30 Greatest Hits (Aretha Franklin album) explained

30 Greatest Hits
Type:greatest
Artist:Aretha Franklin
Cover:Aretha-30GreatestHits.jpg
Released:1985
Recorded:1967–1974
Genre:R&B
Label:Atlantic
Prev Title:Who's Zoomin' Who?
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Aretha
Next Year:1986

30 Greatest Hits is a 1985 Aretha Franklin compilation album. The album chronicles majority of Franklin's hit singles during the Atlantic Records era from 1967 up to 1974.[1] Following Franklin's death, the album entered the top ten of the Billboard 200 albums chart at number seven, in the week ending on August 25, 2018 earning 52,000 units with 18,000 of that were traditional sales. [2] It climbed one spot higher the following week, becoming Franklin's highest-peaking compilation album in the United States.[3]

Track listing

Disc 1

  1. "I Never Loved a Man (The Way I Love You)"
  2. "Respect"
  3. "Do Right Woman, Do Right Man"
  4. "Dr. Feelgood"
  5. "Save Me"
  6. "Baby I Love You"
  7. "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman"
  8. "Chain of Fools"
  9. "(Sweet Sweet Baby) Since You've Been Gone"
  10. "Ain't No Way"
  11. "Think"
  12. "I Say a Little Prayer"
  13. "The House That Jack Built"
  14. "See Saw"
  15. "The Weight"
  16. "Share Your Love with Me"
  17. "Eleanor Rigby"

Disc 2

  1. "Call Me"
  2. "Spirit in the Dark"
  3. "Don't Play That Song (You Lied)"
  4. "You're All I Need to Get By"
  5. "Bridge over Troubled Water"
  6. "Spanish Harlem"
  7. "Rock Steady"
  8. "Oh Me Oh My (I'm a Fool for You Baby)"
  9. "Day Dreaming"
  10. "Wholy Holy"
  11. "Angel"
  12. "Until You Come Back to Me (That's What I'm Gonna Do)"
  13. "I'm in Love"

Charts

Year-end charts

Notes and References

  1. Newsmakers 1998: The People Behind Today's Headlines - Page 177 0787612308Terrie M. Rooney - 1999 - ... Aretha Franklin, 1960. The Tender, the Moving, the Swinging Aretha Franklin, ... Aretha Franklin's Greatest Hits, Volume 1 and 2, 1967. Aretha's Gold, 1969. Queen of ... Aretha Franklin — 30 Greatest Hits, 1986. "Think", The Blues Brothers ...
  2. Web site: Aretha Franklin's '30 Greatest Hits' Becomes Her Highest Charting Album in 50 Years. Billboard. keith. Caulfield. August 26, 2018. September 20, 2019.
  3. Web site: Aretha Franklin 30 Greatest Hits Chart History . Billboard . May 26, 2019.
  4. Web site: Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums – Year-End 2018. Billboard. November 1, 2020.

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