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Aretha is the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was released on September 30, 1980, by Arista Records. This is Franklin's second eponymous album, and her first for Arista Records after a 12-year tenure with Atlantic Records.
Franklin's first Arista single release, "United Together", reached number 3 on the Soul chart and crossed over to number 56 on Billboard's Hot 100. The album itself peaked at number 47 and spent 30 weeks on the Billboard album chart.
The album's opening track, "Come to Me", appeared again on Franklin's 1989 album, Through the Storm.




Track listing


Information is taken from the album's liner notes




Personnel


Information is taken from the album's liner notes

Aretha Franklin – lead vocals (all tracks), backing vocals (3–7, 9), piano (8), keyboards (3–5, 7, 9), arranger (7, 9)
David Foster – Rhodes electric piano, synthesizer (1–2, 6)
David Paich – acoustic piano (1), Hammond organ (8)
Todd Cochran – synthesizer programming (2, 6)
Steve Porcaro, Bob Christianson – additional synthesizers (2)
Ed Greene (3–5, 7, 9), Jeff Porcaro (1–2, 6, 8), Bernard Purdie (3–5, 7, 9) – drums
Scott Edwards (3–5, 7, 9), Louis Johnson (1–2, 6), James Jamerson Sr. (3–5, 7, 9), Mike Porcaro (8) – bass guitar
Michael McGlory, Cornell Dupree, Paul Jackson Jr. (3–5, 7, 9), Steve Lukather, David Williams (2, 6, 8) – guitar
George Devens – percussion (1)
Richard Tee, Michael Lang (3–5, 7, 9) – keyboards
Tony Coleman – keyboards, bass guitar, drum overdubs, backing vocals (3–5, 7, 9)
Michael Brecker (additional on 8), Seldon Powell (additional on 8), David "Fathead" Newman (solo on 8) – tenor saxophone
Lew Del Gatto – baritone saxophone (8)
Dave Tofani (8), David Sanborn (solo on 6) – alto saxophone
Randy Brecker (additional on 8), Lew Soloff (lead on 8) – trumpet
Barry Rogers – trombone (8)
John T. Clark, Peter Gordon – French horns (8)
Jonathan Abramowitz, Julien Barber, Alfred Brown, Frederick Buldrini, Peter Dimitriades, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Alan Shulman, Joe Malin, Mitsue Takayama, Gerald Tarack, Mark Wayne-Wright, Fred Zlotkin – strings (8)
Gene Orloff – strings, concertmaster (8)
Strings and Horns arranged by Arif Mardin and Benjamin Wright
Estelle Brown (2, 8), Brenda Corbett, Cissy Houston (2), Charles Jackson (3–5, 7, 9), Edie Lehmann, Myrna Matthews, Marti McCall (1, 3–5, 7, 9), Sylvia Shemwell, Myrna Smith (2, 8), Hamish Stuart (6), the Sweet Inspirations (3–5, 7, 9) – backing vocals




Production


Produced by Chuck Jackson (tracks 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9) and Arif Mardin (tracks 1, 2, 6 and 8).
Co-producer on track 9: Aretha Franklin
Engineers: Lee DeCarlo and Frank Kejmar (tracks 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9); Jeremy Smith (tracks 1, 2, 6 and 8).
Additional engineer: Lewis Hahn
Assistant engineers: Michael O'Reilly, Stewart Whitmore
Mixing on tracks 3, 4, 5, 7 and 9: Reginald Dozier
Re-mixing: Lewis Hahn and Gene Paul (tracks 1–7 and 9); Arif Mardin and Michael O'Reilly (track 8).
Re-mix assistant on track 8: Joe Mardin
Recorded at MCA Whitney Recording Studios (Glendale), Record Plant (Los Angeles), Sound Labs Studios (Hollywood) and Atlantic Studios (New York City).
Edited at Cherokee Studios (Los Angeles).
Mixed at MCA Whitney Recording Studios and Cherokee Studios.
Mastering: Ken Perry and Bill Inglot at Sterling Sound (New York).
Art direction and design: Ria Lewerke-Shapiro
Photography: George Hurrell




Charts






References

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