Lady Soul

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Lady Soul
Studio album by Aretha Franklin

Publication
(s)

January 22, 1968

admission

February 16, 1967 - December 20, 1967

Label (s) Atlantic Records

Format (s)

LP , CD , MC , HDCD

Genre (s)

Southern soul , R&B , soul

Title (number)

10

running time

28:41

occupation
  • Tommy Cogbill - bass

production

Jerry Wexler

Studio (s)

Atlantic Recording Studios, New York City

chronology
Aretha Arrives
(1967) 		Lady Soul Aretha Now
(1968)
Single releases
7th September 1967 (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
November 22, 1967 Chain of Fools
February 9, 1968 Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)
Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Lady Soul
  DE 18th 09/15/1968 (12 weeks)
  UK 25th 04/13/1968 (18 weeks)
  US 2 March 16, 1968 (52 weeks)
Singles
(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman
  CH 69 08/26/2018 (1 week)
  UK 79 08/30/2018 (1 week)
  US 8th 04/11/1967 (9 weeks)
Chain of Fouls
  US 2 01/20/1968 (12 weeks)
Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)
  UK 47 03/19/1968 (1 week)
  US 5 03/30/1968 (12 weeks)

Lady Soul is the thirteenth studio album by the American soul singer Aretha Franklin and the third album that she recorded for Atlantic Records . It was published on January 22nd, 1968. Lady Soul is her second great masterpiece after I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You .

background

With Lady Soul , Aretha Franklin continued the successful collaboration with producer Jerry Wexler and sound engineer Tom Dowd . The singer and pianist was also accompanied by the studio musicians who were also used on the two previous albums. Furthermore, King Curtis returned to the studio, who previously played the saxophone when recording I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You . For the first time, Franklin was accompanied by guitarist Bobby Womack . For the song Good to Me As I Am to You , Eric Clapton , former member of Cream , picked up the guitar. The Sweet Inspirations , Ellie Greenwich and Franklin's sisters Carolyn and Erma contributed background vocals .

The majority of the tracks are covers of popular songs, including Groovin ' by The Young Rascals , which was a huge hit in 1967. Franklin wrote the songs Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) and Good to Me as I Am to You with her husband and manager at the time, Ted White. Most of the studio recordings for Lady Soul took place in February and December 1967, starting with (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman on February 16, 1967 and ending with the songs People Get Ready , Come Back Baby and Ain't No Way , which were completed on December 20, 1967. The song Chain of Fools was recorded on June 23, 1967. The arrangements were made by Arif Mardin .

Lady Soul was released on January 22, 1968 in both stereo and mono versions. Tom Dowd was recognized as a pioneer in stereo recording through his work at Atlantic Records. New releases on CD contain additional mono versions.

Track list

page 1
1. Chain of Fools ( Don Covay ) - 2:45
2. Money Won't Change You ( James Brown , Nat Jones) - 2:02
3. People Get Ready ( Curtis Mayfield ) - 3:35
4. Niki Hoeky (Jim Ford, Lolly Vegas, Pat Vegas) - 2:33
5. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman ( Gerry Goffin , Carole King , Jerry Wexler ) - 2:37
Page 2
6. Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) ( Aretha Franklin , Ted White) - 2:18
7. Good to Me as I Am to You (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) - 3:25
8. Come Back Baby (Walter Davis) - 2:29
9. Groovin ' ( Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati ) - 2:45
10. Ain't No Way (Carolyn Franklin) - 4:12
Bonus tracks (CD)
1. Chain of Fools (Unedited Version) (D. Covay) - 4:22
2. (You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman (Mono Single Version) (G. Goffin, C. King, J. Wexler) - 2:49
3. Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby) (Mono Single Version) (A. Franklin, T. White) - 2:28
4. Ain't No Way (Mono Single Version) (C. Franklin) - 4:13

reception

The album is another high point in Aretha Franklin's career and is therefore featured in many best lists. The music magazine Rolling Stone leads Lady Soul at number 85 of the 500 best albums of all time and Chain of Fool at number 252 of the 500 greatest songs of all time . In the selection of the 500 best albums by New Musical Express, it ranks 167th. Pitchfork Media selected Lady Soul as 29th of the 200 best albums of the 1960s. Uncut magazine ranked it 152nd of the 200 best albums of all time.

Time magazine included it in the compilation of the 100 most important albums. Lady Soul is one of the 1001 albums You Must Hear Before You Die .

“Lady Soul” washes you through completely once - the whole program of emotional states into which you can be thrown by music. So when the gray is at its blackest, you should put on “Lady Soul” in order to realize in the end: Actually everything is not that bad and hopeless. And if you do, you can at least dance well to it. "

- Stefanie Jakobs

“ Lady Soul was the third and best album in this combination. The Atlantic debut I Never Loved A Man The Way I Love You had boosted her self-confidence, the diversity on Aretha Arrives showed the strengths and limits of her talent. Lady Soul focuses on the strengths. Aretha's passion for R&B - Don Covay's hymn "Chain of Fools", as well as "Since You've Been Gone", with Franklin's incomparable background singers The Sweet Inspirations - is equal to her passion for gospel : Curtis Mayfield's "People Get Ready", including perfect orchestral accompaniment, arranged by Arif Martin. Eric Clapton's solo on the blues “Good To Me As I Am To You” incorporates contemporary tendencies in rock'n'roll . Otherwise Lady Soul presents the masters (Mayfield, James Brown, Ray Charles) with flair and great competence. “A Natural Woman” is the highlight of the LP; it is also Aretha's journey as an artist when she gives this wonderful song by composers Carole King and Gerry Goffin the honesty and passion she learned in Memphis, and finds her true voice in the process. "

- Stevie Chick

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Aretha Franklin Chart History on billboard.com (accessed August 14, 2018)
  2. ↑ Aretha Franklin: Full Official Chart History on officialcharts.com (accessed August 14, 2018)
  3. ↑ Albums 1968 Germany / Album Charts / Top 100 evaluation on chartsurfer.de (accessed on August 14, 2018)
  4. ↑ Aretha Franklin: Lady Soul on discogs.com (accessed August 14, 2018)
  5. ↑ 500 Greatest Albums of All Time on rollingstone.com (accessed August 14, 2018)
  6. ↑ 500 Greatest Songs of All Time on rollingstone.com (accessed August 14, 2018)
  7. ↑ The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time on nme.com (accessed August 14, 2018)
  8. ↑ The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s on pitchfork.com (accessed August 14, 2018)
  9. ↑ Uncut: 200 Greatest Albums Of All Time on rateyourmusic.com (accessed on August 14, 2018), from: Uncut 02/2016
  10. ↑ All-TIME 100 Albums on time.com (accessed August 14, 2018)
  11. ↑ Hall of Fame: Hall of Fame Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul on br.de (accessed on August 14, 2018)
  12. ↑ Dimery, Robert (ed.): 1001 albums - music you should hear before life is over, 8th edition, Edition Olms Zurich 2015, p. 138.