Aretha's Best

Aretha Franklin

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Aretha's Best Review

by Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Rhino's Aretha's Best is notable for attempting to squeeze highlights of every era of Aretha's career onto one disc. Unfortunately, the compilers threw logic and chronology out the window, preferring to vacillate between classic Atlantic recordings and very good latter-day Arista recordings. There are certainly some great performances missing, but this pretty much hits the majority of the big numbers, from "Respect" to "Freeway of Love." Unfortunately though, it does this within the course of three songs, which gives the compilation no grounding whatsoever. But if you're looking for just the basics -- just the basic hits without any rhyme or reason to the presentation -- this will suit your needs. The compilation would have been close to essential, however, if it had just made some sense.

Track Listing

Title/Composer Performer Time Stream
1
Respect
Otis Redding
Aretha Franklin 02:25 SpotifyAmazon
2
Think
Aretha Franklin / Ted White
Aretha Franklin 02:19 SpotifyAmazon
3
Freeway of Love
Jeffrey Cohen / Narada Michael Walden
Aretha Franklin 05:52 SpotifyAmazon
4
Baby, I Love You
Ronnie Shannon
Aretha Franklin 02:43 SpotifyAmazon
5
A Natural Woman (You Make Me Feel Like)
Gerry Goffin / Carole King / Jerry Wexler
Aretha Franklin 02:45 SpotifyAmazon
6
Day Dreaming
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin 04:00 SpotifyAmazon
7
I Say a Little Prayer
Burt Bacharach / Hal David
Aretha Franklin 03:35 SpotifyAmazon
8
The House That Jack Built
Bobby Lance / Fran Robbins
Aretha Franklin 02:21 SpotifyAmazon
9
(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone
Aretha Franklin / Ted White
Aretha Franklin 02:26 SpotifyAmazon
10
Spanish Harlem
Jerry Leiber / Phil Spector
Aretha Franklin 03:34 SpotifyAmazon
11
Jump to It
Marcus Miller / Luther Vandross
Aretha Franklin 04:16 SpotifyAmazon
12
I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)
Simon Climie / Dennis Morgan
Aretha Franklin feat: George Michael 04:01 SpotifyAmazon
13
Chain of Fools
Don Covay
Aretha Franklin 02:49 SpotifyAmazon
14
Rock Steady
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin 03:14 SpotifyAmazon
15
Who's Zoomin' Who
Aretha Franklin / Preston Glass / Narada Michael Walden
Aretha Franklin 04:44 SpotifyAmazon
16
Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
Morris Broadnax / Clarence Paul / Stevie Wonder
Aretha Franklin 03:27 SpotifyAmazon
17
I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)
Ronnie Shannon
Aretha Franklin 02:51 SpotifyAmazon
18
Call Me
Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin 03:56 SpotifyAmazon
19
Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
Chips Moman / Dan Penn
Aretha Franklin 03:16 SpotifyAmazon
20
Bridge over Troubled Water
Paul Simon
Aretha Franklin 05:33 SpotifyAmazon
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