Aretha (1980 album)

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Released October 25, 1980 Length 39:23 Release date 25 October 1980		Recorded April-July, 1980 Artist Aretha Franklin Label Columbia Records

Producer Chuck Jackson, Todd Cochrane, Aretha Franklin, Arif Mardin, Keith Richards, Narada Michael Walden Genres Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Pop music, Funk Similar Aretha Franklin albums, Soul music albums

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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. 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.

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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,

Songs

1Won't Be Long3:12
2Over the Rainbow2:39
3Love Is the Only Thing2:43

References

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