Aretha Sings the Blues

Artist: Aretha Franklin
Label: Sony
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 074644010527
EAN: 0074644010527
ASIN: B00000264Q

Release Date: 1990-10-25

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ARETHA FRANKLIN
soul and jazz hookups
Standards'Mania 2
B's and Ho's they are NOT
Aretha. Aretha. Aretha.
Aretha Franklin
25 ESSENTIAL BLUES ALBUMS
SWEET SOUL
favorite love songs and other sorts of music
Soundtracks to a moody frame of mind

Tracks:

Drinking Again
Today I Sing The Blues
What A Difference A Day Made
Without The One You Love
Trouble In Mind
Muddy Water
Only The Lonely
I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)
Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)
Take A Look
Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
Evil Gal Blues
This Bitter Earth
Maybe I'm A Fool

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Customer Reviews:

A Desert Island Disc....The Aretha for non-Aretha fans.........2006-03-03

I'm amazed how anyone can trash this one, but hey it's a free country. This is a classic album in my opinion. Of course, I'm a fan of Dinah Washington, Sinatra, Nancy Wilson, the early Della Reese et al, not a major fan of the "queen of soul" that Aretha become.
So if you like bluesy ballads sung with force and vibrance(not screeching) you should add this to your collection. Each cut is a gem. To correct an earlier post, the song that she's covering of
Sinatra song, "Without the One You Love." When she sings, "those picnics at the beach"" is actually called "Only the Lonely", written by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen, rarely covered by anyone else..

Anything But This.......2006-01-20

Granted there are some terrific songs here. But the sound quality is atrocious. There are many other, newer Columbia Records compilations out there with most all these same songs on them. Case in point - the songs taken from "YEAH! ARETHA LIVE WITH HER QUARTET" ( Muddy Water, Trouble in Mind, Without the One You Love ) all have audience chatter and applause on them. We now know that these tracks were not recorded live, that this audience noise was dubbed in to give the album a intimate "supper club" type feel. It doesn't serve the songs well, and they just don't sound that good compared to the newer remastered versions widely available elsewhere. Also, the versions of Today I Sing the Blues and Evil Gal Blues are abominations. The original backing tracks were overdubbed after Aretha left Columbia Records with organs and vocals not found on the original versions. Again, I stress, these songs are great . Aretha Franklin began her professional recording career cutting lots of fabulous and funky Jazz and Blues sides, many of which are showcased here. But do yourself a favour, if you want to hear them, and buy The Queen in Waiting, or Jazz to Soul, or the Early Years. You'll thank me.

Great Album.......2005-06-01

I believe this album deserves to be taken more seriously than it is. It is generally believed that Aretha only found her sound when she started recording for Atlantic, but this album proves that not to be the case. This is generally a more subdued Aretha than the one who will sing, say, "Chain of Fools," but an Aretha who can be still powerful. One example is her cover of the Sinatra song, "Without the One You Love." When she sings, "those picnics at the beach, when love was new," you feel your heart break. The album also showcases Aretha displaying some of her vocal acrobatics in "Maybe I'm A Fool." Most of the tracks stand out in their own way. This is the type of CD that one wants to sit back and listen to with a glass of wine (even if you don't drink like me, at least hold the glass) during a rainy night with the lights turned off.

Great music.......2001-09-25

I bought the cd for one particular song, but I found out that the rest of the songs were a great bonus! I thought I knew all of Aretha's old songs, but I was surprised to hear some songs that I didn't know, and I enjoyed those as well. Aretha had that style then, and she sure has it now.

Aretha Sings the Blues.......2001-09-20

I am obsessed with this CD - I NEVER get tired of listening to this amazing album. Aretha's voice sounds so raw and effortless, particularly the two live-recordings where you can almost see the smoke-filled room where she's singing. I took this CD on a yacht to the Whitesunday's, Queensland and we listened to it every day as we travelled north. This CD (and a bottle of vodka) got me through a bad breakup. I can't recommend this highly enough - DO YOURSELF A FAVOUR!!!

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