Aretha Franklin - Aretha (1980) [1990, Digitally Remastered]

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Date: Jan. 1, 2021

Aretha Franklin - Aretha (1980) [1990, Digitally Remastered]
R&B, Soul, Urban, Deep Soul | EAC Rip | FLAC, Img+CUE+LOG+Scans (PNG) | 39:38 | 345,13 Mb
Label: Arista Records (US) | Cat.# ARCD-8556 | Released: 1990-10-25 (1980-09-30)

"Aretha" is the 26th studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was released on September 30, 1980, by Arista Records. This was the 2nd album with this title to be released by the artist, and her first for Arista Records after a 12-year tenure with Atlantic 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 the Billboard album chart. The album's opening track, "Come to Me", appeared again on Franklin's 1989 album, "Through the Storm."
~Wikipedia


This is her first album with Arista after ending a 13-year, largely successful stint with Atlantic Records. By as early as 1973, Franklin's album turnout became spotty as late-'70s entries, Sweet Passion and La Diva came and went quickly. For Aretha, Arista label president Clive Davis drummed out a certain amount of fanfare for this initial effort, and for the most part it was deserved. Aretha attempts to pull out all of the stops, which is suitable for a major artist coming to a new label. The best moments here reestablish Franklin as a phenomenal singer, not just an icon. The brilliantly sung "United Together" and autumnal "Come to Me" have both Franklin and producer Chuck Jackson seemingly like they'd recorded together for years. What undoes Aretha is a few overproduced tracks of dubious distinction. The too busy cover of the Doobie Brothers "What a Fool Believes" fails Franklin, skimming past the song's lyrical. Her gospel-fueled childhood recollection "School Days" and a discofied cover of "I Can't Turn You Loose" are both ingratiating and potentially nerve racking. This effort was meant to reestablish Franklin, and it was more popular than most of her late-'70s Atlantic albums, but this could have been better.
~Review by Jason Elias






Release of the album: 1980, September, 30 [LP Arista, Cat.# AL 9538, USA]
Release of this CD: 1990, October, 25 [CD Arista Records (USA), Cat.# ARCD-8556 / UPC: 078221855624]
℗&© 1980 Arista Records, Inc., a Bertelsmann Music Group Company
Basic tracks and vocals recorded at Sound Lab Studios, Los Angeles, CA
All additional music recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York
Additional editing and mixing done at Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles
Printed in U.S.A.
Manufactured in U.S.A. for Arista Records, Inc., a Bertelsmann Music Group Company

Notes: Digitally Remastered at KDISC, Los Angeles, CA by Bill Inglot and Ken Perry

Credits:

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, Jeff 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 & 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.

Tracklist:

01. Come To Me (03:44)
(Willard Eugene Price)
02. Can't Turn You Loose (03:57)
(Otis Redding)
03. United Together (05:04)
(Phil Perry, Chuck Jackson)
04. Take Me With You (04:06)
(Phil Perry, Terry Coleman, Chuck Jackson)
05. Whatever It Is (03:41)
(Mark Gary, Eddie Setser, Jerry Michael)
06. What A Fool Believes (05:15)
(Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald)
07. Together Again (05:17)
(Aretha Franklin, Phil Perry, Chuck Jackson)
08. Love Me Forever (03:36)
(Aretha Franklin, Rev. Patrick Henderson, Kenny Moore)
09. School Days (04:58)
(Aretha Franklin)

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Aretha Franklin / Aretha

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DR13 0.00 dB -15.15 dB 3:57 02-Can't Turn You Loose
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