Soul Sister

by Aretha Franklin

Soul Sister cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: August 1966
  • Label: Columbia
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 30:04
  • Community rating: 3.58/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Assembling recordings from her complicated tenure at Columbia Records, 'Soul Sister' finds Aretha Franklin navigating the intersection of polished pop and deeply emotive rhythm and blues. While the lush studio orchestrations occasionally restrain her raw vocal power, the album hints heavily at the gospel-infused soul she would soon unleash at Atlantic.

Genres

Descriptors: female-vocals, call-and-response, piano, melodic, rhythmic, soulful, vocal, ballad, cover, orchestral

Tracklist

  1. Until You Were Gone (3:05)
  2. You Made Me Love You (2:32)
  3. Follow Your Heart (2:25)
  4. Ol' Man River (4:02)
  5. Sweet Bitter Love (2:58)
  6. A Mother's Love (2:32)
  7. Swanee (2:24)
  8. (No, No) I'm Losing You (3:08)
  9. Take A Look (2:40)
  10. Can't You Just See Me (2:01)
  11. Cry Like A Baby (2:10)

Credits

  • Aretha Franklin - primary artist
  • Belford Hendricks - arranged by, conductor [conducted by], written-by
  • Robert Mersey - arranged by, conductor [conducted by]
  • Joy Byers - written-by
  • James V. Monaco - written-by
  • Joseph McCarthy - written-by
  • Van McCoy - written-by
  • Hammerstein-Kern - written-by
  • Cliff Owens - Written-By
  • George Gershwin - Written-By
  • Irving Caesar - Written-By
  • Clyde Otis - Written-By
  • Ashford & Simpson - Written-By

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