| Almighty Fire | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Aretha Franklin |
| Cover: | Almighty_fire.jpg |
| Border: | yes |
| Released: | April 13, 1978 |
| Recorded: | January–March 1978 |
| Studio: | Curtom Studios (Chicago, IL); ABC Recording Studios (Los Angeles, CA); Whitney Recording Studios (Glendale, CA). |
| Genre: | Soul, R&B |
| Length: | 34:42 |
| Producer: | Curtis Mayfield |
| Prev Title: | Sweet Passion |
| Prev Year: | 1977 |
| Next Title: | La Diva |
| Next Year: | 1979 |
Almighty Fire is the twenty-fourth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on April 13, 1978, by Atlantic Records. By the time of the album's release, Franklin was going through a commercial slump.
Franklin was reunited with Curtis Mayfield – who produced the album and composed all the tracks –after their earlier success together with the Sparkle soundtrack.
The title single reached at No. 12 on the Billboard R&B Singles Chart and the follow-up single, "More Than Just a Joy", peaked at No. 51. The album earned a Grammy nomination for Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female at the 1979 Grammy Awards.
The New York Times panned the "tuneless, fussily arranged songs".[1]
All tracks composed by Curtis Mayfield, except where noted.