1980 Aretha Franklin – Aretha
Aretha is the twenty eighth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, Released on October 25, 1980 by Arista Records. Franklin’s first Arista single release, “United Together”, reached #3 on the Soul chart and crossed over to #56 on Billboard’s Hot 100. The album itself peaked at #47 and spent 30 weeks on Billboard’s main album chart, eventually selling close to 350,000 copies. It was recently re-issued by SoulMusic Records.This was the second album with this title to be released by the artist, and her first ever for Arista after a 12-year tenure with Atlantic Records. Other Franklin albums titled “Aretha” were also released in 1986 and 1961. The disc’s opening track, “Come To Me”, appeared again on her 1989 album, Through The Storm.
Tracks
1 Come To Me (Willard Eugene Price) 3:44
2 Can’t Turn You Loose (Chuck Jackson) 3:56
3 United Together (Chuck Jackson) 5:04
4 Take Me With You (Chuck Jackson) 4:05
5 Whatever It Is (Eddie Setser, Jerry Michael, Mark Gray) 3:41
6 What A Fool Believes (Kenny Loggins, Michael McDonald) 5:14
7 Together Again (Aretha Franklin, Chuck Jackson) 5:17
8 Love Me Forever (Kenny Moore, Patrick Henderson) 3:36
9 School Days (Chuck Jackson) 4:58
Biography
Musicians
1 Come To Me
| Bass | Louis Johnson |
| Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
| Keyboards | David Foster |
| Keyboards | David Paich |
| Percussion | George Devens |
2 Can’t Turn You Loose
| Bass | Louis Johnson |
| Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
| Guitar | Steve Lukather |
| Keyboards | Bob Christianson |
| Keyboards | David Foster |
| Keyboards | Steve Porcaro |
6 What A Fool Believes
| Bass | Louis Johnson |
| Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
| Guitar | Steve Lukather |
| Guitar | David Williams |
| Keyboards | David Foster |
8 Love Me Forever
| Bass | Mike Porcaro |
| Drums | Jeffrey Porcaro |
| Guitar | Steve Lukather |
| Guitar | David Williams |
| Keyboards | David Paich |
| Sax | David Newman |
| Sax | Michael Brecker |
| Sax | Seldon Powell |
| Trombone | Barry Rogers |
| Trumpet | Lew Soloff |
| Trumpet | Randy Brecker |
Other Musicians
| Bass | Scott Edwards |
| Bass | James Jamerson Sr |
| Bass | Tony Coleman |
| Drums | Ed Greene |
| Drums | Bernard Purdie |
| Drums | Tony Coleman |
| Guitar | Paul Jackson Jr |
| Guitar | Cornell Dupree |
| Guitar | Michael McGloiry |
| Keyboards | Aretha Franklin |
| Keyboards | Tony Coleman |
| Keyboards | Richard Tee |
| Keyboards | Mike Lang |
| Background Vocals | Cissy Houston |
| Background Vocals | Myrna Smith |
| Background Vocals | Sylvia Shemwell |
| Background Vocals | Estelle Brown |
| Background Vocals | Edie Lehmann |
| Background Vocals | Marty McCall |
| Background Vocals | Myrna Matthews |
| Background Vocals | Charles Jackson |
| Background Vocals | Tony Coleman |
| Vocals | Aretha Franklin |
Horns and Strings
Strings – Alan Shulman, Alfred Brown, Fred Zlotkin, Frederick Buldrini, Gene Orloff, Gerald Tarack, Harold Kohon, Harry Lookofsky, Joe Malin, Jonathan Abramowiz, Julien Barber, Mark Wayne-Wright, Mitsue Takayama, Peter Dimitriades (Track 8)
Liner Notes
Producer – Arif Mardin (Tracks 1, 2, 6)
Producer – Chuck Jackson (Tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 9)
Co-producer – Aretha Franklin (Track 9)
Arranged By – Aretha Franklin (Tracks 7, 9)
Arranged By – Arif Mardin (Track 8)
Engineer (Additional) – Lew Hahn
Engineer (Assistant) – Michael O’Reilly, Stewart Whitmore
Mixed By – Reginald Dozier (Tracks 3, 4, 5, 7, 9)
Remix – Arif Mardin, Gene Paul, Lew Hahn, Michael O’Reilly (Track 8)
Remix (Assistant) – Joe Mardin (Track 8)
Art Direction, Design – Ria Lewerke-Shapiro
Edited At Cherokee Studios
Mastered At Sterling Sound
Mixed At MCA Whitney Recording Studios
Mixed At Cherokee Studios
Recorded At Record Plant, N.Y.C.
Recorded At MCA Whitney Recording Studios
Recorded At Sound Labs, Hollywood
Recorded At Atlantic Studios
Phonographic Copyright Arista Records Inc