The Queen Of Soul
Aretha Franklin
CD1
- I Never Loved a Man (the Way I Love You) (Demo)
- Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
- Respect
- Drown in My Own Tears
- Soul Serenade
- Don't Let Me Lose This Dream
- Baby, Baby, Baby
- Dr. Feelgood (Love Is a Serious Business)
- Good Times
- Save Me
- Baby, I Love You
- Satisfaction
- You Are My Sunshine
- Never Let Me Go
- Prove It
- I Wonder
- Ain't Nobody Gonna Turn Me Around
- It Was You (Aretha Arrives Outtake)
- (You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman
- Chain of Fools
- People Get Ready
- Come Back Baby
- Good to Me as I Am to You
- Since You've Been Gone (Sweet Sweet Baby)
- Ain't No Way
CD2
- Think
- You Send Me
- I Say a Little Prayer
- The House That Jack Built
- You're a Sweet Sweet Man
- I Take What I Want
- A Change
- See Saw
- My Song
- I Can't See Myself Leaving You
- Night Life (Live)
- Ramblin
- Today I Sing the Blues
- River's Invitation
- Pitiful
- Talk to Me, Talk to Me (Soul 69 Outtake)
- Tracks of My Tears
- The Weight
- Share Your Love with Me
- Pledging My Love/the Clock
- It Ain't Fair
- Sit Down and Cry
- Let It Be
- Eleanor Rigby
- Call Me
CD3
- Son of a Preacher Man
- Try Matty's
- The Thrill Is Gone (From Yesterday's Kisses)
- Dark End of the Street
- You and Me
- You're Taking Up Another Man's Place (Spirit in the Dark Outtake)
- Don't Play That Song
- Why I Sing the Blues
- Spirit in the Dark
- My Way (Spirit in the Dark Outtake)
- One Way Ticket
- Pullin
- Border Song (Holy Moses)
- A Brand New Me
- You're All I Need to Get by
- Bridge Over Troubled Water
- Spanish Harlem
- Lean on Me
- Spirit in the Dark (Reprise with Ray Charles)
CD4
- Rock Steady
- Young, Gifted and Black
- All the King's Horses
- Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)
- Day Dreaming
- Mary, Don't You Weep (Live)
- Climbing Higher Mountains (Live)
- Precious Memories (Live)
- Master of Eyes
- Angel
- Somewhere
- So Swell When You're Well
- I'm in Love
- Ain't Nothing Like the Real Thing
- Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)
- Look Into Your Heart
- Sparkle
- Something He Can Feel
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 albums she recorded for the label – I Never Loved a Man the Way I Love You, Aretha Arrives, Lady Soul, Aretha Now and Soul ’69. Recorded between 1967 and 1969, all five albums topped the R&B charts and gave the world classics like “Chain of Fools,” “Think,” “The House that Jack Built” and the #1 smash “Respect.” The set also mixes in several rare outtakes of songs like “It Was You” from Aretha Arrives and “Talk to Me, Talk to Me” from Soul ’69.
The collection also spotlights the great music Franklin recorded in the 1970s, including the two albums she released to open the decade – This Girl’s in Love with You and Spirit in the Dark. The former boasted an electrifying version of the Band’s “The Weight” with Duane Allman on slide guitar, while the latter featured the hit “Don’t Play That Song (You Lied).”
Along with several singles from this era (“Spanish Harlem” and “Bridge Over Troubled Waters”), 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). That recording won the Grammy Award for Best Soul Gospel Performance in 1973 and remains Franklin’s best-selling album to date.
