Aretha (1980 album)
Aretha is the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was released on September 30, 1980, by Arista Records. This is Franklin's second eponymous album, and her first for Arista Records after a 12-year tenure with Atlantic Records.[5]
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| Released | September 30, 1980 | |||
| Recorded | April – July 1980 | |||
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| Length | 39:23 | |||
| Label | Arista | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Billboard | (unrated)[2] |
| Robert Christgau | B−[3] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Franklin's first Arista single release, "United Together", reached number 3 on the Soul chart and crossed over to number 56 on Billboard's Hot 100. The album itself peaked at number 47 and spent 30 weeks on the Billboard album chart. It is estimated to have sold approximately 400,000.
The album's opening track, "Come to Me", appeared again on Franklin's 1989 album, Through the Storm.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Come to Me" | Willard Gene Price | 3:42 |
| 2. | "I Can't Turn You Loose" | Otis Redding | 3:55 |
| 3. | "United Together" | Phil Perry, Chuck Jackson | 5:02 |
| 4. | "Take Me With You" | Phil Perry, Terry Coleman, Chuck Jackson | 4:05 |
| 5. | "Whatever It Is" | Mark Gary, Eddie Setser, Jerry Michael | 3:38 |
| 6. | "What a Fool Believes" | Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald | 5:13 |
| 7. | "Together Again" | Aretha Franklin, Phil Perry, Chuck Jackson | 3:34 |
| 8. | "Love Me Forever" | Franklin, Rev. Patrick Henderson, Kenny Moore | 4:47 |
| 9. | "School Days" | Franklin | 4:54 |
Personnel
- Aretha Franklin – vocals, keyboards, piano, backing vocals
- David Foster – piano, Fender Rhodes, synthesizer
- David Paich – piano, Hammond organ
- Todd Cochran – synthesizer, programming
- Steve Porcaro, Bob Christianson – additional synthesizer
- Ed Greene, Yogi Horton, Jeff Porcaro, Bernard Purdie – drums
- Francisco Centeno, Scott Edwards, Louis Johnson, James Jamerson, Mike Porcaro – bass guitar
- Michael McGlory, Cornell Dupree, Paul Jackson Jr., Steve Lukather, David T. Walker, David Williams – guitar
- George Devens – percussion
- Richard Tee, Michael Lang – keyboards
- Tony Coleman – keyboards, bass guitar, backing vocals
- Michael Brecker, Seldon Powell, David "Fathead" Newman – tenor saxophone
- Lew Del Gatto – baritone saxophone
- Dave Tofani, David Sanborn – alto saxophone
- Randy Brecker, Lew Soloff – trumpet
- Barry Rogers – trombone
- Jerry Hey – horns
- John Clark, Peter Gordon – French horn
- Jonathan Abramowitz, Jack Barber, A. Brown, Peter Dimitriades, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joseph Malin, Alan Shulman, Mitsue Takayama, Gerald Tarack, M. Wright, Frederick Zlotkin, F. Zoltin – strings
- Strings and Horns arranged by Arif Mardin and Benjamin Wright
- Kitty Beethoven, Ortheia Barnes, Estelle Brown, Tony Coleman, Brenda Corbett, Preston Glass, Larry Graham, Jennifer Hall, Chuck Jackson, Liz Jackson, Edie Lehmann, Myrna Matthews, Marti McCall, Claytoven Richardson, Esther Ridgeway, Gloria Ridgeway, Sylvia Shemwell, Myrna Smith, Hamish Stuart, The Sweet Inspirations, Jeanie Tracy – backing vocals
Production
- Produced by Chuck Jackson (tracks 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9) and Arif Mardin (tracks 1, 2, 6 and 8).
- Co-producer on track 9: Aretha Franklin
- Engineers: Lee DeCarlo and Frank Kejmar (tracks 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9); Jeremy Smith (tracks 1, 2, 6 and 8).
- Additional engineer: Lewis Hahn
- Assistant engineers: Michael O'Reilly, Stewart Whitmore
- Mixing on tracks 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9: Reginald Dozier
- Re-mixing: Lewis Hahn and Gene Paul (tracks 1–7 and 9); Arif Mardin and Michael O'Reilly (track 8).
- Re-mix assistant on track 8: Joe Mardin
- Recorded at MCA Whitney Recording Studios (Glendale), Record Plant (Los Angeles), Sound Labs Studios (Hollywood) and Atlantic Studios (New York City).
- Edited at Cherokee Studios (Los Angeles).
- Mixed at MCA Whitney Recording Studios and Cherokee Studios.
- Mastering: Ken Perry and Bill Inglot at Sterling Sound (New York).
- Art direction and design: Ria Lewerke-Shapiro
- Photography: George Hurrell
Charts
Weekly charts
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Year-end charts
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References
- Elias, Jason. Aretha at AllMusic
- "Review: Aretha Franklin – Aretha" (PDF). Billboard. Vol. 85, no. 42. October 18, 1980. p. 66. ISSN 0006-2510. Retrieved 30 May 2020 – via American Radio History.
- Christgau, Robert. "Aretha review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 263.
- Holden, Stephen (October 11, 1981). "Aretha Franklin: Gospel and Glamour". The New York Times. ProQuest 121764881.
- "Aretha Franklin Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- "Aretha Franklin Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved August 20, 2018.
- "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- "Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 1981". Billboard. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
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