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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Aretha Franklin chronology | ||||
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Singles from Aretha | ||||
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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.
The album's opening track, "Come to Me", appeared again on Franklin's 1989 album, Through the Storm.
Information is taken from the album's liner notes[6]
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, Kenny Moore, Patrick Henderson | 4:47 |
9. | "School Days" | Franklin | 4:54 |
Information is taken from the album's liner notes[6]
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