Take It Like You Give It

1967 studio album by Aretha Franklin

Take It Like You Give It is the ninth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released in 1967 by Columbia Records.^[2]

Background

Due to her worsening relations with Columbia Records in late 1966, this was the last album of Franklin's on the label to only feature previously unreleased songs.^[1]

Track listing

Side One

1. "Why Was I Born?" (Oscar Hammerstein II, Jerome Kern) – 2:52
2. "I May Never Get to Heaven" (Buddy Killen, Bill Anderson) – 3:27
3. "Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It Easy for the Door)" (Billy Dawn Smith) – 1:58
4. "Her Little Heart Went to Loveland" (Buddy Kaye, Philip Springer) – 2:34
5. "Lee Cross" (Ted White) – 2:53
6. "Take It Like You Give It" (Aretha Franklin) – 1:50

Side Two

1. "Only the One You Love" (Eddie Snyder, Charles Singleton) – 2:23
2. "Deeper" (Rudy Clark) – 2:03
3. "Remember Me" (Van McCoy, Clyde Otis) – 2:12
4. "Land of Dreams" (Aretha Franklin) – 2:12
5. "A Little Bit of Soul" (Milton Bland, McKinley Mitchell, David Wilkinson) – 2:18

Personnel

• Robert Mersey - conductor on "Why Was I Born?", "Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It for the Door)" and "Lee Cross", producer on "Lee Cross"
• Belford Hendricks - conductor on "Land of Dreams" and "A Little Bit of Soul"
• Bob Johnston - producer on "Why Was I Born?" and "Tighten Up Your Tie, Button Up Your Jacket (Make It for the Door)"
• Bobby Scott - producer on "I May Never Get to Heaven"
• Clyde Otis - producer on tracks A4, A6, B1 to B5
• Vernon Smith - cover photography

References

1. Bego, Mark (1989). Aretha Franklin, the queen of soul (1st ed.). St. Martin's Press. p. 75.
2. Strong, Martin C. (1998). The Great Rock Discography. Edinburgh: Canongate Books. pp. 281–282. ISBN 0-86241-827-5.