Sparkle (Aretha Franklin album)

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Sparkle
Soundtrack by Aretha Franklin
Released	May 27, 1976
Recorded	April 1976
Genre	R&B
Label	Atlantic
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone (not rated) link
Aretha Franklin chronology
You (1975)	Sparkle (1976)	Satisfaction (1977)
Curtis Mayfield chronology
There's No Place Like America Today (1975)	Sparkle (1976)	Give, Get, Take and Have (1976)

Sparkle is an Aretha Franklin album, written and produced by Curtis Mayfield. The LP is the soundtrack album for the 1976 Warner Bros. motion picture Sparkle, starring Irene Cara. The songs on the soundtrack feature the instrumental tracks and backing vocals from the film versions, with Franklin's voice taking the place of the original lead vocalists.

The song "Something He Can Feel" was covered by En Vogue as a single for their 1992 album Funky Divas.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Sparkle"
2. "Something He Can Feel"
3. "Hooked On Your Love"
4. "Look Into Your Heart"
5. "I Get High"
6. "Jump"
7. "Loving You Baby"
8. "Rock With Me"