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1980 compilation album by Aretha Franklin

Aretha Sings the Blues

Compilation album by Aretha Franklin

Released

1980

Genre

Blues

Length

47:39

Aretha Franklin chronology

Aretha
(1980)

Aretha Sings the Blues
(1980)

Love All the Hurt Away
(1981)

Aretha Sings the Blues is a compilation album of previously released Aretha Franklin recordings from Aretha's early 1960s tenure with Columbia Records.

Reception

Armond White of Spin wrote, "Aretha had established a tradition that, as a revolutionary, she would naturally have to evolve away from (ask Bob Dylan). Aretha Sings the Blues shows Aretha's pregreatness style, wavering between Mahalia Jackson's command and Nancy Wilson's piquancy."

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Recorded on	Length
1.	"Drinking Again"	Doris Tauber; Johnny Mercer	February 8, 1964	3:29
2.	"Today I Sing the Blues"	Curtis Lewis	August 1, 1960	2:48
3.	"What a Diff'rence a Day Made"	María Méndez Grever, Stanley Adams	February 10, 1964	3:31
4.	"Without the One You Love"	Aretha Franklin	February 10, 1965	3:36
5.	"Trouble in Mind"	Richard M. Jones	February 10, 1965	2:55
6.	"Muddy Water"	Peter DeRose, Harry Richman, Jo Trent	February 10, 1965	2:32
7.	"Only the Lonely"	Sammy Cahn, Jimmy Van Heusen	July 16, 1964	4:54
8.	"I Wonder Where Are You Tonight"	Aretha Franklin, Ted White	June 13, 1963	3:15
9.	"Laughing on the Outside (Crying on the Inside)"	Ben Raleigh, Bernie Wayne	June 12, 1963	3:12
10.	"Take a Look"	Clyde Otis	June 14, 1963	2:41
11.	"Nobody Knows the Way I Feel This Morning"	Tom Delaney, Pearl Delaney	February 7, 1964	5:12
12.	"Evil Gal Blues"	Leonard Feather	February 8, 1964	2:43
13.	"This Bitter Earth"	Clyde Otis	February 10, 1964	3:37
14.	"Maybe I'm a Fool"	J. Leslie McFarland	January 10, 1961	3:14
Total length:				47:39

From the albums

Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964): Tracks 1, 3, 11–13
Aretha: With The Ray Bryant Combo (1960): Tracks 2, 14
Yeah!!! (1965): Tracks 4–6
Soft and Beautiful (1964): Track 7
Laughing on the Outside (1963): Tracks 8, 9
Soul Sister (1966): Track 10

References

^ "Aretha Sings the Blues - Aretha Franklin | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
Armond White (October 1985). "Spins". Spin. No. 6. p. 30.
"Aretha Franklin". Discogs.com. Retrieved May 13, 2021.
"allaretha". Allaretha.wordpress.com. Retrieved May 13, 2021.

External links

Aretha Sings the Blues at Discogs (list of releases)

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Studio albums	Aretha (1961) The Electrifying Aretha Franklin (1962) The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin (1962) Laughing on the Outside (1963) Unforgettable: A Tribute to Dinah Washington (1964) Runnin' Out of Fools (1964) Yeah!!! (1965) Songs of Faith (1965) Soul Sister (1966) Take It Like You Give It (1967) I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967) Aretha Arrives (1967) Lady Soul (1968) Aretha Now (1968) Soul '69 (1969) Soft and Beautiful (1969) This Girl's in Love with You (1970) Spirit in the Dark (1970) Young, Gifted and Black (1972) Hey Now Hey (The Other Side of the Sky) (1973) Let Me in Your Life (1974) With Everything I Feel in Me (1974) You (1975) Sparkle (1976) Sweet Passion (1977) Almighty Fire (1978) La Diva (1979) Aretha (1980) Love All the Hurt Away (1981) Jump to It (1982) Get It Right (1983) Who's Zoomin' Who? (1985) Aretha (1986) Through the Storm (1989) What You See Is What You Sweat (1991) A Rose Is Still a Rose (1998) So Damn Happy (2003) This Christmas, Aretha (2008) A Woman Falling Out of Love (2011) Aretha Franklin Sings the Great Diva Classics (2014)
Live albums	Aretha in Paris (1968) Aretha Live at Fillmore West (1971) Amazing Grace (1972) One Lord, One Faith, One Baptism (1987) Oh Me Oh My: Aretha Live in Philly, 1972 (2007)
Compilation albums	Take a Look (1967) Aretha's Gold (1969) Aretha's Greatest Hits (1971) The Best of Aretha Franklin (1973) Aretha Sings the Blues (1980) 30 Greatest Hits (1985) Queen of Soul: The Atlantic Recordings (1992/2014) Greatest Hits: 1980–1994 (1994) The Very Best of Aretha Franklin, Vol. 1 (1994) Greatest Hits (1998) Aretha's Best (2001) Respect: The Very Best of Aretha Franklin (2002) The Queen in Waiting: The Columbia Years (1960–1965) (2002) Rare & Unreleased Recordings from the Golden Reign of the Queen of Soul (2007) Jewels in the Crown: All-Star Duets with the Queen (2007) A Brand New Me (2017) The Atlantic Singles Collection 1967–1970 (2018)
Singles	"Precious Lord (Part 1)" (1959) "Today I Sing the Blues" (1960) "Won't Be Long" (1960) "Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" (1961) "Operation Heartbreak" (1961) "I Surrender, Dear" (1962) "Try a Little Tenderness" (1962) "Say It Isn't So" (1963) "Skylark" (1963) "The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire)" (1964) "One Step Ahead" (1965) "You Made Me Love You" (1965) "Mockingbird" (1967) "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)" (1967) "Respect" (1967) "Baby I Love You" (1967) "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" (1967) "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man" "Chain of Fools" (1967) "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" (1968) "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" (1968) "Think" (1968) "You Send Me" (1968) "The House That Jack Built" (1968) "I Say a Little Prayer" (1968) "See Saw" (1968) "My Song" (1968) "The Weight" (1969) "Tracks of My Tears" (1969) "I Can't See Myself Leaving You" (1969) "Gentle on My Mind" (1969) "Share Your Love with Me" (1969) "Eleanor Rigby" (1969) "Call Me" (1970) "Son of a Preacher Man" (1970) "Spirit in the Dark" (1970) "The Thrill Is Gone" (1970) "Don't Play That Song" (1970) "Border Song (Holy Moses)" (1970) "You're All I Need to Get By" (1971) "Bridge over Troubled Water" (1971) "Spanish Harlem" (1971) "Rock Steady" (1971) "Day Dreaming" (1972) "Angel" (1973) "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)" (1973) "I'm in Love" (1974) "Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing" (1974) "Something He Can Feel" (1976) "Break It to Me Gently" (1977) "What a Fool Believes" (1981) "It's My Turn" (1981) "Jump to It" (1982) "Get It Right" (1983) "Freeway of Love" (1985) "Who's Zoomin' Who" (1985) "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" (1985) "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (1986) "Jimmy Lee" (1986) "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (1987) "Rock-A-Lott" (1987) "Oh Happy Day" (1988) "Gimme Your Love" (1989) "Through the Storm" (1989) "It Isn't, It Wasn't, It Ain't Never Gonna Be" (1989) "Everyday People" (1991) "Someday We'll All Be Free" (1992) "Ever Changing Times" (1992) "A Deeper Love" (1993) "Willing to Forgive" (1994) "A Rose Is Still a Rose" (1998) "Here We Go Again" (1998) "Put You Up on Game" (2007) "Angels We Have Heard on High" (2009) "Rolling in the Deep (The Aretha Version)" (2014)
Related	Awards and nominations Discography "Wood Beez (Pray Like Aretha Franklin)" Amazing Grace (2018 film) Genius (2021 television series) Respect (2021 film) Ted White
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