Aretha Franklin - Sings the Great Diva Classics - Music & Performance - CD

18 time Grammy® Award winner, Aretha Franklin, pays tribute to ten different women on this 2014 album. The songs have been re-interpreted, re-arranged and re-orchestrated; this isn't just a covers album. Album Co-Produced by Clive Davis & Aretha Franklin. Tracks produced by Kenny 'Babyface' Edmonds, Terry Hunter, Harvey Mason, Jr.., Eric Kupper & André 3000, Benjamin. Ms. Franklin is back with what's already being called her greatest album yet!

Clive Davis signed Aretha Franklin to Arista in 1980 and helped pull the queen of soul out of a commercial slump. Through timely collaborations with the likes of Arif Mardin, Luther Vandross, and Narada Michael Walden, Aretha scored six consecutive Top Ten R&B albums, all as part of Davis' roster. Davis left Arista in 2000. Aretha followed shortly thereafter, released a Christmas album, and had difficulty finding a distributor for her self-released A Woman Falling Out of Love, most likely her least popular studio album. In 2014, Aretha and Davis reunited for this all-covers affair. The latter once again rolled out the red carpet. Babyface and Antonio Dixon produced most of the songs, while the list of background vocalists and instrumentalists, including Cissy Houston, Tawatha Agee, Fonzi Thornton, and Greg Phillinganes, is bound to excite old heads. Aretha sounds like she had a ball. The energy she put into these versions helps make up for the vocal shortcomings and audible use of Auto-Tune. She could have played it simple and straight, yet she clearly enjoyed the recording process, from melismatic accents to an abundance of personalized touches, such as the "raggedy hooptie" added to "Midnight Train to Georgia," and the "ham hocks and greens" thrown into a swinging Andre 3000-produced "Nothing Compares 2 U." Highlighted by a reggae makeover of Alicia Keys' "No One," this is high on star power and exuberance. ~ Andy Kellman, Rovi

Performer	Aretha Franklin
Music genre	R&B / Soul
Music subgenre	Female Vocal
Music release type	Album
Media format	CD
Original release date	2014-10-17
Edition	Standard Edition
Language	English
Is collectible	Y
Number of tracks	10
Has parental advisory label	N
Number of discs	1
Series title	Aretha Franklin - Sings the Great Diva Classics COMPACT DISCS
Awards won	18 time Grammy Award
Track listing	At Last, Rolling in the Deep (The Aretha Version), Midnight Train to Georgia, I Will Survive (The Aretha Version), People, No One, I'm Every Woman/Respect, Teach Me Tonight, You Keep Me Hangin on, Nothing Compares 2 U
Record label	RCA
Target audience	Adult
Composer	Aretha Franklin
Songwriter	Aretha Franklin
Music producer	Clive Davis & Aretha Franklin
Number in series	1
Occasion	All Occasion
Track name	At Last, Rolling In the Deep (The Aretha Version), Rolling in the Deep Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Midnight Train To Georgia, I Will Survive (The Aretha Version), I Will Survive Survivor, People, No One, I'm Every Woman / Respect, I'm Every Woman Respect, Teach Me Tonight, You Keep Me Hangin' On, Nothing Compares 2 U
Duration	41 min
Digital audio file format	Flac
Music media format	CD
Is edited	N
Is enhanced	N