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| Recorded = 1986 |
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| Genre = [[R&B]], [[Rock music| |
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| Length = 45:26 |
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| Label = [[Arista Records|Arista]] |
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Aretha is an Aretha Franklin album, originally released in 1986. This is the third album with this title to be released by the artist. Other Franklin albums titled Aretha were also released in 1980 and 1961.
The album produced Aretha's first #1 Pop single in two decades with "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)", a duet with George Michael. Aretha also yielded three other hit singles: "Jimmy Lee", "Rock-A-Lott" and a Hard Rock cover of The Rolling Stones' classic "Jumpin' Jack Flash".[2] Franklin's vocal from "Rock-A-Lott" was sampled extensively in the 49ers' 1990 hit "Touch Me", while her version of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" was the title song for the film comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg. All four of the singles were shot as music videos that received extensive play.
The album is noteworthy for the striking cover, which was Andy Warhol's final work before his death in early 1987.[3] Following Aretha's first ever Platinum record, Who's Zoomin' Who?, Aretha was certified gold in only several weeks. Before going out of print, the album sold approximately 900,000 copies in the United States alone.
Track listing
- "Jimmy Lee" (5:47) (Narada Michael Walden, Jeffrey Cohen, Preston Glass, Anukampa Lisa Walden)
- "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with George Michael) (4:02) (Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan)
- "Do You Still Remember" (5:07) (J. Cohen, P. Glass, Walter Afanasieff)
- "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (5:04) (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
- "Rock-A-Lott" (6:23) (N. Walden, Joe Johnson, P. Glass)
- "An Angel Cries" (5:03) (S. Climie, D. Morgan)
- "He'll Come Along" (4:13) (A. Franklin)
- "If You Need My Love Tonight" (duet with Larry Graham) (4:34) (N. Walden, P. Glass, Alan Glass)
- "Look to the Rainbow" (5:13) (Burton Lane, E.Y. Harburg)
Production
- Produced By Narada Michael Walden, Keith Richards & Aretha Franklin
- Recorded By David Frazier
- Engineers: Steve Lillywhite, Russ Tarana, Mike Iacopelli, Jim Dougherty
- Assistant & Additional Engineers: Dana Jon Chapelle, Maureen Droney, Mike Iacopelli, Mark Roule, Lenette Viegas, Jim "Watts" Vereecke
- Mixing: Michael Frondelli, David Frazier
- Recording Studios: Tarpan Recording Studios, The Plant Studios, The Automatt, Studio "D" (Sausalito, CA.), Hitsville, Sigma Sound Studios, Electric Lady Studios and United Sound Systems (Detroit, Michigan)
References
- ^ Ruhlmann, William (1986-11-15). "Allmusic review". Allmusic.com. Retrieved 2012-06-29.
- ^ "Artist Chart History: Aretha Franklin". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Bego, Mark (2001). Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul. Da Capo Press. p. 250. ISBN 0-306-80935-4. OCLC 46488152. Retrieved 2009-03-29.
