I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You

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I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You
Studio album by Aretha Franklin

Publication
(s)

March 10, 1967

admission

Jan. 24, 1967 - February 15, 1967

Label (s) Atlantic Records

Format (s)

LP , CD

Genre (s)

Southern Soul

Title (number)

11

running time

32:51

occupation
  • Tommy Cogbill - bass

production

Jerry Wexler

Studio (s)

chronology
Take It Like You Give It
(1967) 		I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You Aretha Arrives
(1967)
Single releases
February 10, 1967 I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
April 16, 1967 Respect
4th August 1967 Baby, baby, baby
October 23, 1967 Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
  UK 36 08/12/1967 (2 weeks)
  US 2 05/27/1967 (79 weeks)
Singles
I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
  US 9 04/15/1967 (11 weeks)
Respect
  AT 17th 10/15/1967 (4 weeks)
  CH 36 08/26/2018 (1 week)
  UK 10 06/14/1967 (15 weeks)
  US 1Template: Infobox chart placements / maintenance / NR1 link 06/03/1967 (12 weeks)

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is the eleventh studio album by the American soul singer Aretha Franklin and was released on March 10, 1967. It was her first album on Atlantic Records and marked the artistic and commercial breakthrough for Franklin.

background

Aretha Franklin had recorded several albums for Columbia Records since 1960 , but they had little success, although Franklin was considered a highly talented singer since childhood. When her contract with the label expired in 1966, the renowned music producer Jerry Wexler signed her for Atlantic Records . The industry size had previously helped numerous African-American musicians such as Ray Charles or Solomon Burke to achieve success. Wexler was planning the next album in the of Rick Hall operated FAME Studios in Muscle Shoals in the southern state of Alabama , "the heart, the rhythm and blues " record. On January 24, 1967, the songs I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) and Do Right Woman, Do Right Man were recorded at FAME Studios. The pianist Aretha Franklin was accompanied by Hall's studio band. After a solid argument between Franklin's husband Ted White and Rick Hall, the recording session was canceled. Wexler also announced their collaboration with Hall, and Franklin and White returned to their hometown of New York City . After a two week break, Franklin and Wexler went back to work. The rest of the album was recorded at Atlantic Studios in New York: Save Me on February 10, 1967, the tracks Respect , Drown In My Own Tears , Don't Let Me Lose This Dream , Baby, Baby, Baby and A Change Is Gonna Come on February 14th and the remaining three songs on February 15th, 1967. Although Wexler no longer wanted to work with Hall, he managed to hire studio musicians for the sessions in New York on the pretext of Hall. Furthermore, the tenor saxophonist King Curtis was honored on the album.

The first single I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) debuted at number 9 on the Billboard single chart and became a million seller within a few weeks . Respect even reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 . The cover version of the Otis Redding song from 1965 became not only a worldwide hit, but also an anthem of the women's and civil rights movement, as it appeared shortly before the race riots in Detroit in 1967 .

The photo on the cover is from Jerry Schatzberg . Arif Mardin and Tom Dowd acted as sound engineers for the recordings .

Franklin continued working with Jerry Wexler until 1975.

Track list

Page 1:

1. Respect ( Otis Redding ) - 2:26
2. Drown In My Own Tears ( Henry Glover ) - 4:00
3. I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (Ronny Shannon) - 2:47
4. Soul Serenade ( Curtis Ousley , Luther Dixon) - 2:30
5. Don't Let Me Lose This Dream ( Aretha Franklin ) - 2:22
6. Baby, Baby, Baby ( Aretha Franklin , Carolyn Franklin) - 2:48

Page 2:

7. Dr. Feelgood ( Aretha Franklin , Ted White) - 3:18
8. Good Times ( Sam Cooke ) - 2:05
9. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man ( Chips Moman , Dan Penn) - 3:15
10. Save Me ( Aretha Franklin , Carolyn Franklin, Curtis Ousley ) - 2:20
11. A Change Is Gonna Come ( Sam Cooke ) - 4:15

Bonus tracks in stereo (CD):

12. Respect ( Otis Redding ) - 2:23
13. I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (Ronny Shannon) - 3:58
14. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man ( Chips Moman , Dan Penn) - 3:15

reception

source rating
Allmusic
Laut.de

I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You is perceived as the turning point in Aretha Franklin's career and is considered the album that made her the " Queen of Soul ". In addition, it has a reputation as a milestone in popular music , ranking 84th of the 500 best albums of all time by the American music magazine Rolling Stone . The magazine also ranks the singles I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) at number 189 and Respect at number 5 of the 500 best songs of all time . The New Musical Express voted the album at number 480 of the 500 best albums of all time. It ranks 10th in Pitchfork Media's selection of the 200 best albums of the 1960s . The song Do Right Woman, Do Right Man reached number 157 of the 200 best songs of the decade. The magazine Time took I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You to the compilation of the 100 most important albums.

At the 1968 Grammy Awards , Aretha Franklin won two Grammys for the song Respect in the categories of Best Female Solo Vocal Performance and Best R&B Recording in the Rhythm & Blues category . In 2009 the album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame .

The single Respect was added to the National Recording Registry in 2002.

"From start to finish: this is probably the best soul album of all time."

- Peter Shapiro

“The foundation for their success was laid 50 years earlier when the album was released in 1967 that not only changed Aretha's life, but the entire history of pop music: I Never Loved a Man the Way, I Love You - the album that somehow went with it helped Barack Obama become president and women can do whatever they do today. Because this album is more than music. This album is an achievement of our culture, made by a single woman. "

- Vea Kaiser

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Aretha Franklin's Top 40 Biggest Billboard Hot 100 Hits on billboard.com (accessed May 26, 2018)
  2. ↑ Kaiser, Vea: Himmlischer Sex - Aretha Franklin: I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, in: Kaiser, Gerhard / Jürgensen, Christoph / Weixler, Antonius (eds.): Younger Than Yesterday - 1967 as a leap year of pop, Verlag Klaus Wagenbach (Berlin 2017), p. 171.
  3. ↑ a b I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You : Liner Notes on discogs.com (accessed May 26, 2018)
  4. ↑ Berlin 2017, p. 174.
  5. ↑ Berlin 2017, p. 174.
  6. ↑ Berlin 2017, p. 177.
  7. ↑ Review by Jason Ankeny on allmusic.com (accessed May 26, 2018)
  8. ↑ Review by Sven Kabelitz on laut.de (accessed on May 26, 2018)
  9. ↑ Schmidt-Joos, Siegfried u. Kampmann, Wolf (Ed.): Rock-Lexikon 1, 2nd edition, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag Hamburg 2009, p. 627.
  10. ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time on rollingstone.com (accessed May 26, 2018)
  11. ↑ 500 Greatest Songs of All Time on rollingstone.com (accessed May 26, 2018)
  12. ↑ 500 Greatest Songs of All Time on rollingstone.com (accessed May 26, 2018)
  13. ↑ The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time on nme.com (accessed May 26, 2018)
  14. ↑ The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s on pitchfork.com (accessed May 26, 2018)
  15. ↑ The 200 Best Songs of the 1960s on pitchfork.com (accessed May 26, 2018)
  16. ↑ All-TIME 100 Albums on time.com (accessed May 26, 2018)
  17. ↑ GRAMMY Hall Of Fame au grammy.com (accessed May 26, 2018)
  18. ↑ “Respect” —Aretha Franklin (1967) on loc.gov (PDF) (accessed on May 26, 2018)
  19. ^ Buckley, Peter (ed.): Rock Rough Guide, 2nd edition, Verlag JB Metzler Stuttgart / Weimar 2004, p. 285.
  20. ↑ Berlin 2017, p. 167.