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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

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Released
  
March 10, 1967

Label
  
Atlantic

Artist
  
Aretha Franklin

Producer
  
Jerry Wexler

Length
  
32:51

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967)
  
Aretha Arrives (1967)

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)

Genres
  
Soul music, Rhythm and blues, Southern soul

Similar
  
Aretha Franklin albums, Soul music albums

01 aretha franklin respect


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

Side one
  1. "Respect" (Otis Redding) – 2:29
  2. "Drown in My Own Tears" (Henry Glover) – 4:07
  3. "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" (Ronnie Shannon) – 2:51
  4. "Soul Serenade" (Curtis Ousley, Luther Dixon) – 2:39
  5. "Don't Let Me Lose This Dream" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) – 2:23
  6. "Baby, Baby, Baby" (Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin) – 2:54
Side two
  1. "Dr. Feelgood" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) – 3:23
  2. "Good Times" (Sam Cooke) – 2:10
  3. "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" (Dan Penn, Chips Moman) – 3:16
  4. "Save Me" (Curtis Ousley, Aretha Franklin, Carolyn Franklin) – 2:21
  5. "A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke) – 4:20
1995 reissue bonus tracks
  1. "Respect" (stereo version) – 2:28
  2. "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" (stereo version) – 2:47
  3. "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" (stereo version) – 3:14

Personnel

  • Aretha Franklin – piano, vocals
  • King Curtis – tenor saxophone
  • Carolyn Franklin – background vocals
  • Erma Franklin - background vocals
  • Cissy Houston – background vocals
  • Willie Bridges – baritone saxophone
  • Charles Chalmers – tenor saxophone
  • Gene Chrisman – drums
  • Tommy Cogbill – bass
  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar
  • Melvin Lastie – trumpet, cornet
  • Chips Moman – guitar
  • Dewey Oldham – keyboards

    • Production

  • Produced by Jerry Wexler
  • Engineered by Tom Dowd

    • Songs

    1Respect2:26
    2Drown in My Own Tears4:06
    3I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)2:44

    References

    I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Wikipedia
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