Aretha Now

1968 studio album by Aretha Franklin

Aretha Now is the thirteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on June 14, 1968, by Atlantic Records. Quickly certified Gold, it eventually reached a million in US sales. It hit No. 3 on Billboard's album chart.^[6] In 1993, it was reissued on CD through Rhino Records.^[1] The album was rated the 133rd best album of the 1960s by Pitchfork.^[7]

Track listing

Information is based on the album's liner notes^[1][8]

Personnel

Information is based on the album's liner notes^[1][8]

• Aretha Franklin – lead vocals (all), piano (1–5, 7, 10)
• Tommy Cogbill – guitar (1–3, 10), bass guitar (6, 8–9)
• Carolyn Franklin – background vocals (6, 8–9)
• Roger Hawkins – drums (all)
• Jerry Jemmott – bass guitar (1–5, 7, 10)
• Jimmy Johnson – guitar (1, 3, 5–6, 8–10)
• Spooner Oldham – Hammond organ (1, 5), electric piano (3, 6–7, 10), piano (8)
• The Sweet Inspirations – background vocals (all)
• Bobby Womack – guitar (6, 8–9)
• Horns:
  • Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
  • Willie Bridges – baritone saxophone (1, 3–5, 7, 10)
  • Charles Chalmers, Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
  • King Curtis, Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
  • Bernie Glow, Wayne Jackson, Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman – trumpet
  • Haywood Henry – baritone saxophone (6, 8)
  • Tony Studd – bass trombone
  • Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
• All arrangements by Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
• Tom Dowd – engineering

Charts

Billboard Music Charts (North America)

See also

• Album era
• List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of the 1960s

References

1. Franklin, Aretha. “Aretha Now” (Remastered CD Liner Notes). Rhino. 1993.
2. Larkin, Colin (1999). All-Time Top 1000 Albums. Virgin Books. pp. 149–150. ISBN 0-7535-0354-9. Archived from the original on October 8, 2021.
3. "Aretha Now - Aretha Franklin | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. pp. 262–263.
5. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (4th ed.). Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195313734.
6. "Aretha Franklin". Billboard.
7. "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s". Pitchfork. Retrieved August 22, 2017.
8. Franklin, Aretha. “Aretha Now” (Original Album Notes). Atlantic. 1968.