Released March 10, 1967 | Length 32:51 Release date 10 March 1967 Awards Grammy Hall of Fame | |
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Recorded January 10 – February 26, 1967 at Fame Studio,(Muscle Shoals, Alabama)and Atlantic Recording Studios,(New York City, New York) Similar Aretha Franklin albums, Soul music albums |
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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is the eleventh studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. Released on March 10, 1967 by Atlantic Records, It went to number 2 on the Billboard album chart and number 1 on the magazine's Black Albums chart. It was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1967. It received a number 83 ranking on Rolling Stone magazine's 2003 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and inclusion in both the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (2005) and 1,000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008). The album included two top-10 singles: "Respect" was a #1 single on Billboard's Hot 100 Pop singles chart, and "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" peaked at number 9.
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Reception
In 1967, Rolling Stone chided the album for "the lack of versatility on the part of the sidemen. The drums weren't hard enough, the guitar was weak, and the production lacked polish." In 2002, though, they placed the album at #1 on their "Women in Rock: 50 Essential Albums" list. In 2003, the album was ranked #83 on Rolling Stone's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Q magazine (1/03, p. 54) included the album in their list of the "100 Greatest Albums Ever". Q (7/93, p. 106) also gave the album 4 stars and said "...[the album] came out in May 1967 and was number 2 in America within weeks... now it stands untainted by time. She seemed so much a force of nature it's strange to recall that this was actually her tenth album..."
Track listing
- "Respect" (Otis Redding) – 2:29
- "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) – 4:07
- "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" (Ronnie Shannon) – 2:51
- "Soul Serenade" (Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon) – 2:39
- "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) – 2:23
- "Baby, Baby, Baby" (Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin) – 2:54
- "Dr. Feelgood" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) – 3:23
- "Good Times" (Sam Cooke) – 2:10
- "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" (Dan Penn, Chips Moman) – 3:16
- "Save Me" (Curtis Ousley, Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin) – 2:21
- "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) – 4:20
- "Respect" (stereo version) – 2:28
- "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" (stereo version) – 2:47
- "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" (stereo version) – 3:14
Personnel
Production
Songs
1Respect2:26
2Drown in My Own Tears4:06
3I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)2:44