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Released
  
August 4, 1967

Aretha Arrives (1967)
  
Take a Look (1967)

Release date
  
4 August 1967

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
36:30

Artist
  
Aretha Franklin

Producer
  
Jerry Wexler

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Recorded
  
June 20, 1967 – June 23, 1967 at Atlantic Studios, (New York City, New York)

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Southern soul

Similar
  
Aretha Franklin albums, Soul music albums

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Aretha Arrives is the twelfth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on August 4, 1967 by Atlantic Records. Its only single release was "Baby I Love You", a million-selling Gold 45 which hit #1 R&B and #4 on the Billboard Hot 100. This is her second album for Atlantic. The sessions for the album were delayed because Aretha shattered her elbow in an accident during a southern tour. She decided she was ready to record before her doctor thought she was ready. While she still did not have full mobility, she provided piano accompaniment on the slower songs and played with her left hand only on "You Are My Sunshine".

Contents

Reception

After its release, Rolling Stone magazine reviewed the collection by saying: "...neither the sophistication nor the subtlety of the musicians involved gets in the way of the basic primitivism of Aretha's music. The best cuts on the record hit with tremendous immediacy and force, and do so in an entirely artistic way. The only hang-ups are the occasional reliance on unnecessary gimmicks, and the weakness of some of the material."

In 2004, Q ranked the album at number 1 in its list of "20 Forgettable Follow-Ups to Big Albums".

Track listing

  1. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
  2. "You Are My Sunshine" (Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell)
  3. "Never Let Me Go" (Joseph Wade Scott)
  4. "96 Tears" (Rudy Martinez)
  5. "Prove It" (Randy Evretts, Horace Ott)
  6. "Night Life" (Willie Nelson, Walt Breeland, Paul Buskirk)
  7. "That's Life" (Dean Kay, Kelly Gordon)
  8. "I Wonder" (Cecil Gant, Raymond Leveen)
  9. "Ain't Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around)" (Carolyn Franklin)
  10. "Going Down Slow" (James B. Oden)
  11. "Baby I Love You" (Ronnie Shannon)

Personnel

  • Aretha Franklin - vocals
  • Jimmy Johnson, Joe South - guitars
  • Tommy Cogbill - bass
  • Roger Hawkins - drums
  • Ted Somers - vibraphone
  • Spooner Oldham, Truman Thomas - piano, organ, & electric piano
  • Charles "Ace" Chalmers, King Curtis - tenor saxophone
  • Tony Studd - bass trombone
  • Melvin Lastie - trumpet
  • Gene Orloff - directed string section

    • vocal group backgrounds

  • "Ain't Nobody" - The Sweet Inspirations
  • "You Are My Sunshine", "96 Tears", "That's Life" & "Baby I Love You" - Aretha, Carolyn, Erma Franklin (Irma on LP cover) - background vocals

    • Songs

    Satisfaction2:40
    You Are My Sunshine4:23
    Never Let Me Go2:54

    References

    Aretha Arrives Wikipedia
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