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Aretha Franklin - Aretha Sings the Blues

Facts

Artist(s)Aretha Franklin
StudioSony
Release DateOctober 25, 1990
UPC Code074644010527
 

Tracks

  1. Drinking Again
  2. Today I Sing The Blues
  3. What A Difference A Day Made
  4. Without The One You Love
  5. Trouble In Mind
  6. Muddy Water
  7. Only The Lonely
  8. I Wonder (Where Are You Tonight)
  9. Laughing On The Outside (Crying On The Inside)
  10. Take A Look
  11. Nobody Knows The Way I Feel This Morning
  12. Evil Gal Blues
  13. This Bitter Earth
  14. Maybe I'm A Fool

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.5 (16 reviews)

rating: 4 QuoteGreat voice you wanna listen to!!Quote
Aretha's blues is not that depressed sad blues...
It's just jazzy, a bit moody, nice blues that goes well with a bottle of wine. May 2, 2008

rating: 2 Quotearetha franklinQuote
i am very sorry but the cd music never arrived to my address in lima, peru.
please help me to know what happen with the shipped.
best regards
alberto balducci
lima. peru. January 30, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteAwesomeQuote
In my humble opinion, there is no other woman on earth who can sing the blues or R&B like Aretha Franklin. The whole CD is fantastic but I would buy it even just for her rendition of "Every Day I Sing The Blues". June 25, 2007

rating: 5 QuoteA Desert Island Disc....The Aretha for non-Aretha fans..Quote
I'm amazed how anyone can trash this one, but hey it's a free country. This is a classic album in my opinion. Of course, I'm a fan of Dinah Washington, Sinatra, Nancy Wilson, the early Della Reese et al, not a major fan of the "queen of soul" that Aretha become.
So if you like bluesy ballads sung with force and vibrance(not screeching) you should add this to your collection. Each cut is a gem. To correct an earlier post, the song that she's covering of
Sinatra song, "Without the One You Love." When she sings, "those picnics at the beach"" is actually called "Only the Lonely", written by Sammy Cahn & Jimmy Van Heusen, rarely covered by anyone else.. March 3, 2006

rating: 2 QuoteAnything But ThisQuote
Granted there are some terrific songs here. But the sound quality is atrocious. There are many other, newer Columbia Records compilations out there with most all these same songs on them. Case in point - the songs taken from "YEAH! ARETHA LIVE WITH HER QUARTET" ( Muddy Water, Trouble in Mind, Without the One You Love ) all have audience chatter and applause on them. We now know that these tracks were not recorded live, that this audience noise was dubbed in to give the album a intimate "supper club" type feel. It doesn't serve the songs well, and they just don't sound that good compared to the newer remastered versions widely available elsewhere. Also, the versions of Today I Sing the Blues and Evil Gal Blues are abominations. The original backing tracks were overdubbed after Aretha left Columbia Records with organs and vocals not found on the original versions. Again, I stress, these songs are great . Aretha Franklin began her professional recording career cutting lots of fabulous and funky Jazz and Blues sides, many of which are showcased here. But do yourself a favour, if you want to hear them, and buy The Queen in Waiting, or Jazz to Soul, or the Early Years. You'll thank me. January 20, 2006

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