Aretha (1986 album)
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Aretha is an Aretha Franklin album, originally released in 1986. This is the third album with this title to be released by the artist. Other Franklin albums titled Aretha were also released in 1980 and 1961.
The album produced Aretha's first #1 Pop single in two decades with "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)", a duet with George Michael.[citation needed] Aretha also yielded three other hit singles: "Jimmy Lee", "Rock-A-Lott" and a cover of The Rolling Stones' classic "Jumpin' Jack Flash".[1] Franklin's vocal from "Rock-A-Lott" was sampled extensively in the 49ers' 1990 hit "Touch Me", while her version of "Jumpin' Jack Flash" was the title song for the film comedy starring Whoopi Goldberg. All four of the singles were shot as music videos that had wide airplay.
The album is noteworthy for the striking cover, which was Andy Warhol's final work before his death in early 1987.[2] Following Aretha's first ever Platinum record, Who's Zoomin' Who?, Aretha was certified gold in only several weeks. Before going out of print, the album sold more than 900,000 copies in the U.S. alone.
Track listing
- "Jimmy Lee" (5:47) (Jeffrey Cohen, Preston Glass, Narada Michael Walden)
- "I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)" (with George Michael) (4:02) (Simon Climie, Dennis Morgan)
- "Do You Still Remember" (5:07)
- "Jumpin' Jack Flash" (5:04) (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards)
- "Rock-A-Lott" (6:23)
- "An Angel Cries" (5:03)
- "He'll Come Along" (4:13) (Franklin)
- "If You Need My Love Tonight" (4:34) (Glass, Glass, Walden)
- "Look to the Rainbow" (5:13)
References
- ^ "Artist Chart History: Aretha Franklin". Billboard Magazine. Retrieved 2009-03-30.
{{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in:|publisher=(help) - ^ Bego, Mark (2001), Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul, Da Capo Press, p. 250, ISBN 0306809354, OCLC 46488152, retrieved 2009-03-29