- soul, pop-soul
- 45 min
- 11 tracks
- Arista
So Damn Happy is the thirty-fifth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. It was released by Arista Records on September 16, 2003 in the United States. Her first studio album in five years, 'So Damn Happy features production from Burt Bacharach, Gordon Chambers, Barry J. Eastmond, Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis, Troy Taylor, and Franklin herself. Grammy Award-winning track "Wonderful," co-written and produced by Ron "Amen-Ra" Lawrence, served as the album's lead single.
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Spare, classical in form, character-led and grave.
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- warmbleak
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- Blender4/5 ★
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- MSN Music4/5 ★
- Rolling Stone2/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1The Only Thing Missin’3:07
- 2Wonderful4:04
- 3Holdin’ On4:38
- 4No Matter What4:33
- 5Everybody’s Somebody’s Fool4:36
- 6So Damn Happy4:29
- 7You Are My Joy2:35
- 8Falling Out of Love4:31
- 9Ain’t No Way4:38
- 10Good News4:55
- 11You Are My Joy (reprise)2:34
11 tracks, 45 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Aretha Franklin
- Label
- Arista
- Released
- 2003
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Copy Control CD
- Country
- XE
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