Aretha Now
Think and I Say a Little Prayer, five months after Lady Soul.
Aretha Franklin, 1968
- Released
- 14 June 1968
- Label
- Atlantic
- Producer
- Jerry Wexler
Franklin's thirteenth album, released by Atlantic on 14 June 1968. It was quickly certified gold and eventually sold a million copies in the United States. It reached number 3 on the Billboard album chart and number 6 in the UK, her highest album placing there. Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin made all the arrangements and Dowd engineered. The Sweet Inspirations sing backing vocals on every track.
Pitchfork rated it the 133rd best album of the 1960s and Mojo listed it as her sixth best. Rhino reissued it on CD in 1993.
Track listing
- Think2:15
- I Say a Little Prayer3:30
- See Saw2:42
- Night Time Is the Right Time4:44
- You Send Me2:25
- You're a Sweet Sweet Man2:14
- I Take What I Want2:30
- Hello Sunshine3:00
- A Change2:23
- I Can't See Myself Leaving You3:00
Personnel
- Aretha Franklin lead vocals, piano
- Tommy Cogbill guitar, bass guitar
- Jimmy Johnson guitar
- Bobby Womack guitar
- Jerry Jemmott bass guitar
- Roger Hawkins drums
- Spooner Oldham organ, electric piano, piano
- King Curtis tenor saxophone
- Wayne Jackson trumpet
- The Sweet Inspirations backing vocals
- Carolyn Franklin backing vocals
- Tom Dowd arranger, engineer
- Arif Mardin arranger
More from Aretha Franklin
I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You (1967), Lady Soul (1968), Young, Gifted and Black (1972), Amazing Grace (1972)
Sources
- Aretha Now, Wikipedia
- Think (Aretha Franklin song), Wikipedia
- I Say a Little Prayer, Wikipedia