Jump to It

Jump to It
Studio album by Aretha Franklin
Released	July, 1982
Recorded	Mediasound Studios, N.Y., Record Plant, L.A., Village Recorders, L.A., Soundsuite, Detroit
Genre	R&B, smooth soul, quiet storm
Length	42:40
Label	Arista
Producer	Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin
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Aretha Franklin chronology
Love All the Hurt Away (1981) Jump to It (1982) Get It Right (1983)

Jump To It is a Gold-certified*, chart-topping Aretha Franklin album, produced by the late Luther Vandross and originally released in the summer of 1982.

It enjoyed a seven week run at #1 on Billboard's R&B albums chart and also reached #23 on Billboard's main album chart. It was hailed as a comeback album, given that it provided Aretha with her first Gold record and Top 40 song since Sparkle in 1976. It drew rave reviews for its smoothness and is regarded as one of Aretha's finest recordings. This album is currently out of print.

The title track, "Jump To It", was Aretha's first Pop Top 40 hit since 1976 and her first #1 R&B hit since 1977's "Break It To Me Gently". The infectious song was nominated for a Grammy Award. The album itself received an American Music Award for Best Soul Album.

(*Over 500,000 copies sold in the United States)

Track listing

1. "Jump To It" (Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller)
2. "Love Me Right" (Vandross)
3. "If She Don't Want Your Lovin'" (Sam Dees)
4. "This Is for Real" (Vandross)
5. "(It's Just) Your Love" (Vandross, Miller)
6. "I Wanna Make It Up to You" (Franklin)
7. "It's Your Thing" (O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley)
8. "Just My Daydream" (Smokey Robinson)

Personnel

• Aretha Franklin - vocals
• Doc Powell, Steve Love - guitar
• Marcus Miller, Francisco Centeno, Louis Johnson - bass
• Nat Adderley, Jr., Sonny Burke - keyboards
• Yogi Horton, Buddy Williams - drums
• Errol "Crusher" Bennett, Paulinho Da Costa - percussion
• Brenda White, Cissy Houston, Fonzi Thornton, Luther Vandross, Michelle Cobbs, Phillip Ballou, Tawatha Agee, Norma Jean Wright, Alexandra Brown, Darlene Love, Paulette McWilliams, Stephanie Spruill, Brenda Corbett, Erma Franklin, Pam Vincent, Sandra Dance - background vocals
• George Young - saxophone
• George Duke - piano

External links

• Jump to It at Allmusic