Aretha Now
1968 studio album by Aretha Franklin
Aretha Now | ||||
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Studio album by Aretha Franklin | ||||
Released | June 14, 1968[1] | |||
Recorded | December 1967 – April 1968[1] | |||
Studio | Atlantic Studios, (New York City, New York) | |||
Genre | Soul[2] | |||
Length | 29:30 | |||
Label | Atlantic (#8186) | |||
Producer | Jerry Wexler | |||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [3] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Aretha Now is the thirteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on June 14, 1968, by Atlantic Records. Quickly certified Gold, it eventually reached a million in US sales. It hit No. 3 on Billboard's album chart.[6] In 1993, it was reissued on CD through Rhino Records.[1] The album was rated the 133rd best album of the 1960s by Pitchfork.[7]
Track listing
Information is based on the album's liner notes[1][8]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Think" | Aretha Franklin, Ted White | 2:19 |
2. | "I Say a Little Prayer" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 3:36 |
3. | "See Saw" | Don Covay, Steve Cropper | 2:46 |
4. | "Night Time Is the Right Time" | Lew Herman | 4:50 |
5. | "You Send Me" | Sam Cooke | 2:29 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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6. | "You're a Sweet Sweet Man" | Ronnie Shannon | 2:19 |
7. | "I Take What I Want" | Isaac Hayes, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, David Porter | 2:33 |
8. | "Hello Sunshine" | King Curtis, Ronnie Miller | 3:03 |
9. | "A Change" | Dorian Burton, Clyde Otis | 2:27 |
10. | "I Can't See Myself Leaving You" | Shannon | 3:01 |
Personnel
Information is based on the album's liner notes[1][8]
- Aretha Franklin – lead vocals (all), piano (1–5, 7, 10)
- Tommy Cogbill – guitar (1–3, 10), bass guitar (6, 8–9)
- Carolyn Franklin – background vocals (6, 8–9)
- Roger Hawkins – drums (all)
- Jerry Jemmott – bass guitar (1–5, 7, 10)
- Jimmy Johnson – guitar (1, 3, 5–6, 8–10)
- Spooner Oldham – Hammond organ (1, 5), electric piano (3, 6–7, 10), piano (8)
- The Sweet Inspirations – background vocals (all)
- Bobby Womack – guitar (6, 8–9)
- Horns:
- Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
- Willie Bridges – baritone saxophone (1, 3–5, 7, 10)
- Charles Chalmers, Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
- King Curtis, Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
- Bernie Glow, Wayne Jackson, Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman – trumpet
- Haywood Henry – baritone saxophone (6, 8)
- Tony Studd – bass trombone
- Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
- All arrangements by Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
- Tom Dowd – engineering
Charts
Billboard Music Charts (North America)
Chart (1968) | Peak position |
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Pop Albums | 3 |
R&B Albums | 1 |
Jazz Albums | 9 |
See also
- Album era
- List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of the 1960s
References
- ^ a b c d e Franklin, Aretha. “Aretha Now” (Remastered CD Liner Notes). Rhino. 1993.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (1999). All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books. pp. 149–150. ISBN 0-7535-0354-9. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021.
- ^ "Aretha Now - Aretha Franklin | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 262–263.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
- ^ "Aretha Franklin". Billboard.
- ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
- ^ a b Franklin, Aretha. “Aretha Now” (Original Album Notes). Atlantic. 1968.
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- Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul (2007)
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- The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967–1970 (2018)
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- "I Surrender, Dear" (1962)
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- "My Song" (1968)
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- "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1986)
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