Aretha Franklin - Lady Soul - 1968

Lady Soul é o álbum de Aretha Franklin, lançado em 1968. O álbum  incluiu alguns dos seus maiores hits, "Chain of Fools" (# Pop 2), e (You Make Me Feel Like) A Woman Natural (# Pop 8), e "(Sweet Baby Sweet) . Ele vendeu mais de um milhão de cópias nos Estados Unidos. O álbum foi relançado em uma edição de luxo em 1995.

Lady Soul  alcançou as posiçoes # 1, # 2 e # 3 na Billboard's Black Albums, Pop Albums, and Jazz Albums charts, respectivamente. The singles "Ain't No Way" (B-Side of "Since You've Been Gone (Sweet, Sweet, Baby)")  alcançou a posição # 9 on the Black Singles chart, e # 16 on the Pop Singles chart..

Em 2003, a rede de TV VH1 nomeou Lady Soul na posiçao 41 nos melhores álbuns de todos os tempos. É o número 84 em revista Rolling Stone na lista "As 500 Maiores Álbuns de Todos os Tempos".

Faixas do Disco

1. "Chain Of Fools" (Don Covay) 2:46

Recorded on June 23, 1967

Aretha Franklin - vocals and piano; Jimmy Johnson and Joe South - guitars; Spooner Oldham - electric piano; Tommy Cogbill - bass; Roger Hawkins - drums; The Sweet Inspirations, Carole, Erma Franklin & Ellie Greenwich - backgroung vocals

2. "Money Won't Change You" (James Brown, Nat Jones) 2:09

3. "People Get Ready" (Curtis Mayfield) 3:42

Recorded on December 19 and 20, 1967

Aretha Franklin - vocals and piano; Bobby Womack - guitar; Spooner Oldham - organ; Tommy Cogbill - bass; Roger Hawkins - drums; Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman, Bernie Glow - trumpets; Tony Studd - bass trombone; King Curtis, Seldon Powell - tenor saxophones; Frank Wess - tenor saxophone and flute; Haywood Henry - baritone saxophone; Carolyn Franklin & The Sweet Inspirations - backgroung vocals; horn arrangement: Arif Mardin

4. "Niki Hoeky" (J. Leslie McFarland, Sidney Wyche) 2:31

5. "(You Make Me Feel Like) a Natural Woman" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King, Jerry Wexler) 2:44

Recorded on February 16, 1967

Aretha Franklin - vocals; Spooner Oldham - piano; Tommy Cogbill - bass; Gene Chrisman - drums; The Sweet Inspirations, Carole & Erma Franklin - backgroung vocals; strings conducted by Ralph Burns

6. "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) 4:23

Recorded on December 16 and 17, 1967

Aretha Franklin - vocals; Jimmy Johnson and Bobby Womack - guitars; Spooner Oldham - elctric piano; Tommy Cogbill - bass; Roger Hawkins - drums; Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman, Bernie Glow - trumpets; Tony Studd - bass trombone; King Curtis, Seldon Powell, Frank Wess - tenor saxophones; Haywood Henry - baritone saxophone; The Sweet Inspirations, Carole & Erma Franklin - backgroung vocals; horn arrangement: Arif Mardin

7. "Good to Me As I Am to You" (Aretha Franklin, Ted White) 3:56

Recorded on December 16 and 17, 1967

Aretha Franklin - vocals and piano; Spooner Oldham - organ; Tommy Cogbill - bass; Roger Hawkins - drums; Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman, Bernie Glow - trumpets; Tony Studd - bass trombone; King Curtis, Seldon Powell - tenor saxophones; Frank Wess - tenor saxophone and flute; Haywood Henry - baritone saxophone. Eric Clapton of "Cream" - guitar obbligato. Note: Jimmy Johnson & Bobby Womack played guitar on the take but were left off the mix-down.

8. "Come Back Baby" (Ray Charles) 2:25

Recorded on December 19 and 20, 1967

Aretha Franklin - vocals; Jimmy Johnson and Bobby Womack - guitars; Spooner Oldham - organ; Tommy Cogbill - bass; Roger Hawkins - drums; Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman, Bernie Glow - trumpets; Tony Studd - bass trombone; King Curtis, Seldon Powell, Frank Wess - tenor saxophones; Haywood Henry - baritone saxophone; The Sweet Inspirations, Carole & Erma Franklin - backgroung vocals; horn arrangement: Arif Mardin

9. "Groovin'" (Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati) 4:17

10. "Ain't No Way" (Carolyn Franklin) 4:11

Recorded on December 19 and 20, 1967

Aretha Franklin - vocals and piano; Warren Smith - vibraharp; Tommy Cogbill - bass; Roger Hawkins - drums; Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman, Bernie Glow - trumpets; Tony Studd - bass trombone; King Curtis and Seldon Powell - tenor saxophones; Frank Wess - tenor saxophone and flute; Haywood Henry - baritone saxophone; Carolyn Franklin and The Sweet Inspirations - backgroung vocals; Cissy Houston - vocal obbligato; string and horn arrangement: Arif Mardin