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Released
  
August 24, 1970

Artist
  
Aretha Franklin

Label
  
Atlantic Records

Length
  
40:28

Release date
  
24 August 1970

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Recorded
  
May 27, 1969 October 3, 1969-March 10, 1970

Spirit in the Dark (1970)
  
Aretha Live at Fillmore West (1971)

Genres
  
Soul music, Pop music, Southern soul

Producers
  
Tom Dowd, Arif Mardin, Jerry Wexler

Similar
  
Aretha Franklin albums, Soul music albums

Spirit in the Dark is the nineteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on August 24, 1970 by Atlantic Records. It received mostly positive reviews, but was met with middling sales, despite having two hit singles, "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)", which peaked at #1 R&B, #11 on the Hot 100, and "Spirit in the Dark", peaking at #3 R&B and #23 Hot 100, in Billboard magazine. It was Aretha's first Atlantic album to fall short of Billboard's Top 20, but it is now considered to be one of Aretha's classic Atlantic LPs. In 1994, Rhino Records re-issued this recording on compact disc. Kanye West has sampled the album title song in his "School Spirit", found on the album The College Dropout.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)" (Ahmet Ertegün, Betty Nelson) - 3:02
  2. "The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)" (Rick Darnell, Roy Hawkins) - 4:41
  3. "Pullin'" (Carolyn Franklin, Jimmy Radcliffe) - 3:38
  4. "You and Me" (Aretha Franklin) - 3:34
  5. "Honest I Do" (Ewart Abner, Jimmy Reed) - 3:19
  6. "Spirit in the Dark" (Aretha Franklin) - 4:03
  7. "When the Battle Is Over" (Jessie Hill, Malcolm Rebennack) - 2:43
  8. "One Way Ticket" (Aretha Franklin)- 2:52
  9. "Try Matty's" (Aretha Franklin) - 2:32
  10. "That's All I Want from You" (Fritz Rotter) - 2:44
  11. "Oh No Not My Baby" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King) - 2:55
  12. "Why I Sing the Blues" (B. B. King, Dave Clark) - 3:05

Personnel

  • Aretha Franklin - lead vocals (All tracks), piano (tracks 1-6, 8-12)
  • Dave Crawford - organ (tracks 8-9, 12)
  • Howard "Buzz" Feiten - guitar
  • Jimmy Johnson - guitar (tracks 3, 5, 7, 11)
  • Jimmy O'Rourke - guitar (track 9)
  • The Sweet Inspirations - background vocals (tracks 4, 6)
  • Wylene Ivy - background vocals (tracks 3, 9-10, 12)
  • Margaret Branch - background vocals (tracks 1-2, 7-8, 11)
  • Tommy McClure - bass (tracks 1-2, 4, 6, 10)
  • Almeda Lattimore - background vocals (tracks 1-3, 9-12)
  • Harold "Hog" Cowart - bass (tracks 8-9, 12)
  • Jimmy O'Rourke - guitar (track 9)
  • Sammy Creason - drums (tracks 1-2, 4, 6, 10)
  • Ronald "Tubby" Ziegler - drums (track 9)
  • Roger Hawkins - drums (tracks 3, 5, 7, 11)
  • Pat Lewis - background vocals (tracks 3, 9-10, 12)
  • Duane Allman - guitar (track 7)
  • Cornell Dupree - guitar (tracks 8, 11-12)
  • Jim Dickinson - additional keyboards (tracks 1-2, 4, 6, 10)
  • Ray Lucas - drums (tracks 8, 12)
  • Charlie Freeman - guitar (tracks 1-2, 4, 6, 10)
  • Evelyn Green - background vocals (tracks 3, 9-10, 12)
  • Brenda Bryant - background vocals (tracks 1-2, 7-8, 11)
  • David Hood - bass (tracks 3, 5, 7, 11)
  • Mike Utley - additional keyboards (tracks 1-2, 4, 6, 10)
  • Barry Beckett - additional keyboards (tracks 3, 5, 7, 11)
  • Eddie Hinton - guitar (tracks 3, 5, 7, 11)

    • Songs

    1Don't Play That Song2:59
    2The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)4:42
    3Pullin'3:36

    References

    Spirit in the Dark Wikipedia
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