Aretha's Gold

Aretha's Gold is a greatest hits album by Aretha Franklin, released in 1969 at Atlantic Recording Corporation. The album's tracks were recorded at Atlantic Studios, New York City, except "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" and "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man," which were recorded at the Fame Recording Studios, Muscle Shoals, Alabama.

Aretha's Gold
Greatest hits album by
Aretha Franklin
ReleasedJune 1969
Recorded1966–1968
StudioAtlantic Studios, New York
FAME, Muscle Shoals
GenreR&B
Length41:17
LabelAtlantic
ProducerJerry Wexler
Aretha Franklin chronology
Soft and Beautiful
(1969)		 Aretha's Gold
(1969)		 This Girl's in Love with You
(1970)
Singles from Aretha's Gold
  1. "The House That Jack Built"
    Released: July 1968

The album was included in Robert Christgau's "Basic Record Library" of 1950s and 1960s recordings, published in Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies (1981).[1]

This product has sold over one million U. S. copies, some 300,000 in the SoundScan era (1991 - present) alone, per Luminate Entertainment Data, formerly Nielsen SoundScan.

Track listing

Side One

  1. "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" (Ronnie Shannon) - 2:47
  2. "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" (Dan Penn, Chips Moman) - 3:15
  3. "Respect" (Otis Redding) - 2:26
  4. "Dr. Feelgood" (Franklin, Ted White) - 3:18
  5. "Baby, I Love You" (Ronnie Shannon) - 2:39
  6. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King & Jerry Wexler) - 2:37
  7. "Chain of Fools" (Don Covay) - 2:45

Side Two

  1. "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" (Franklin, White) - 2:18
  2. "Ain't No Way" (Carolyn Franklin, White) - 4:12
  3. "Think" (Franklin, White) - 2:15
  4. "You Send Me" (Sam Cooke) - 2:25
  5. "The House That Jack Built" (Bob Lance, Fran Robins) - 2:18
  6. "I Say a Little Prayer" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) - 3:30
  7. "See Saw" (Steve Cropper, Covay) - 4:42

Personnel
  • Aretha Franklin – piano, vocals

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[2] Gold 35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

See also

References
  1. Christgau, Robert (1981). "A Basic Record Library: The Fifties and Sixties". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 0899190251. Retrieved March 16, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  2. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2000 Albums" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
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