If You Want Me Explained

If You Want Me
Type:	Studio Album
Artist:	Carolyn Franklin
Cover:	If You Want Me.jpg
Released:	1976
Studio:	RCA Studios New York City, New York
Genre:	Gospel, R&B
Length:	34:15
Label:	RCA
Producer:	Jimmy Radcliffe
Prev Title:	I'd Rather Be Lonely
Prev Year:	1973

If You Want Me is the final solo studio album recorded by R&B and Gospel singer Carolyn Franklin (sister of Aretha Franklin) for RCA Records, in 1976. Reissued on CD by Big Break Records in 2014.

Track listing

Side One

1. "From the Bottom of My Heart (To the Bottom of Yours)" (Carolyn Franklin, Pearl Jones) - 2:28
2. "If You Want Me" (Carolyn Franklin, Jimmy Radcliffe) - 2:53
3. "I Can't Help Myself Feeling So Blue" (Jillean Williams, Wade Marcus) - 5:35
4. "Too Many Roads" (Carolyn Franklin, Sonny Sanders) - 3:00
5. "Sunshine Holiday" (Pearl Jones, Sonny Sanders) - 2:08
6. "Dead Man" (Carolyn Franklin, Val Benson, Wade Marcus) - 2:53

Side Two

1. "You Are Everything" (Thom Bell, Linda Creed) - 2:39
2. "You Can Have My Soul" (Pearl Jones, Sonny Sanders) - 3:54
3. "Soul Man" (Ernie Cate, Earl Cate, Wade Marcus) - 2:59
4. "Not Enough to Hold" (Carolyn Franklin, Sonny Sanders) - 3:00
5. "Deal with It" (Carolyn Franklin, Pearl Jones) - 3:20

Personnel

• Carolyn Franklin - vocals
• Jimmy Radcliffe - producer, arranger, conductor
• Wade Marcus - arranger, conductor
• Sonny Sanders - arranger, conductor
• Ivy Jo Hunter - assistant producer
• Paul Goodman - recording engineer
• David H. Hecht, Nick Sangiamo - photography