Jump to It

Jump to It
Studio album by Aretha Franklin
Released July, 1982
Studio Mediasound Studios, N.Y., Record Plant, L.A., The Village Recorder, L.A., Soundsuite, Detroit.
Genre R&B
Length 42:40
Label Arista
Producer Luther Vandross, Aretha Franklin
Aretha Franklin chronology
Love All the Hurt Away
(1981)Love All the Hurt Away1981		 Jump to It
(1982)		 Get It Right
(1983)Get It Right1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

Jump to It is the twenty-eighth studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin, produced by Luther Vandross and released in July 1982.

Background

This album gave Franklin her tenth number 1 R&B album – at the time it was the all-time record. It enjoyed a seven–week run at #1 on Billboard's R&B albums chart and also reached number 23 on Billboard's main album chart. It was hailed as a comeback album, given that it provided Franklin with her first Gold-certified disc and Top 40 song since Sparkle in 1976.

The title track, "Jump to It", was Franklin's first Pop Top 40 hit since 1976, and her first number 1 R&B hit since 1977's "Break It To Me Gently". The infectious song was nominated for a Grammy Award. The album itself received an American Music Award for Best Soul Album in 1983.

Commercial performance

On February 1, 1983, The "Jump to It" album was certified Gold by the RIAA. Franklin was presented her framed Gold record in Detroit by her long-time friends the Four Tops. In 2005, Patrick Alavi released "Come to Me" which used a sample of "Jump to It".

Track listing

  1. "Jump to It" (Luther Vandross, Marcus Miller) - 6:40
  2. "Love Me Right" (Vandross) - 4:10
  3. "If She Don't Want Your Lovin'" (Sam Dees) - 5:36
  4. "This Is for Real" (Vandross) - 4:45
  5. "(It's Just) Your Love" (Vandross, Miller) - 4:10
  6. "I Wanna Make It Up to You" (Franklin) - 6:00
  7. "It's Your Thing" (O'Kelly Isley, Ronald Isley, Rudolph Isley) - 4:10
  8. "Just My Daydream" (Smokey Robinson) - 5:55

Personnel

Performers

  • Aretha Franklin – lead vocals, rhythm arrangements (6, 7, 8), vocal arrangements (6, 7, 8)
  • Doc Powell – guitar (1-8)
  • Steve Love – guitar solo (7)
  • Marcus Miller – bass guitar (1, 2, 4-7), synthesizer (1), synthesizer and rhythm arrangements (1), keyboards (2)
  • Francisco Centeno – bass guitar (3)
  • Louis Johnson – bass guitar (8)
  • Yogi Horton – drums (1, 3-8)
  • Buddy Williams – drums (2)
  • Errol "Crusher" Bennett – congas (1), percussion (3, 4, 5, 8)
  • Paulinho Da Costa – percussion (7)
  • Nat Adderley Jr. – keyboards (1, 3-8), rhythm arrangements (3-8)
  • Luther Vandross – backing vocals (1, 2, 5), keyboards (2), rhythm arrangements (2, 4, 5, 7), vocal arrangements (2, 3, 5, 8)
  • George Duke – acoustic piano (5)
  • Sonny Burke – keyboards (8)
  • Paul Riser – string arrangements (2, 4, 6), horn arrangements (4, 6)
  • Leon Pendarvis – horn and string arrangements (3, 5, 8)
  • Jerry Hey – horn and string arrangements (7)
  • George Young – soprano saxophone (4)
  • Brenda White – backing vocals (1, 2)
  • Cissy Houston – backing vocals (1, 3, 5, 8)
  • Fonzi Thornton – backing vocals (1, 2)
  • Michelle Cobbs – backing vocals (1, 2)
  • Phillip Ballou – backing vocals (1, 2)
  • Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (1, 2)
  • Norma Jean Wright – backing vocals (2)
  • Alexandra Brown – backing vocals (3)
  • Darlene Love – backing vocals (3, 5, 8)
  • Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals (3)
  • Stephanie Spruill – backing vocals (3, 5, 8)
  • Brenda Corbett – backing vocals (5, 7)
  • Four Tops – backing vocals and vocal arrangements (6)
  • Levi Stubbs – lead vocals (6)
  • Erma Franklin – backing vocals (7)
  • Pam Vincent – backing vocals (7)
  • Sandra Dance – backing vocals (7)

Production

  • Producers – Luther Vandross (Tracks 1-5, 7 & 8); Aretha Franklin (Track 6).
  • Production Coordination – Sephra Herman
  • Recorded and Mixed by Michael Brauer
  • Additional Engineers – Carl Beatty and Lee Keifer
  • Assistant Engineers – Michael Christopher, Karat Faye, John Hanlon, Harry Spiridakis, Don Wershba and Warren Woods.
  • Recorded at Media Sound Studios (New York, NY), Record Plant (Los Angeles, CA), The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, CA) and Soundsuite (Detroit, MI).
  • Music Contractors – Sephra Herman and Trevor Veitch
  • Art Direction and Design – Ria Lewerke-Shapiro
  • Photography – Harry Langdon
  • Lettering – Sue Reilly

See also

References

  1. ↑ Wynn, Ron. Jump to It review at AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "Jump to It review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  3. ↑ link
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