- pop, soul
- 59 min
- 13 tracks
- Arista
Aretha is the twenty-sixth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was released on September 30, 1980, by Arista Records. This is Franklin's second eponymous album, and her first for Arista Records after a 12-year tenure with Atlantic Records.
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Character
Classical in form, spare, grave and character-led.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- earnestironic
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- AllMusic3/5 ★
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- Robert ChristgauB−
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide2/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Come to Me3:43
- 2Can’t Turn You Loose3:54
- 3United Together5:03
- 4Take Me With You4:04
- 5Whatever It Is3:39
- 6What a Fool Believes5:12
- 7Together Again5:16
- 8Love Me Forever3:32
- 9School Days4:57
- 10What a Fool Believes (12″ version)6:07
- 11I Can’t Turn You Loose (12″ version)5:25
- 12United Together (single version)3:51
- 13What a Fool Believes (single version)3:58
13 tracks, 59 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Aretha Franklin
- Label
- Arista
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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