Love All the Hurt Away

Love All the Hurt Away
Studio album by Aretha Franklin
Released August, 1981[1][2]
Genre R&B, pop[2]
Length 45:14
Label Arista
Producer Arif Mardin
Aretha Franklin chronology
Aretha Sings the Blues
(1980)Aretha Sings the Blues1980
Love All the Hurt Away
(1981)
Jump to It
(1982)Jump to It1982
Singles from Love All the Hurt Away
  1. "Love All the Hurt Away"
    Released: July 25, 1981
  2. "Hold On, I'm Comin'"
    Released: October, 1981
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[3]
Robert ChristgauA-[4]

Love All The Hurt Away is the twenty-seventh studio album by American singer Aretha Franklin. Released in August 1981, this album is the singer's second release under the Arista Records label.[2] The Arif Mardin-produced disc reached fourth place on Billboard's R&B albums chart and #36 on the main Billboard album chart.

Background

Despite strong reviews, the album was listed as a sales disappointment, topping off below 250,000 copies. Franklin's cover version of Sam & Dave's classic hit "Hold On! I'm Comin'" won Franklin her 11th Grammy Award in the Best R&B Vocal Performance, Female category. The award was her first Grammy win since 1974. After its original release, the album was re-issued on CD in 2012 by Cherry Red Records and it also included three bonus tracks.[5]

Track listing

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Love All The Hurt Away.[6]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Love All the Hurt Away" (duet with George Benson)Sam Dees4:09
2."Hold On, I'm Comin'"David Porter, Isaac Hayes5:14
3."Living in the Streets"Rod Temperton3:53
4."There's a Star for Everyone"Allee Willis, Don Yowell, David Lasley4:26
5."You Can't Always Get What You Want"Mick Jagger, Keith Richards5:18
6."It's My Turn"Carole Bayer Sager, Michael Masser5:30
7."Truth and Honesty*"Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer Sager, Peter Allen4:15
8."Search On"Chuck Jackson4:47
9."Whole Lot of Me*"Aretha Franklin3:23
10."Kind of Man*"Aretha Franklin4:19
2012 Reissue Bonus Tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."Hold On, I'm Comin'" (12" version)Porter, Hayes 
12."Livin' in the Streets" (12" version)Temperton 
13."It's My Turn" (single version)Sager, Masser 

Personnel

Production

  • Producers – Arif Mardin (Tracks 1-10); Aretha Franklin (Tracks 7, 9 & 10).
  • Production Coordination – Frank DeCaro
  • Production Assistant – Chrissy Allerdings
  • Engineer – Jeremy Smith
  • Assistant Engineers – Terry Christian, Steve McManus, Michael O'Reilly and Jim Simon.
  • Mixing on Tracks 2 & 5 – Lew Hahn, Arif Mardin and Michael O'Reilly.
  • Recorded at Cherokee Studios, Wally Heider Studios and Sunset Sound (Los Angeles, CA); Atlantic Studios (New York, NY).
  • Cover Concept – Aretha Franklin
  • Art Direction and Design – Ria Lewerke-Shapiro
  • Photography – George Hurrell

References

  1. The Global and Mail - In Photos: Aretha Franklin "The Queen of Soul"
  2. 1 2 3 iTunes - Aretha Franklin - Love All The Hurt Away (1981)
  3. link
  4. Christgau, Robert. "Love All the Hurt Away review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-05-05. Retrieved 2013-04-25.
  6. Love All The Hurt Away (record sleeve). Aretha Franklin. New York City, NY: Arista Records. 1981.
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