This Girl's in Love with You

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This Girl's in Love with You
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Studio album by
Aretha Franklin
ReleasedJanuary 15, 1970 [1]
RecordedJanuary 8–9, 1969 [2]
October 3, 1969 [3]
December 1969 [4]
Genre Soul, R&B
Length35:45
Label Atlantic
Producer Jerry Wexler, Tom Dowd & Arif Mardin
Aretha Franklin chronology
Aretha's Gold
(1969)		This Girl's in Love with You
(1970)		 Spirit in the Dark
(1970)
Singles from This Girl's in Love with You
  1. "Share Your Love with Me"
    Released: July 1969
  2. "Eleanor Rigby"
    Released: 1969
  3. "Call Me"/"Son of a Preacher Man"
    Released: January 21, 1970
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [6]

This Girl's in Love with You is the sixteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on January 15, 1970 [1] by Atlantic Records. It reached Billboard 's Top 20 and sold modestly even with several big hits. Long out of print, it was reissued on compact disc through Rhino Records in 1993. [1]

Contents

Her version of The Beatles' "Let It Be" was the first recording of the song to be commercially issued (The Beatles did not release "Let It Be" as a single until March 1970). Songwriter Paul McCartney sent Franklin and Atlantic Records a demo of the song as a guide. [4]

Track listing

Information is based on the album's liner notes [1] [7]

  1. "Son of a Preacher Man" (John Hurley, Ronnie Wilkins) – 3:19
  2. "Share Your Love with Me" (Al Braggs, Deadric Malone) – 3:21
  3. "The Dark End of the Street" (Chips Moman, Dan Penn) – 4:42
  4. "Let It Be" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 3:33
  5. "Eleanor Rigby" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:38
  6. "This Girl's in Love with You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 4:00
  7. "It Ain't Fair " (Ronnie Miller) – 3:22
  8. "The Weight" (Robbie Robertson) – 2:59
  9. "Call Me" (Aretha Franklin) – 3:57
  10. "Sit Down and Cry" (Clyde Otis, Lou Stallman) – 3:52

Personnel

Information is based on the album's liner notes. [1] [7]

Main Performance
Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section [8] [9]

Production

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Franklin, Aretha. This Girl's in Love with You (CD re-issue liner notes). Rhino. 1993.
  2. ↑ Aretha Franklin, etc. "Atlantic Recording Sessions: January 8-9, 1969 (NYC)". Jazz Disco. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  3. ↑ Aretha Franklin with Muscle Shoals Rhythm Section. "Atlantic Recording Sessions: October 3, 1969 (Miami, FL)". Jazz Disco. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  4. 1 2 The Beatles. "Let It Be". Songfacts. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  5. ↑ AllMusic review
  6. ↑ 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.
  7. 1 2 Franklin, Aretha. "This Girl's In Love with You" (Original Album Notes). Atlantic. 1970.
  8. ↑ Kurutz, Steve. "Biography: Jimmy Johnson". AllMusic . Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  9. ↑ Potter, Jeff (April 26, 2017). "Roger Hawkins: The Pulse of Muscle Shoals". Modern Drummer. Retrieved September 16, 2019.
  10. ↑ Michael B. Smith and Roxanne Crutcher (May 2000). "The Most Important Things in Life are Rock & Roll...and a Hot Carr..." Swampland.com.
  11. ↑ "The Weight : Jerry Jemmott" (PDF). Static1.squarespace.com. Retrieved March 14, 2022.
  12. ↑ Franklin, Aretha. "Aretha's Greatest Hits" (Album Notes). Atlantic. 1971.


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