Sweet Passion

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Sweet Passion
Aretha Sweet Passion Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 19, 1977
Recorded1976–1977
Studio
Genre
Length45:30
Label Atlantic (#19102)
Producer Aretha Franklin, Lamont Dozier, Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager
Aretha Franklin chronology
Sparkle
(1976)
Sweet Passion
(1977)
Almighty Fire
(1978)
Singles from Sweet Passion
  1. "Break It To Me Gently"
    Released: April 1977

Sweet Passion is the twenty-third studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was released on May 19, 1977, by Atlantic Records. Following Franklin's Gold-certified 1976 soundtrack album, Sparkle , she paired up with Motown producer Lamont Dozier to produce Sweet Passion. It was, however, a commercial and critical failure.

Contents

The album's lead single, "Break It To Me Gently", topped the Billboard R&B chart but peaked at No. 85 on the Hot 100 and dropped off the chart after two weeks.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide C+ [2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]

The Bay State Banner noted that "her voice seems to free itself, even during the most stilted and contrived show tunes, stronger and lots weightier than Natalie Cole's cheery mimicry." [4]

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Break It To Me Gently" (Marvin Hamlisch, Carole Bayer Sager) - 3:21
  2. "When I Think About You" (Aretha Franklin) - 4:46
  3. "What I Did for Love" (Marvin Hamlisch, Edward Kleban) - 5:17
  4. "No One Could Ever Love You More" (Lamont Dozier) - 3:36
  5. "A Tender Touch" (Aretha Franklin) - 3:58

Side two

  1. "Touch Me Up" (Lamont Dozier)- 4:38
  2. "Sunshine Will Never Be The Same" (Lamont Dozier) - 3:36
  3. "Meadows of Springtime" (Aretha Franklin) - 5:26
  4. "Mumbles / I've Got the Music in Me" (Clark Terry, Aretha Franklin, Bias Boshell) - 3:40
  5. "Sweet Passion" (Aretha Franklin) - 7:12

Personnel

Production

References

  1. Sweet Passion review at AllMusic. Retrieved April 28, 2015.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved February 24, 2019 via robertchristgau.com.
  3. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 262.
  4. Freedberg, Mike (June 30, 1977). "Record Reviews". Bay State Banner. No. 89. p. 13.