Queen of Soul (CD) – Aretha Franklin

2014 four CD set. THE QUEEN OF SOUL creates a rich musical portrait of Franklin’s incomparable run at Atlantic Records between 1967 and 1976. Packed with 87 songs arranged chronologically, the set opens with generous selections from the first five studio albums she recorded for the label. Recorded between 1967 and 1968, all five of the albums topped the R&B charts and gave the world classics like “(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman,” “Chain of Fools,” “Think,” and the #1 smash “Respect.” the set also mixes in several rare outtakes of songs like “It Was You” and “Talk to Me, Talk to Me”. The collection also spotlights the great music Franklin recorded in the 1970s, including the two albums she released to open the decade. Along with several singles from his era, THE QUEEN OF SOUL also gathers up several live performances with “Spirit in the Dark” (Reprise with Ray Charles) from Aretha Live at the Fillmore West (1971), plus several songs from her live album Amazing Grace (1972). The latter recording won the Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance in 1973 and remains Franklin’s best-selling album to date.

Track List

1. I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You) (Demo)
2. Do Right Woman Do Right Man
3. Respect
4. Drown in My Own Tears
5. Soul Serenade
6. Don’t Let Me Lose This Dream
7. Baby Baby Baby
8. Dr. Feelgood [Love Is a Serious Business]
9. Good Times
10. Save Me
11. Baby I Love You
12. Satisfaction
13. You Are My Sunshine
14. Never Let Me Go
15. Prove It
16. I Wonder
17. Ain’t Nobody Gonna Turn Me Around
18. It Was You (Aretha Arrives Outtake)
19. (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman
20. Chain of Fools
21. People Get Ready
22. Come Back Baby
23. Good to Me As I Am to You
24. Since You’ve Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)
25. Ain’t No Way
26. Think
27. You Send Me
28. I Say a Little Prayer
29. The House That Jack Built
30. You Re a Sweet Sweet Man
31. I Take What I Want
32. A Change
33. See Saw
34. My Song
35. I Can’t See Myself Leaving You
36. Night Life (Live)
37. Ramblin
38. Today I Sing the Blues
39. River S Invitation
40. Pitiful
41. Talk to Me Talk to Me (Soul 69 Outtake)
42. Tracks of My Tears
43. The Weight
44. Share Your Love with Me
45. Pledging My Love/The Clock
46. It Ain’t Fair
47. Sit Down and Cry
48. Let It Be
49. Eleanor Rigby
50. Call Me
51. Son of a Preacher Man
52. Try Matty S
53. The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday S Kisses)
54. Dark End of the Street
55. You and Me
56. You Re Taking Up Another Man S Place (Spirit in the Dark Outtake)
57. Don’t Play That Song
58. Why I Sing the Blues
59. Spirit in the Dark
60. My Way (Spirit in the Dark Outtake)
61. One Way Ticket
62. Pullin
63. Border Song (Holy Moses)
64. A Brand New Me
65. You Re All I Need to Get By
66. Bridge Over Troubled Water
67. Spanish Harlem
68. Lean on Me
69. Spirit in the Dark (Reprise with Ray Charles)
70. Rock Steady
71. Young Gifted and Black
72. All the King S Horses
73. Oh Me Oh My (I M a Fool for You Baby)
74. Day Dreaming
75. Mary Don’t You Weep (Live)
76. Climbing Higher Mountains (Live)
77. Precious Memories (Live)
78. Master of Eyes
79. Angel
80. Somewhere
81. So Swell When You Re Well
82. I M in Love
83. Ain’t Nothing Like the Real Thing
84. Until You Come Back to Me (That S What I M Gonna Do)
85. Look Into Your Heart
86. Sparkle
87. Something He Can Feel