| Aretha |
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| Studio album by Aretha Franklin |
| Released |
October 25, 1980 |
| Recorded |
April-July, 1980 |
| Genre |
Soul, Funk, Pop, R&B |
| Length |
39:23 |
| Label |
Arista |
| Producer |
Chuck Jackson, Todd Cochrane, Aretha Franklin, Arif Mardin, Keith Richards, Narada Michael Walden |
| Aretha Franklin chronology |
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| Singles from Aretha |
- "United Together"
Released: May 24, 1980
- "What A Fool Believes"
Released: June 1980 (UK)[1]
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Aretha is the twenty-eighth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on October 25, 1980 by Arista Records. Franklin's first Arista single release, "United Together", reached #3 on the Soul chart and crossed over to #56 on Billboard's Hot 100. The album itself peaked at #47 and spent 30 weeks on Billboard's main album chart, eventually selling close to 350,000 copies.
It was recently re-issued by SoulMusic Records.[4] This was the second album with this title to be released by the artist, and her first ever for Arista after a 12-year tenure with Atlantic Records. Other Franklin albums titled "Aretha" were also released in 1986 and 1961. The disc's opening track, "Come To Me", appeared again on her 1989 album, Through The Storm.
| 1. |
"Come To Me" |
Willard Gene Price |
3:42 |
| 2. |
"I Can't Turn You Loose" |
Otis Redding |
3:55 |
| 3. |
"United Together" |
Phil Perry, Chuck Jackson |
5:02 |
| 4. |
"Take Me With You" |
Phil Perry, Terry Coleman, Chuck Jackson |
4:05 |
| 5. |
"Whatever It Is" |
Mark Gary, Eddie Setser, Jerry Michael |
3:38 |
| 6. |
"What a Fool Believes" |
Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald |
5:13 |
| 7. |
"Together Again" |
Franklin, Phil Perry, Chuck Jackson |
3:34 |
| 8. |
"Love Me Forever" |
Franklin, Rev. Patrick Henderson, Kenny Moore |
4:47 |
| 9. |
"School Days" |
Aretha Franklin |
4:54 |
Production
- Produced By Chuck Jackson and Arif Mardin
- Engineers: Lee DeCarlo, Lewis Hahn, Frank Kejmar, Jeremy Smith
- Assistant Engineers: Michael O'Reilly, Stewart Whitmore
- Mixing: Reginald Dozier
- Re-mixing: Lewis Hahn, Arif Mardin, Michael O'Reilly, Gene Paul
- Re-Mix Assistant: Joe Mardin
- Mastering: Ken Perry, Bill Inglot
Personnel
- Drums: Tony Coleman, James Gadson, Ed Greene, Yogi Horton, Steve Jordan, Jeff Porcaro, Bernard "Petty" Purdie
- Percussion: George Devens, Greg "Gigi" Gonaway, Darryl Jackson, Jason Martin, Raul Rekow, Orestes Vilato
- Bass: Francisco Centeno, Tony Coleman, Scott Edwards, Randy Jackson, Louis Johnson, James Jamerson, Mike Porcaro
- Guitars: Vernon "Ice" Black, Cornell Dupree, Paul Jackson, Jr., Steve Lukather, Greg Poree, Doc Powell, Keith Richards, Allen Rogen, David T. Walker, Teddy White, David Williams, Ron Wood
- Keyboards, Synthesizers, Organ, Piano: Walter Afanasieff, Bob Christianson, Todd Cochrane, Tony Coleman, Aretha Franklin, David Foster, Preston Glass, Nick Johnson, Michael Lang, Chuck Leavell, David Paich, Steve Porcaro, David Sancious, Richard Tee
- Saxophone: Michael Brecker (Tenor), Louis del Gatto (Baritone), Kenny G., Eddie Mininfeld, David "Fathead" Newman (Tenor), Seldon Powell (Tenor), Marc Russo, David Sanborn, David Tofani (Alto)
- Trumpet: Randy Brecker, Lew Soloff
- Trombone: Barry Rogers, Wayne Wallace
- Horns: Jerry Hey
- French Horn: John Clark, Peter Gordon,
- Strings: Jonathan Abramowitz, Jack Barber, A. Brown, Peter Dimitriades, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joseph Malin, Alan Shulman, Mitsue Takayama, Gerald Tarack, M. Wright, Frederick Zlotkin, F. Zoltin
- Strings and Horns arranged by Arif Mardin & Benjamin Wright
- Backing Vocals: Kitty Beethoven, Ortheia Barnes, Estelle Brown, Tony Coleman, Brenda Corbett, Preston Glass, Larry Graham, Jennifer Hall, Chuck Jackson, Liz Jackson, Randy Jackson, Edie Lehmann, Myrna Matthews, Marti McCall, Claytoven Richardson, Esther Ridgeway, Gloria Ridgeway, Sylvia Shemwell, Myrna Smith, Hamish Sutart, The Sweet Inspirations, Jeanie Tracy,
References
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