Aretha Now Explained

Aretha Now
Type:	studio
Artist:	Aretha Franklin
Cover:	Aretha Franklin - Aretha Now.jpg
Released:	June 14, 1968^[1]
Recorded:	December 1967 – April 1968
Studio:	Atlantic Studios, (New York City, New York)
Genre:	Soul^[2]
Length:	29:30
Label:	Atlantic (#8186)
Producer:	Jerry Wexler
Prev Title:	Lady Soul
Prev Year:	1968
Next Title:	Aretha in Paris
Next Year:	1968

Aretha Now is the thirteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on June 14, 1968, by Atlantic Records. Quickly certified Gold, it eventually reached a million in US sales. It hit No. 3 on Billboards album chart.^[3] In 1993, it was reissued on CD through Rhino Records.^[1] The album was rated the 133rd best album of the 1960s by Pitchfork.^[4]

Track listing

Information is based on the album's liner notes^{[1] [5]}

Personnel

Information is based on the album's liner notes^{[1] [5]}

• Aretha Franklin – lead vocals (all), piano (1–5, 7, 10)
• Tommy Cogbill – guitar (1–3, 10), bass guitar (6, 8–9)
• Carolyn Franklin – background vocals (6, 8–9)
• Roger Hawkins – drums (all)
• Jerry Jemmott – bass guitar (1–5, 7, 10)
• Jimmy Johnson – guitar (1, 3, 5–6, 8–10)
• Spooner Oldham – Hammond organ (1, 5), electric piano (3, 6–7, 10), piano (8)
• The Sweet Inspirations – background vocals (all)
• Bobby Womack – guitar (6, 8–9)
• Horns:
  • Floyd Newman – baritone saxophone
  • Willie Bridges – baritone saxophone (1, 3–5, 7, 10)
  • Charles Chalmers, Andrew Love – tenor saxophone
  • King Curtis, Seldon Powell – tenor saxophone
  • Bernie Glow, Wayne Jackson, Melvin Lastie, Joe Newman – trumpet
  • Haywood Henry – baritone saxophone (6, 8)
  • Tony Studd – bass trombone
  • Frank Wess – tenor saxophone, flute
• All arrangements by Tom Dowd and Arif Mardin
• Tom Dowd – engineering

Charts

Billboard Music Charts (North America)

Chart (1968)	Peak position
Pop Albums	3
R&B Albums	1
Jazz Albums	9

See also

• Album era
• List of Billboard number-one R&B albums of the 1960s

References

1. Franklin, Aretha. “Aretha Now” (Remastered CD Liner Notes). Rhino. 1993.
2. Book: Larkin, Colin. All-Time Top 1000 Albums. https://archive.org/details/alltimetop1000al0000lark_d7o0/mode/1up. 1999. October 8, 2021. Virgin Books. 0-7535-0354-9. 149–150.
3. Web site: Aretha Franklin. Billboard.
4. Web site: The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s. Pitchfork. en. August 22, 2017.
5. Franklin, Aretha. “Aretha Now” (Original Album Notes). Atlantic. 1968.