Sparkle (Aretha Franklin album)

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 songs "Something He Can Feel" and "Hooked on Your Love" were covered by En Vogue on their 1992 breakthrough album Funky Divas. "Something He Can Feel" was re-titled "Giving Him Something He Can Feel" and released as the 2nd single from the album. The accompanying music video for the song features the ladies of En Vogue in red dresses not unlike the fictional girl group of the original Sparkle motion picture.

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"Sparkle"
"Something He Can Feel"
"Hooked On Your Love"
"Look Into Your Heart"
"I Get High"
"Jump"
"Loving You Baby"
"Rock With Me"

v • d • e Curtis Mayfield

Albums	Curtis (1970) – Roots (1971) – Back to the World (1973) – Got to Find a Way (1974) – Sweet Exorcist (1974) – There's No Place Like America Today (1975) – Give, Get, Take and Have (1976) – Never Say You Can't Survive (1977) – Do It All Night (1978) – Heartbeat (1979) – Something to Believe In (1980) – Love Is the Place (1982) – Honesty (1983) – We Come in Peace with a Message of Love (1985) – Take It to the Streets (1988) – New World Order (1997)

Live albums	Curtis/Live! (1971) – Curtis in Chicago (1973) – Live in Europe (1987) – Live at Ronnie Scott's (1988)

Soundtracks	Super Fly (1972) – Claudine (1974) – Let's Do It Again (1975) – Sparkle (1976) – A Piece of the Action (1977) – Short Eyes (1977)

Related Artcles	The Impressions – Curtom Records