Aretha Arrives

Aretha Franklin

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Aretha Arrives Review

by Cub Koda

Recorded in 1967 after the first flush of back-to-back successes with "Respect" and "I Never Loved a Man," this captures Aretha Franklin in peak form. Lady Soul provides her own piano accompaniment on the majority of tracks here, and the core band is the same one that provided the fire on her previous album. The tunes are an eclectic batch, and while "Baby, I Love You" was the hit of the album, Franklin turns in strong versions of "Satisfaction," "You Are My Sunshine," "Night Life," "Ain't Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around)," and a quirky cover of "96 Tears" for good measure. An essential addition to her discography.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Satisfaction
Mick Jagger / Keith Richards
Aretha Franklin 02:40 SpotifyAmazon
2
You Are My Sunshine
Jimmie Davis / Charles Mitchell
Aretha Franklin 04:22 SpotifyAmazon
3
Never Let Me Go
Joseph Scott
Aretha Franklin 02:54 SpotifyAmazon
4
96 Tears
Rudy Martinez
Aretha Franklin 02:21 SpotifyAmazon
5
Prove It
Randy Evretts / Horace Ott
Aretha Franklin 03:00 SpotifyAmazon
6
Night Life
Walt Breeland / Paul Buskirk / Willie Nelson
Aretha Franklin 03:14 SpotifyAmazon
7
That's Life
Kelly Gordon / Dean Kay
Aretha Franklin 03:30 SpotifyAmazon
8
I Wonder
Cecil Gant / Raymond Leveen
Aretha Franklin 04:25 SpotifyAmazon
9
Ain't Nobody (Gonna Turn Me Around)
Carolyn Franklin
Aretha Franklin 02:38 SpotifyAmazon
10
Going Down Slow
Traditional
Aretha Franklin 04:33 SpotifyAmazon
11
Baby, I Love You
Ronnie Shannon
Aretha Franklin 02:44 SpotifyAmazon
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