Aretha Now

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]

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]
Length29:30
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[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]

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"Lew Herman4:50
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. 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. Franklin, Aretha. “Aretha Now” (Original Album Notes). Atlantic. 1968.


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