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Release Date: Nov 20, 2020
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Personnel: Aretha Franklin (vocals, keyboards); Cornell Dupree, Michael McGloiry, Paul Jackson, Jr., David Williams, Steve Lukather (guitar); David Sanborn, Dave Tofani (alto saxophone); Seldon Powell (tenor saxophone); Lew Delgatto (baritone saxophone); David "Fathead" Newman, Michael Brecker (saxophone); Lew Soloff, Randy Brecker (trumpet); Peter Gordon, John Trevor Clark (French horn); Barry Rogers (trombone); David Foster, David Paich, Richard Tee, Michael Lang (keyboards); Bob Christiansen (synthesizer); James Jamerson Sr., Scott Edward, Louis Johnson, Michael Porcaro (bass); Tony Coleman (bass, drums, keyboards, background vocals); Bernard Purdie, Ed Green, Jeff Porcaro (drums); George Devens (percussion); Todd Cochran (programming).
Background vocals: Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell, Estelle Brown, The Original Sweet Inspirations, Edie Lehmann, Marti McCall, Myrna Mathews, Charles Jackson, Hamish Stuart and Brenda Corbett.
Producers: Arif Mardin, Chuck Jackson, Aretha Franklin.
Engineers include: Lee DeCarlo, Frank Kejmar, Jeremy Smith.
This is Aretha Franklin with not just strings, but plenty of horns, keyboards, disco grooves and Eighties-style synths. One's enjoyment of the album depends on how much one is willing to plough through to get to the point, which is Franklin's amazing voice. While the gospel-style backup singing on Franklin's Atlantic material was lean and funky, here it can verge on the cloying. These aren't Aretha's Muscle Shoals recordings, but there are still plenty of great musicians on this record, people like Steve Lukather, James Jamerson, Steve Porcaro and Cornell Dupree. Likewise, while the material can't hold a candle to tunes like "Respect" or "Think," it's letter-perfect R&B for the Eighties, and Franklin sings the hell out of what she's got to work with. After you listen to this, check out a compilation like ARETHA'S GOLD for further proof of what the fuss is really all about.
Background vocals: Cissy Houston, Myrna Smith, Sylvia Shemwell, Estelle Brown, The Original Sweet Inspirations, Edie Lehmann, Marti McCall, Myrna Mathews, Charles Jackson, Hamish Stuart and Brenda Corbett.
Producers: Arif Mardin, Chuck Jackson, Aretha Franklin.
Engineers include: Lee DeCarlo, Frank Kejmar, Jeremy Smith.
This is Aretha Franklin with not just strings, but plenty of horns, keyboards, disco grooves and Eighties-style synths. One's enjoyment of the album depends on how much one is willing to plough through to get to the point, which is Franklin's amazing voice. While the gospel-style backup singing on Franklin's Atlantic material was lean and funky, here it can verge on the cloying. These aren't Aretha's Muscle Shoals recordings, but there are still plenty of great musicians on this record, people like Steve Lukather, James Jamerson, Steve Porcaro and Cornell Dupree. Likewise, while the material can't hold a candle to tunes like "Respect" or "Think," it's letter-perfect R&B for the Eighties, and Franklin sings the hell out of what she's got to work with. After you listen to this, check out a compilation like ARETHA'S GOLD for further proof of what the fuss is really all about.
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Never Grow Old
2 - You Grow Closer
3 - Today I Sing the Blues
4 - Won’t Be Long
5 - Are You Sure
6 - Operation Heartbreak
7 - Skylark
8 - Runnin’ Out of Fools
9 - One Step Ahead
10 - (No, No) I’m Losing You
11 - Cry Like a Baby
12 - Little Bit of Soul
13 - My Kind of Town (Detroit Is) [Demo]
14 - Try a Little Tenderness [Demo]
15 - I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
16 - Do Right Woman - Do Right Man
17 - Respect
18 - Change Is Gonna Come
19 - Chain of Fools [Alternate Version]
20 - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction [UK Single Version]
21 - (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
22 - Ain’t No Way
23 - My Song
24 - You Send Me
25 - House That Jack Built
26 - Tracks of My Tears
Disc 2:
1 - Baby I Love You [Live]
2 - Son of a Preacher Man
3 - Call Me [Alternate Version]
4 - Let It Be
5 - Young, Gifted and Black [Alternate Longer Take]
6 - Bridge Over Troubled Water [Long Version]
7 - It’s Not Unusual/See Saw [Originally Broadcast On This Is Tom Jones, October, 9, 1970]
8 - You're All I Need to Get By [Work Tape]
9 - Brand New Me [Alternate Take]
10 - Spanish Harlem [Alternate Mix]
11 - Rock Steady [Alternate Mix/Take]
12 - Day Dreaming
13 - Share Your Love With Me [Live]
14 - Don’t Play That Song [Live]
15 - Dr. Feelgood [Live]
16 - Spirit in the Dark [Reprise with Ray Charles] [Live]
17 - How I Got Over [Single Edit] [Live]
18 - Master of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)
Disc 3:
1 - Somewhere [Alternate Version]
2 - Angel [Work Tape]
3 - Boy from Bombay
4 - Til It's Over [Demo]
5 - Oh Baby (a.k.a. “There’s Something Magic About You”) [Demo]
6 - Until You Come Back to Me [Work Tape]
7 - I’m in Love [Alternate Vocal]
8 - Without Love
9 - Mr. D.J. (5 For The D.J.)
10 - You
11 - Something He Can Feel
12 - Look Into Your Heart
13 - Break It to Me Gently
14 - When I Think About You
15 - Almighty Fire (Woman of the Future)
16 - Ladies Only [Short Version]
17 - You Light Up My Life
18 - Ooo Baby Baby [Originally Broadcast On Soul Train, December 1, 1979]
19 - Amazing Grace [Originally Broadcast On Royal Variety Performance, November 23, 1980]
Disc 4:
1 - Think
2 - I Say a Little Prayer
3 - United Together
4 - Jump to It
5 - Wind
6 - Freeway of Love
7 - Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
8 - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
9 - Oh Happy Day [Live]
10 - Rose Is Still a Rose
11 - Someday We'll All Be Free
12 - Makings Of You
13 - Nessun Dorma [Live]
14 - At Last [Originally Broadcast On American Soundtrack: Rhythm, Love And Soul, March 2003]
15 - You’ve Got a Friend
16 - Rolling in the Deep [The Aretha Version]
17 - My Country ’Tis of Thee
18 - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman [Live] [Originally Broadcast On The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, December 19. 2015]
1 - Never Grow Old
2 - You Grow Closer
3 - Today I Sing the Blues
4 - Won’t Be Long
5 - Are You Sure
6 - Operation Heartbreak
7 - Skylark
8 - Runnin’ Out of Fools
9 - One Step Ahead
10 - (No, No) I’m Losing You
11 - Cry Like a Baby
12 - Little Bit of Soul
13 - My Kind of Town (Detroit Is) [Demo]
14 - Try a Little Tenderness [Demo]
15 - I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
16 - Do Right Woman - Do Right Man
17 - Respect
18 - Change Is Gonna Come
19 - Chain of Fools [Alternate Version]
20 - (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction [UK Single Version]
21 - (Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
22 - Ain’t No Way
23 - My Song
24 - You Send Me
25 - House That Jack Built
26 - Tracks of My Tears
Disc 2:
1 - Baby I Love You [Live]
2 - Son of a Preacher Man
3 - Call Me [Alternate Version]
4 - Let It Be
5 - Young, Gifted and Black [Alternate Longer Take]
6 - Bridge Over Troubled Water [Long Version]
7 - It’s Not Unusual/See Saw [Originally Broadcast On This Is Tom Jones, October, 9, 1970]
8 - You're All I Need to Get By [Work Tape]
9 - Brand New Me [Alternate Take]
10 - Spanish Harlem [Alternate Mix]
11 - Rock Steady [Alternate Mix/Take]
12 - Day Dreaming
13 - Share Your Love With Me [Live]
14 - Don’t Play That Song [Live]
15 - Dr. Feelgood [Live]
16 - Spirit in the Dark [Reprise with Ray Charles] [Live]
17 - How I Got Over [Single Edit] [Live]
18 - Master of Eyes (The Deepness Of Your Eyes)
Disc 3:
1 - Somewhere [Alternate Version]
2 - Angel [Work Tape]
3 - Boy from Bombay
4 - Til It's Over [Demo]
5 - Oh Baby (a.k.a. “There’s Something Magic About You”) [Demo]
6 - Until You Come Back to Me [Work Tape]
7 - I’m in Love [Alternate Vocal]
8 - Without Love
9 - Mr. D.J. (5 For The D.J.)
10 - You
11 - Something He Can Feel
12 - Look Into Your Heart
13 - Break It to Me Gently
14 - When I Think About You
15 - Almighty Fire (Woman of the Future)
16 - Ladies Only [Short Version]
17 - You Light Up My Life
18 - Ooo Baby Baby [Originally Broadcast On Soul Train, December 1, 1979]
19 - Amazing Grace [Originally Broadcast On Royal Variety Performance, November 23, 1980]
Disc 4:
1 - Think
2 - I Say a Little Prayer
3 - United Together
4 - Jump to It
5 - Wind
6 - Freeway of Love
7 - Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
8 - I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
9 - Oh Happy Day [Live]
10 - Rose Is Still a Rose
11 - Someday We'll All Be Free
12 - Makings Of You
13 - Nessun Dorma [Live]
14 - At Last [Originally Broadcast On American Soundtrack: Rhythm, Love And Soul, March 2003]
15 - You’ve Got a Friend
16 - Rolling in the Deep [The Aretha Version]
17 - My Country ’Tis of Thee
18 - (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman [Live] [Originally Broadcast On The 38th Annual Kennedy Center Honors, December 19. 2015]