Aretha Now

Aretha Now
Studio album by
Aretha Franklin
ReleasedJune 14, 1968[1]
RecordedDecember 1967 – April 1968[1]
StudioAtlantic Studios,
(New York City, New York)
GenreSoul[2]
Length29:23
LabelAtlantic (#8186)
ProducerJerry 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
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]

Aretha Now is the thirteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released in June, 1968 by Atlantic Records. Quickly certified Gold, it eventually reached a million in US sales. It was Aretha's fourth #1 on the R&B albums survey and reached third place on Billboard's main 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]

Track listing

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

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Think"Aretha Franklin, Ted White2:19
2."I Say a Little Prayer"Burt Bacharach, Hal David3:36
3."See Saw"Don Covay, Steve Cropper2:46
4."Night Time Is the Right Time"Nappy Brown4:50
5."You Send Me"Sam Cooke2:29
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 Porter2:33
8."Hello Sunshine"King Curtis, Ronnie Miller3:03
9."A Change"Dorian Burton, Clyde Otis2:27
10."I Can't See Myself Leaving You"Shannon3:01

Personnel

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

  • Aretha Franklin – lead vocals (all), piano (1–5, 7, 10)
  • Tommy Cogbill – guitar (1–3, 10), bass guitar (6, 8–9)
  • Carolyn Franklin – background vocals (6, 8–9)
  • Roger Hawkins – drums (all)
  • Jerry Jemmott – bass guitar (1–5, 7, 10)
  • Jimmy Johnson – guitar (1, 3, 5–6, 8–10)
  • Spooner Oldham – Hammond organ (1, 5), electric piano (3, 6–7, 10), piano (8)
  • The Sweet Inspirations – background vocals (all)
  • Bobby Womack – guitar (6, 8–9)
  • Horns:
    • Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
    • Willie Bridges – baritone saxophone (1, 3–5, 7, 10)
    • Charles Chalmers, Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
    • King Curtis, Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
    • Bernie Glow, Wayne Jackson, Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman – trumpet
    • Haywood Henry – baritone saxophone (6, 8)
    • Tony Studd – bass trombone
    • Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
  • All arrangements by Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
  • Tom Dowd – engineering

Charts

Billboard Music Charts (North America)

Chart (1968) Peak
position
Pop Albums 3
R&B Albums 1
Jazz Albums 9

See also

  • Album era
  • List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of the 1960s

References

  1. ^ a b c d e 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. ^ The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 262–263.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
  6. ^ "Aretha Franklin". Billboard.
  7. ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
  8. ^ a b Franklin, Aretha. “Aretha Now” (Original Album Notes). Atlantic. 1968.
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