Respect/Drown In My Tears/I Never Loved A Man(The Way I Loved You)/Soul Serenade/Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream/Baby Baby Baby/Dr Feelgood/Good Times/Do Right Woman Do Right Man/Save Me/A Change Is Gonna Come
I Never Loved A Man The Way I Loved You was the highly regarded debut album on the Atlantic label from the Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin. The title track was a No. 9 US hit single. Also includes the classic soul number Respect, No. 1 in the US and No. 10 in the UK. (US:2 UK:36)
"In her prime, Aretha was something incredibly special. She still had a tendency to run on a little long flexing her vocal muscles, but there's not a duff track on this '67 Atlantic classic. The best song is not Respect but Do Right Woman Do Right Man where she shows her true vocal beauty in all its splendour. The song can make a grown man melt."
"A lot of people have called this the best soul album ever. That's selling it short. Certainly Aretha Franklin's voice and piano playing, along with those fat horns behind her, are the very definition of soul. But this album is so good that if you made a list of the best albums of all time in any genre this one would have to be on it."
"Anyone who likes soul music should like this album. Aretha Franklin is in top shape, and gives this album an original emotional and 'soulful' charm. Of course, it helps when the songwriting is amazing, in original tracks like the legendary Respect and the beautiful title track, but when even the interpretation of covers is as unique as in Ray Charles' Drown In My Own Tears and Sam Cooke's Change Is Gonna Come, then you know you are listening to perhaps the best singer in soul music history."
"Aretha Franklin made it big with this incredibly wonderful soul album, and every song still sounds wonderful. Aretha's voice is in excellent form here, and I love every minute of this album."
"Great album. I like all the songs, Aretha's vocals are great throughout, obviously. But what really makes the album is that the production, back up vocals, and instrumentation are all perfect and complement her voice wonderfully."
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