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Key Information
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| Artist: |
Aretha Franklin |
| Record Label: |
Columbia (USA) |
| Genre: |
R&B |
| Subgenre: |
Stax/Southern Soul |
| Release Date: |
July 07, 1987 |
| Album Duration: |
47m:24s |
| Number of Discs: |
1 |
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Song List: Disc 1
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1. Drinking Again
2. Today I Sing the Blues
3. What a Difference a Day Made
4. Without the One You Love
5. Trouble in Mind
6. Muddy Water
7. Only the Lonely
8. I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)
9. Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)
10. Take a Look
11. Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning
12. Evil Gal Blues
13. This Bitter Earth
14. Maybe I'm a Fool |
| More Information |
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Also available in a 3-pack with THE GREAT ARETHA FRANKLIN: THE FIRST 12 SIDES and SWEET BITTER LOVE. Producers: John Hammond, Bob Mersey, Billy Jackson, Clyde Otis. Compilation producer: Joe McEwen. Recorded between 1960 and 1964. Includes liner notes by Joe McEwen. Personnel: Aretha Franklin (vocals, piano). Liner Note Author: Joe McEwen. Recording information: New York, NY (08/01/1960-02/10/1965). Unknown Contributor Role: Bob Felsenstein. Long before Aretha Franklin came to be the virtual definition of the term Soul Diva, she was on Columbia Records (the years 1960-1965). The label guided her in a blues-inspired torch-singer direction, so there's none of the funky, gospel-inspired soul rave-ups of her classic Atlantic Records period. Yet there is a very powerful, distinctive voice here: SINGS THE BLUES is a collection of tunes perhaps more suited to Dinah Washington or Frank Sinatra, yet Aretha makes these tunes her own. Backed by a small band or a studio orchestra (with strings), she swings the stand... |
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