Almighty Fire

Almighty Fire
Studio album by Aretha Franklin
Released	April 13, 1978
Recorded	1977
Genre	Soul, R&B
Label	Atlantic (#19161)
Producer	Curtis Mayfield
Aretha Franklin chronology
Sweet Passion (1977) Almighty Fire (1978) La Diva (1979)

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Almighty Fire is an Aretha Franklin album recorded for Atlantic Records.

By the time of this album's release, Aretha Franklin was going through a recording drought, due in part to the extreme popularity of Disco. This album has long been regarded as one of Aretha's poorest recordings and sold only about 100,000 copies. It peaked at #12 on the Billboard R&B Albums Chart and #83 on the pop chart. The title single peaked at #12 on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart and the follow-up single, "More Than A Joy", peaked at #63. The album has been out of print since the early 1980s and has never been released on compact disc.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Almighty Fire (Woman Of The Future)" (Curtis Mayfield) 4:36
2. "Lady, Lady" (Curtis Mayfield) 2:45
3. "More Than Just A Joy" (Curtis Mayfield) 3:03
4. "Keep On Loving You" (Curtis Mayfield) 3:12
5. "I Needed You Baby" (Curtis Mayfield) 4:38

Side Two

1. "Close To You" (Curtis Mayfield) 4:22
2. "No Matter Who You Love" (Curtis Mayfield) 4:01
3. "This You Can Believe" (Curtis Mayfield) 4:46
4. "I'm Your Speed" (Aretha Franklin, Glynn Turman) 3:40

Personnel

• Aretha Franklin - Vocals
• Curtis Mayfield - Producer, Lead Guitar
• Rich Tufo - Keyboards, Arranger
• Gary Thompson - Rhythm Guitar
• Joseph Scott - Bass
• Donnell Hagan - Drums
• Henry "Master" Gibson - Congas
• Alfonzo Surrett - Background Vocals
• Mattie Butlet - Background Vocals
• Ricki Linton - Background Vocals
• Denese Heard and "The Jones Girls" - Background Vocals

External links

• Almighty Fire (Woman of the Future)