Laughing on the Outside
by Aretha Franklin
- Type: Album
- Released: 19 November 1963
- Label: Columbia
- Country: United States
- Length: 53:47
- Community rating: 2.88/5 from 2 ratings
Album Notes & Community Reviews
Preceding her legendary breakthrough as a raw soul belter, this session finds the vocalist carefully navigating polished jazz standards and highly arranged pop balladry. While the production occasionally restrains her profound gospel power, her phrasing remains impossibly precise and emotionally resonant. 'Laughing on the Outside' offers a fascinating glimpse of a generational talent operating within the strict confines of traditional adult contemporary structures.
Genres
Tracklist
- Skylark (2:55)
- For All We Know (3:31)
- Make Someone Happy (3:53)
- I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight) (3:20)
- Solitude (3:52)
- Laughing on the Outside (3:15)
- Say It Isn't So (3:11)
- Until the Real Thing Comes Along (3:10)
- If Ever I Would Leave You (4:10)
- Where Are You? (3:54)
- Mr. Ugly (3:26)
- I Wanna Be Around (2:27)
- Ol' Man River (4:03)
- You've Got Her (2:41)
- Here's Where I Came In (Here's Where I Walk Out) (2:44)
- Say It Isn't So (3:07)
Credits
- Aretha Franklin - primary artist, vocals [sung by], songwriter
- Hoagy Carmichael - songwriter
- Johnny Mercer - songwriter
- J. Fred Coots - songwriter
- Sam Lewis - songwriter
- Adolph Green - songwriter
- Betty Comden - songwriter
- Jule Styne - songwriter
- Ted White - Songwriter
- Duke Ellington - Songwriter
- Eddie Delange - Songwriter
- Irving Mills - Songwriter
- Ben Raleigh - Songwriter
- Bernie Wayne - Songwriter
- Irving Berlin - Songwriter
- L.E. Freeman - Songwriter
- Sammy Cahn - Songwriter
- Saul Chaplin - Songwriter
- Lerner & Loewe - Songwriter
- Harold Adamson - Songwriter
- Jimmy McHugh - Songwriter
- Norman Mapp - Songwriter
- Sadie Vimmerstedt - Songwriter