The Queen of Soul

Tracklist

• Digital Media 1
• 1
  I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (mono version)
  2:52
• 2
  Do Right Woman - Do Right Man (mono version)
  3:15
• 3
  Respect
  2:26
  3.9 ★
• 4
  Drown in My Own Tears (mono version)
  4:06
• 5
  Soul Serenade (mono version)
  2:38
• 6
  Don't Let Me Lose This Dream (mono version)
  2:22
• 7
  Baby, Baby, Baby (mono version)
  2:54
• 8
  Dr. Feelgood (Love Is Serious Business)
  3:21
  4.6 ★
• 9
  Good Times (mono version)
  2:09
• 10
  Save Me (mono version)
  2:19
• 11
  Baby, I Love You
  2:44
  3.0 ★
• 12
  Satisfaction
  2:40
• 13
  You Are My Sunshine (mono version)
  4:21
• 14
  Never Let Me Go (mono version)
  2:54
• 15
  Prove It (mono version)
  2:59
• 16
  I Wonder (mono version)
  4:24
• 17
  Ain't Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around) (mono version)
  2:36
• 18
  It Was You (mono version)
  3:46
• 19
  (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
  2:47
  4.2 ★
• 20
  Chain of Fools
  2:48
  4.2 ★
• 21
  People Get Ready
  3:44
  4.0 ★
• 22
  Come Back Baby
  2:27
  3.0 ★
• 23
  Good to Me as I Am to You
  3:58
  4.6 ★
• 24
  Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)
  2:25
  4.4 ★
• 25
  Ain't No Way
  4:13
  5.0 ★
• Digital Media 2
• 1
  Think
  2:18
  3.6 ★
• 2
  You Send Me
  2:28
  3.0 ★
• 3
  I Say a Little Prayer
  3:35
  4.4 ★
• 4
  The House That Jack Built (mono version)
  2:21
• 5
  You're a Sweet Sweet Man
  2:17
  4.0 ★
• 6
  I Take What I Want
  2:34
  4.0 ★
• 7
  A Change
  2:27
  4.0 ★
• 8
  See Saw
  2:44
  3.5 ★
• 9
  My Song (mono version)
  3:33
• 10
  I Can't See Myself Leaving You
  3:04
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Night Life (live at the Olympia Theatre, Paris, May 7, 1968)
  3:45
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Ramblin'
  3:09
• 13
  Today I Sing the Blues
  4:25
• 14
  River's Invitation
  2:40
• 15
  Pitiful
  3:04
  5.0 ★
• 16
  Talk to Me, Talk to Me (Soul '69 outtake) (mono version)
  3:29
• 17
  Tracks of My Tears
  2:56
• 18
  The Weight
  2:58
  4.0 ★
• 19
  Share Your Love With Me
  3:21
  4.0 ★
• 20
  Pledging My Love / The Clock
  4:13
• 21
  It Ain't Fair
  3:23
• 22
  Sit Down and Cry
  3:53
• 23
  Let It Be
  3:32
  3.2 ★
• 24
  Eleanor Rigby
  2:38
• 25
  Call Me
  3:57
  4.5 ★
• Digital Media 3
• 1
  Son of a Preacher Man
  3:18
  4.5 ★
• 2
  Try Matty's
  2:31
  3.0 ★
• 3
  The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kiss)
  4:42
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Dark End of the Street
  4:42
• 5
  You and Me
  3:35
  4.0 ★
• 6
  You're Taking Up Another Man's Place (Spirit in the Dark outtake)
  3:30
• 7
  Don't Play That Song
  3:01
  4.0 ★
• 8
  Why I Sing the Blues
  3:04
  4.0 ★
• 9
  Spirit in the Dark
  4:02
  3.5 ★
• 10
  My Way (Spirit in the Dark outtake)
  4:08
• 11
  One Way Ticket
  2:52
  4.0 ★
• 12
  Pullin'
  3:37
  4.0 ★
• 13
  Border Song (Holy Moses)
  3:23
• 14
  A Brand New Me
  4:27
  3.0 ★
• 15
  You're All I Need to Get By
  3:37
  3.5 ★
• 16
  Bridge Over Troubled Water
  5:32
• 17
  Spanish Harlem
  3:33
  2.0 ★
• 18
  Lean on Me
  4:40
• 19
  Spirit in the Dark (reprise with Ray Charles) (live at Fillmore West, San Francisco, February 5, 1971)
  8:13
• Digital Media 4
• 1
  Rock Steady
  3:14
  3.8 ★
• 2
  Young, Gifted and Black
  3:34
• 3
  All the King's Horses
  3:54
• 4
  Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)
  3:42
• 5
  Day Dreaming
  4:01
  4.5 ★
• 6
  Mary, Don't You Weep (live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, January 14, 1972)
  7:09
• 7
  Climbing Higher Mountains (live 1972)
  2:45
• 8
  Precious Memories (live at New Temple Missionary Baptist Church, Los Angeles, January 14, 1972)
  7:21
• 9
  Master of Eyes (The Deepness of Your Eyes)
  3:27
• 10
  Angel
  4:29
  4.0 ★
• 11
  Somewhere
  6:19
• 12
  So Swell When You're Well
  4:18
• 13
  I'm in Love
  2:52
• 14
  Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
  3:49
• 15
  Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
  3:28
  4.4 ★
• 16
  Look Into Your Heart
  4:03
• 17
  Sparkle
  4:12
• 18
  Something He Can Feel
  6:22
  4.0 ★

More by Aretha Franklin

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Amazing Grace 1972

This Girl’s in Love With You

This Girl’s in Love With You 1970

Lady Soul

Lady Soul 1968

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You 1967

Respect

Respect 2018

Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics

Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics 2014

Release credits

• Adrian Barber
  recording [23]
• Al Jackson, Jr.
  drums (drum set) [3.14, 4.4]
• Almeda Lattimore
  background vocals [2-3, 6-8, 10-11]
• Andrew Love
  flute [18], tenor saxophone [4.1, 2.1-2, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10, 3.18]
• Ann S. Clark
  background vocals [1, 3, 5, 15]
• Aretha Franklin
  arranger [9-12], celesta [3], choir vocals [11, 21, 23], lead vocals [3.13-14, 2.1-3, 2.5-8, 2.10, 1.11-12, 4.1-5, 4.13-15], piano [1.2-3, 1.8, 1.20-23, 1.25, 3.1-14, 3.16-18, 4.1-5, 4.9, 4.11-12, 4.15, 2.1-3, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17-25], producer [9-15], vocal [3.1-12, 3.16-18, 2.18-25, 1.2-4, 1.8-9, 1.19-25, 4.9, 4.12, 4.16-17]
• Arif Mardin
  arranger [4.15, 1.3, 1.8, 1.11-12, 1.19-25, 2.1-3, 2.5-8, 2.10, 2.12-15, 2.17], background vocals [17], conductor [12-15, 17], flute [17], horn [1.24-25, 3.13-14, 3.17, 4.2-5], mix [3.7, 3.13-15, 3.17, 4.1-5, 4.13-15], producer [2.18-25, 3.1-18, 4.1-5, 4.13-15], recording [2, 11-12], strings [1.25, 3.7, 3.15, 3.17-18, 4.1, 4.4], woodwind [1, 4]
• Barry Beckett
  electric piano [12], keyboard [2.18-19, 2.21-22, 2.24-25, 3.1, 3.4], organ [2.20, 3.6, 3.12]
• Benny Powell
  trombone [12-15, 17]
• Bernard “Pretty” Purdie
  drums (drum set) [3.17-18, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 4.15]
• Bernie Glow
  trumpet [1.19, 1.21-25, 2.5, 2.12-15, 2.17]
• Billy Preston
  organ [4.2, 3.13, 3.16]
• Bob James
  keyboard [14]
• Bobby Womack
  guitar [1.21-24, 2.5, 2.7]
• Brenda Bryant
  background vocals [2.25, 3.3, 3.6-8, 3.10-11]
• Bruno Carr
  drums (drum set) [12, 14]
• Carolyn Franklin
  background vocals [3.17-18, 2.5, 2.7, 2.11, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 1.2-3, 1.22], choir vocals [11, 19-21, 23-25]
• Charles Chalmers
  tenor saxophone [1.3-4, 1.8-9, 1.11, 2.1-2, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10]
• Charlie Freeman
  guitar [3, 5, 7, 9-10]
• Charnessa Jones
  background vocals [11]
• Chuck Kirkpatrick
  engineer [3.2-5, 3.7-9, 3.17, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5], recording [7, 17]
• Chuck Rainey
  bass [3.17-18, 4.1-3, 4.5, 4.15], bass guitar [13], electric bass guitar [16]
• Cissy Houston
  background vocals [2.20, 2.25, 3.16, 1.25, 4.13-14]
• Cornell Dupree
  guitar [4.1-3, 4.5, 4.13, 3.6, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.16-18]
• Curtis Mayfield
  arranger [16-18], guitar [16-17], keyboard [16-17], producer [16-18]
• Dave Crawford
  organ [2, 8, 11]
• David Hood
  bass [3.1, 3.4, 3.6, 2.18-22, 2.24-25], electric bass guitar [12]
• David Spinozza
  guitar [13-14]
• David “Fathead” Newman
  woodwind [12-15, 17]
• Dee Dee Warwick
  background vocals [20]
• Deidre Tuck
  background vocals [13]
• Don Arnone
  acoustic guitar [5]
• Donald Towns
  conductor [11]
• Donny Hathaway
  electric piano [3.17, 4.5, 4.15], keyboard [14], organ [4.1, 4.3-4, 3.14, 3.17-18], piano [13]
• Dr. John
  percussion [1]
• Duane Allman
  guitar [2.21, 3.12], slide guitar [18]
• Ed Logan
  tenor saxophone [18]
• Eddie Hinton
  guitar [3.1, 3.4, 3.6, 3.12, 2.20, 2.24-25]
• Ellie Greenwich
  choir vocals [20]
• Eric Clapton
  guest [23], guitar [23]
• Eric Gale
  bass [14], bass guitar [4]
• Erma Franklin
  background vocals [3.17-18, 4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 1.3], choir vocals [19-20, 24]
• Ernie Royal
  trumpet [2.12-15, 2.17, 1.8]
• Evelyn Green
  background vocals [2, 10]
• Floyd Newman
  baritone saxophone [1-2, 6, 8, 10]
• Frank Wess
  alto saxophone [12-15, 17], flute [2.5, 1.22, 1.25], tenor saxophone [2.5, 1.21-25]
• Gary Thompson
  guitar [16-17]
• Gene Chrisman
  drums (drum set) [8, 19]
• Gene Paul
  engineer [4.2, 4.4, 3.13-16], recording [4.2, 4.4, 3.13-15]
• George Dorsey
  alto saxophone [12-15, 17]
• Gwen Guthrie
  background vocals [13]
• Harold Cowart
  bass [2, 8, 11]
• Haywood Henry
  baritone saxophone [1.21-23, 2.5]
• Henry Haywood
  baritone saxophone [24-25]
• Howard Albert
  engineer [1, 3, 5]
• Hubert Laws
  alto flute [5]
• Hugh McCracken
  guitar [4.4, 4.15, 3.14]
• Irma Franklyn
  choir vocals [11]
• J.R. Bailey
  background vocals [13]
• Jack Hale
  trombone [18]
• Jack Jennings
  vibraphone [12-15, 17]
• Jerome Gasper
  engineer [2.18, 3.1], recording [23]
• Jerry Jemmott
  bass [3, 13, 17], bass guitar [1-2, 6, 8, 10]
• Jerry Weaver
  guitar [20]
• Jerry Wexler
  producer [4.1-5, 4.13-15, 1.2-4, 1.8-9, 1.11-12, 1.19-25, 2.1-3, 2.5-8, 2.10-15, 2.17-25, 3.1-18]
• Jim Dickinson
  keyboard [3, 5, 7, 9-10]
• Jim O’Rourke
  guitar [2]
• Jimmy Cleveland
  trombone [12-15, 17]
• Jimmy Johnson
  electric guitar [11-12], guitar [3.1, 3.4, 3.6, 3.12, 1.3-4, 1.9, 1.20-24, 2.1-2, 2.5, 2.7-8, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17-18, 2.20, 2.24-25]
• Jimmy Mitchell
  baritone saxophone [18]
• Joe Farrell
  flute [15], solo [15], tenor saxophone [10]
• Joe Newman
  trumpet [1.19, 1.21-25, 2.5, 2.12-15, 2.17]
• Joe South
  electric guitar [11-12], guitar [20-23]
• Joseph Scott
  bass [16-17]
• Judy Clay
  background vocals [13-14]
• Junior Mance
  piano [12, 14]
• Ken Bichel
  synthesizer [15]
• Kenny Burrell
  guitar [12, 14]
• King Curtis
  tenor saxophone [2.5, 2.12-15, 2.17-19, 2.21-22, 3.16, 1.3-4, 1.8-9, 1.11, 1.21-25]
• Kitty Haywood Singers
  background vocals [16-17]
• Lew Hahn
  engineer [4.15, 3.2-3, 3.5, 3.7-9, 2.18]
• Margaret Branch
  background vocals [4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 4.15, 3.3, 3.6-8, 3.10-11]
• Melvin Lastie
  cornet [3, 8], trumpet [1.4, 1.9, 1.11, 1.19, 1.21-25, 2.5]
• Michael Utley
  keyboard [10]
• Myrna Smith
  background vocals [14]
• Neil Rosengarden
  vibraphone [3]
• Pat Lewis
  background vocals [2.25, 3.2, 3.10]
• Pat Smith
  background vocals [1, 3, 5, 15]
• Pepper Adams
  baritone saxophone [12-15, 17]
• Phil Ramone
  engineer [13-14]
• Phil Schier
  engineer [9, 11-12], mix [9-12], recording [9-12], remixer [9-12]
• Phil Upchurch
  guitar [16-17]
• Phil Woods
  alto saxophone [11]
• Quincy Jones
  arranger [9-12], conductor [11], mix [9, 11-12], producer [9-12], remixer [9-12]
• Quinton Joseph
  drums (drum set) [16-17]
• Ralph MacDonald
  percussion [13-14]
• Ray Lucas
  drums (drum set) [4.2, 3.2, 3.8, 3.11, 3.13, 3.16]
• Richard Tee
  organ [15]
• Richard Tufo
  arranger [16-18], orchestrator [17-18]
• Richard Williams
  trumpet [12-15, 17]
• Rick Marotta
  drums (drum set) [13-14]
• Robert Popwell
  percussion [1]
• Roger Anfinsen
  engineer [16-18], recording [17-18]
• Roger Hawkins
  drums (drum set) [3.1, 3.4, 3.6, 3.12, 2.1-3, 2.5-8, 2.10, 2.13, 2.17-22, 2.24-25, 1.2-4, 1.9, 1.11-12, 1.20-25]
• Roger Hopps
  trumpet [18]
• Ron Albert
  engineer [4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 3.2-5, 3.7-9, 3.17], recording [4.1, 4.3, 4.5, 3.7, 3.17]
• Ron Carter
  bass [12, 14]
• Ronnie Bright
  background vocals [13]
• Sammy Creason
  drums (drum set) [3, 5, 7, 9-10]
• Sammy Turner
  background vocals [13]
• Seldon Powell
  tenor saxophone [2.5, 2.12-15, 2.17, 1.21-25]
• Snookie Young
  trumpet [12-15, 17]
• Spooner Oldham
  electric piano [1.11, 1.20-24, 2.5-6, 2.8, 2.10], organ [2.1-2, 2.13, 2.17, 1.3, 1.8, 1.11, 1.21-23], piano [4, 9, 11-12, 19]
• Stanley Clarke
  bass [13-14]
• Sylvia Shemwell
  background vocals [4.14, 2.20]
• Ted Somers
  vibraphone [11]
• The Sweet Inspirations
  background vocals [3.1, 3.10, 3.13-14, 3.16, 3.18, 1.22, 4.2, 4.4, 2.1-3, 2.5-8, 2.10], choir vocals [19-21, 23-25]
• The Sweethearts of Soul
  background vocals [16-17]
• Thomas Mitchell
  trombone [12-15, 17]
• Tom Dowd
  arranger [2.1-3, 2.5-8, 2.10, 1.3, 1.8, 1.11-12, 1.19-25], conductor [3, 8], engineer [3.1, 2.18], horn [3.7, 4.1], mix [2.23, 3.1-5, 3.8-9, 3.16, 1.20], producer [4.1-3, 4.5, 2.12-15, 2.17-25, 3.1-9, 3.11-13, 3.15-18], recording [1.3-4, 1.8-9, 1.11-12, 1.19-25, 2.1-3, 2.5-8, 2.10, 2.12-15, 2.17]
• Tommy Cogbill
  bass [2, 4, 9, 12], bass guitar [1.3, 1.8, 1.11, 1.19-25, 2.5, 2.7], guitar [1, 3, 8, 10, 13, 17]
• Tommy McClure
  bass [3, 5, 7, 9-10]
• Tony Studd
  bass trombone [2.5, 1.11, 1.21-25]
• Truman Thomas
  electric piano [11], organ [11-12], piano [11]
• Urbie Green
  trombone [12-15, 17]
• Warren Smith
  vibraphone [21-23, 25]
• Wayne Jackson
  flugelhorn [18], trumpet [4.1, 3.18, 2.1-2, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10]
• William Eaton
  arranger [13-14]
• Willie Bridges
  baritone saxophone [1.3-4, 1.8-9, 1.11-12, 2.1-2, 2.6, 2.8, 2.10]
• Wylene Ivy
  background vocals [2, 10]
• Wyline Ivy
  background vocals [11]
• [unknown]
  horn [6]
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Issues

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  The Queen of Soul

  4x Digital Media
  22 January 2014
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  The Queen of Soul

  4x Digital Media
  3 February 2014
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  The Queen of Soul

  4x CD
  4 February 2014