Aretha Now

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Aretha Now
Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 14, 1968 [1]
RecordedDecember 1967 – April 1968 [1]
StudioAtlantic Studios,
(New York City, New York)
Genre Soul [2]
Length29:23
Label Atlantic (#8186)
Producer Jerry Wexler
Aretha Franklin chronology
Lady Soul
(1968)
Aretha Now
(1968)
Aretha in Paris
(1968)
Singles from Aretha Now
  1. "Think"/"You Send Me"
    Released: May 2, 1968
  2. "I Say a Little Prayer"
    Released: July 26, 1968
  3. "I Can't See Myself Leaving You"
    Released: April 7, 1969
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [4]
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Aretha Now is the thirteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on June 14, 1968, by Atlantic Records. Quickly certified Gold, it eventually reached a million in US sales. It hit No. 3 on Billboard's album chart. [6] In 1993, it was reissued on CD through Rhino Records. [1] The album was rated the 133rd best album of the 1960s by Pitchfork . [7]

Contents

Track listing

Information is based on the album's liner notes [1] [8]

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Think" Aretha Franklin, Ted White 2:19
2."I Say a Little Prayer" Burt Bacharach, Hal David 3:36
3."See Saw" Don Covay, Steve Cropper 2:46
4."Night Time Is the Right Time" Nappy Brown 4:50
5."You Send Me" Sam Cooke 2:29
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."You're a Sweet Sweet Man"Ronnie Shannon2:19
7."I Take What I Want" Isaac Hayes, Mabon "Teenie" Hodges, David Porter 2:33
8."Hello Sunshine" King Curtis, Ronnie Miller3:03
9."A Change"Dorian Burton, Clyde Otis 2:27
10."I Can't See Myself Leaving You"Shannon3:01

Personnel

Information is based on the album's liner notes [1] [8]

Charts

Billboard Music Charts (North America)

Chart (1968)Peak
position
Pop Albums3
R&B Albums1
Jazz Albums9

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Franklin, Aretha. “Aretha Now” (Remastered CD Liner Notes). Rhino. 1993.
  2. Larkin, Colin (1999). All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books. pp. 149–150. ISBN   0-7535-0354-9. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021.
  3. "Aretha Now - Aretha Franklin | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  4. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195313734.
  5. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 262–263.
  6. "Aretha Franklin". Billboard.
  7. "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork . Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  8. 1 2 Franklin, Aretha. “Aretha Now” (Original Album Notes). Atlantic. 1968.