Aretha Now

"Think"/"You Send Me"
Aretha Now
Studio album by Aretha Franklin
Released	June 14, 1968
Recorded	December 16, 1967 – April 18, 1968
Studio	Atlantic Studios,; (New York City, New York)
Genre	Deep soul, Southern soul, soul, R&B
Length	29:30
Label	Atlantic (#8186)
Producer	Jerry Wexler
Aretha Franklin chronology
Singles from Aretha Now
	"Think"/"You Send Me"; Released: May 2, 1968; "I Say a Little Prayer"; Released: July 26, 1968; "I Can't See Myself Leaving You"; Released: April 7, 1969;

Aretha Now is the thirteenth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, released on June 14, 1968, by Atlantic Records. The album is gold-certified. It reached No. 3 on Billboard's album chart. In the 1990s this recording was reissued on CD through Rhino Records. The album was rated the 133rd best album of the 1960s by Pitchfork.^[1]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	link
Rolling Stone	(negative) ^[2]

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Think"	Aretha Franklin, Ted White	2:19
2.	"I Say a Little Prayer"	Burt Bacharach, Hal David	3:36
3.	"See Saw"	Don Covay, Steve Cropper	2:46
4.	"Night Time Is the Right Time"	Big Bill Broonzy	4:50
5.	"You Send Me"	Sam Cooke	2:29

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
6.	"You're a Sweet Sweet Man"	Ronnie Shannon	2:19
7.	"I Take What I Want"	Isaac Hayes, Teenie Hodges, David Porter	2:33
8.	"Hello Sunshine"	Jimmy Cliff, King Curtis, Ronnie Miller	3:03
9.	"A Change"	Dorian Burton, Clyde Otis	2:27
10.	"I Can't See Myself Leaving You"	Shannon	3:01

Personnel

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

Charts

Billboard Music Charts (North America)

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

References

↑ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.
↑ Landau, Jon (July 5, 1968). "Aretha". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 August 2013.

External links

Aretha Now at Allmusic

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[1] "The 200 Best Albums of the 1960s | Pitchfork". pitchfork.com. Retrieved 2017-08-22.

[2] Landau, Jon (July 5, 1968). "Aretha". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 August 2013.