Let Me in Your Life

by Aretha Franklin

Let Me in Your Life cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 25 February 1974
  • Label: Atlantic
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 43:28
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 3 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Aretha Franklin balances lush, heavily orchestrated ballads with upbeat Memphis-style grooves on this deeply soulful release. Featuring songwriting contributions from Stevie Wonder and Leon Russell, the album highlights her unparalleled vocal phrasing across a diverse set of arrangements.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, ballad, soulful, vocal, orchestral, groove-laden

Tracklist

  1. Let Me in Your Life (3:29)
  2. Every Natural Thing (2:37)
  3. Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing (3:49)
  4. I'm in Love (2:51)
  5. Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do) (3:28)
  6. The Masquerade Is Over (4:32)
  7. With Pen in Hand (5:08)
  8. Oh Baby (4:59)
  9. Eight Days on the Road (3:04)
  10. If You Don't Think (3:53)
  11. A Song for You (5:34)

Credits

  • William Eaton - arranged by [arrangements]
  • Eumir Deodato - arranged by [rhythm arrangements], arranged by [string arranegements], electric piano
  • Ann S. Clark - backing vocals
  • Cissy Houston - backing vocals
  • Deirdre Tuck - backing vocals
  • Gwen Guthrie - backing vocals
  • Judy Clay - backing vocals
  • Margaret Branch - backing vocals
  • Aretha Franklin - Primary Artist, Written-By
  • Bill Withers - Written-By
  • Eddie Hinton - Written-By
  • Ashford & Simpson - Written-By
  • Bobby Womack - Written-By
  • Clarence Paul - Written-By
  • Morris Broadnax - Written-By
  • Stevie Wonder - Written-By
  • Allie Wrubel - Written-By
  • Herbert Magidson - Written-By
  • Bobby Goldsboro - Written-By
  • Jerry Ragovoy - Written-By
  • Mike Gayle - Written-By
  • Leon Russell - Written-By

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