Way You Love . Written and produced by Clarence Reid and Willie Clarke, it was released in 1971 as a 7" single with "I'll Love You Forever" on the B-side, reaching number six on the U.S. Pop Singles chart—where it...
   
   " (Clarence Reid
   Blowfly (artist)
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   , Willie Clarke) – 4:24
2. "Miss You" (Mick Jagger
   Mick Jagger
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   , Keith Richards
   Keith Richards
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   ) – 5:25
3. "It's a Man's Man's Man's World
   It's a Man's Man's Man's World
   "It's a Man's Man's Man's World" is a song by James Brown and Betty Jean Newsome. Brown recorded it on February 16, 1966 in a New York studio and released it as a single later that year. It reached #1 on the Billboard Top R&B Singles charts and #8 in the Billboard Hot 100...
   
   " (James Brown
   James Brown
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   , Betty Jean Newsome) – 5:06
4. "Baby I'm Scared of You" (Cecil Womack
   Cecil Womack
   In 1983, under the name of Womack & Womack, Cecil and Linda released a successful album, Love Wars, and continued to make albums until 1993. Their song "Love Wars" was covered by The Beautiful South for the 1990 compilation Rubáiyát. Their most successful single was "Teardrops" in 1988.-Albums:*...
   
   , Linda Womack
   Linda Womack
   Linda Womack , also known as Zeriiya Zekkariyas, is an American singer and songwriter.Womack is the daughter of Sam Cooke, and with her husband Cecil Womack has had a successful recording career under the name Womack & Womack. Their first album Love Wars proved a critical hit on the Elektra label. ...
   
   ) – 5:31
5. "You Know How to Love Me
   You Know How to Love Me (song)
   "You Know How to Love Me" is a song by Reggie Lucas and James Mtume, most notably recorded by Phyllis Hyman and released on Hyman's LP You Know How To Love Me, released in 1979. The single released towards the end of the disco era, was one of Phyllis Hyman's most successful releases...
   
   " (James Mtume
   James Mtume
   James Mtume is a jazz and R&B musician and a radio personality. Mtume's group is perhaps best known for their 1983 R&B hit song "Juicy Fruit". The song was sampled by The Notorious B.I.G. in his song "Juicy"...
   
   , Reggie Lucas
   Reggie Lucas
   Reginald "Reggie" Lucas is an American musician, songwriter and record producer. Lucas is most famous for his production work with percussionist Mtume and for producing the majority of Madonna's 1983 self-titled debut album.-Biography:...
   
   ) – 4:04
6. "I Want to Know What Love Is
   I Want to Know What Love Is
   "I Want to Know What Love Is" is a 1984 power ballad recorded by the British-American rock band Foreigner. The song hit #1 in both the UK and the U.S. and is the band's biggest hit...
   
   " (Mick Jones
   Mick Jones (Foreigner)
   Michael Leslie "Mick" Jones is an English guitarist, songwriter, and record producer best known as the founding member of the rock band Foreigner.-Life and career:...
   
   ) – 7:13
7. "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out
   Nobody Knows You When You're Down And Out
   "Nobody Knows You When You're Down and Out" is a blues standard, written by Jimmy Cox in 1923. Its lyric, told from the point of view of a one-time millionaire during the Prohibition era, reflects on the fleeting nature of material wealth and the friendships that come and go with it.-Recording...
   
   " (Jimmie Cox) – 3:52
8. "I Try" (Angela Bofill
   Angela Bofill
   Angela Bofill is an American R&B vocalist and songwriter.Bofill was born to a Cuban father and a Puerto Rican mother; one of the first Latina singers to find success in the R&B market.She performed with Ricardo Marrero & the Group and Dance Theater of Harlem chorus prior to her 1978 debut album,...
   
   ) – 4:54
9. "I'd Rather Be with You" (William Collins
   Bootsy Collins
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   , George Clinton, Jr.
   George Clinton (funk musician)
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   , Gary Cooper) – 5:23
10. "Simply Beautiful
    Simply Beautiful
    "Simply Beautiful" is a 1972 song by Al Green from his album I'm Still in Love with You. It was sampled by Kanye West for Talib Kweli's song "Good To You," on Kweli's 2002 album Quality . Hip Hop group G-Unit also sampled the song on "Good To Me", from their popular mixtape, "Return of the Body...
    
    " (Al Green
    Al Green
    Albert Greene , better known as Al Green, is an American gospel and soul music singer. He reached the peak of his popularity in the 1970s, with hit singles such as "You Oughta Be With Me", "I'm Still In Love With You", "Love and Happiness", and "Let's Stay Together"...
    
    ) – 5:10
11. "Let's Do It Again
    Let's Do It Again (song)
    "Let's Do It Again" was a hit song for The Staple Singers. Written by Curtis Mayfield, it was part of the soundtrack for the Bill Cosby/Sidney Poitier movie, Let's Do It Again. The single reached the top of the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in December 1975 , and also spent two non-consecutive...
    
    " (Curtis Mayfield
    Curtis Mayfield
    Curtis Lee Mayfield was an American soul, R&B, and funk singer, songwriter, and record producer.He is best known for his anthemic music with The Impressions during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's and for composing the soundtrack to the blaxploitation film Super Fly, Mayfield is highly...
    
    ) – 5:01

Musicians

• Leela James – vocals
  Singing
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  , backing vocals
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• Teodross Avery – saxophone
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• Roland Barber – trombone
  Trombone
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• Kenyatta Beasley – trumpet
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• Rudy Bird – percussion
  Percussion instrument
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• Melonie Daniels – backing vocals
• Ralph "Buttaz" Kearns – keyboards
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  , vocals
• Andrea Martin
  Andrea Martin (musician)
  Andrea Monica Martin is an American R&B singer, songwriter and producer.She is primarily known for writing hit songs for artists like Toni Braxton , Monica , Angie Stone , En Vogue , SWV , and Leona Lewis Andrea Monica Martin is an American R&B singer, songwriter and producer.She is primarily...
  
   – backing vocals
• Ricardo Ramos – guitar
  Guitar
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• Steve "Supe" White – drums
  Drum kit
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Production

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

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard 200 Billboard 200 The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine. It is frequently used to convey the popularity of an artist or groups of artists...	84
U.S. Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums is a chart published by Billboard magazine that ranks R&B and hip hop albums based on sales compiled by Nielsen SoundScan. The name of the chart was changed from Top R&B Albums in 1999...	11
U.S. Billboard Top Independent Albums	6